United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala

A/RES/51/198BView PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 40 Situation in Central America : procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1997–2004

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/58/238

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2004	A/RES/58/238	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,314	37%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/161	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,241	65%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/223	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,008	61%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/177	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	1,070	37%Compare
1999	A/RES/54/99	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala	742	33%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2001–2003

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/267	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/51/198B
2003	A/58/262	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala renewal of mandate : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/57/161
2001	A/56/391	United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala renewal of mandate : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/55/177

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Budget Contributions Financing Guatemala Human Rights Special Missions Staffing Verification

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

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³Consequently, resolution 51/198, in sect. I of Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/51/49), vol. I, becomes resolution 51/198 A.

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala;10

Takes note with satisfaction of the sixth report of the Director of the Mission;¹²

¹²A/51/790, annex.

Commends the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca for their sustained efforts in search of peace, which culminated with the signing of the historic agreement of 29 December 1996;

Calls upon both parties to continue to implement fully the commitments they entered into in the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights¹³and those in the other agreements that have come into effect with the signing of the Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace;3

¹³A/48/928-S/1994/448, annex I; see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-ninth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1994, document S/1994/448.

Decides to authorize the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala, to be known henceforth as the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala, for a further period of one year, that is, until 31 March 1998, to carry out international verification of the peace accords in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to develop appropriate means to identify resources for the Mission within the limits of the approved budget for the current biennium;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly with his recommendations on the structure and staffing of the Mission after 31 March 1998;

Invites the international community to intensify its support for peace-related activities in Guatemala, through voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for the Guatemala peace process established by the Secretary-General and through other mechanisms provided for by the international donor community;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly fully informed on the implementation of the present resolution.

The United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala has been renamed the United Nations Verification Mission in accordance with paragraph 5 of the present resolution.

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