Security Council Resolution 832 (1993) [on the Enlargement of the Mandate of the Un Observer Mission in El Salvador]

S/RES/832(1993)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 92 Central America : efforts towards peace, published in 1993.

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Armed Forces El Salvador El Salvador Situation Election Verification Elections Financial Assistance Good Offices Land Reform Peacekeeping Operations Police Political Parties

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10 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the continuing adaptation by the Secretary-General of the activities and strength of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), taking into account progress made in implementing the peace process;

Decides, on the basis of the Secretary-General's report and in accordance with the provisions of resolution 693 (1991), to enlarge the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), to include the observation of the electoral process due to conclude with the general elections in El Salvador in March 1994, and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to this effect;

Also decides that the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), enlarged in accordance with this resolution, will be extended until 30 November 1993 and that it will be reviewed at that time on the basis of recommendations to be presented by the Secretary-General;

Endorses the view of the Secretary-General, contained in his letter of 26 January 1993 to the President of the Security Council (S/25241), that the general elections of March 1994 should constitute the logical culmination of the entire peace process in El Salvador;

Urges the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) to respect and implement fully all the commitments they assumed under the Peace Accords, including, inter alia, those related to the transfer of lands, the reinsertion into civilian society of ex-combatants and war wounded, the deployment of the National Civil Police and the phasing out of the National Police, and the recommendations of the Ad Hoe Commission on the purification of the Armed Forces and the Commission on the Truth;

Reaffirms its support for the Secretary-General's use of his good offices in the El Salvador peace process;

Calls upon both parties to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General's Special Representative and the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) in their task of assisting and verifying the parties' implementation of their commitments and requests the parties to continue to exercise utmost moderation and restraint, especially in the former zones of conflict, in order to promote the process of national reconciliation;

Urges all States, as well as the international institutions in the fields of development and finance, to contribute generously in support of the execution of the Peace Accords and the consolidation of peace in El Salvador;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council fully informed of further developments in the El Salvador peace process and to report on the operations of the United 'Jations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), at the latest before the expiry of the new mandate period;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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