Abstract
S/RES/832 (1993) 27 May 1993
RESOLUTION 832 (1993)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 3223rd meeting
on 27 May 1993
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolution 637 (1989) of 27 July 1989,
Recalling also its resolutions 693 (1991) of 20 May 1991, 714 (1991) of 30 September 1991, 729 (1992) of 14 January 1992, 784 (1992) of 30 October 1992 and 791 (1992) of 30 November 1992,
Having studied the report of the Secretary-General (S/25812 and Add.l and 2),
Noting with appreciation the… [read more] continuing efforts of the Secretary-General to support the full implementation of the agreements signed by the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional. (FMLN) to re-establish peace and promote reconciliation in El Salvador,
Welcoming the observation by the Secretary-General that sixteen months after the cease-fire, the peace process in El Salvador has advanced significantly and is on course, and that significant progress has also been made towards other principal objectives of the Peace Accords,
Emphasizing that determined efforts are required of both parties to ensure that the remaining problems do not become obstacles to the continuing fulfilment of their undertakings,
Noting that the Government of El Salvador has requested the United Nations to verify the next general elections scheduled to be held in March 1994 and that the Secretary-General has recommended that this request be accepted,
Stressing the necessity, in this as in other peace-keeping operations, to continue to monitor expenditures carefully during this period of increasing demands on peace-keeping resources,
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1- Approves the report of the Secretary-General;
2. 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;
3. 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;
4. 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 1S93 and that it will be reviewed at that time on the basis of recommendations to be presented by the Secretary-General;
5. 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;
6. 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 Hoc Commission on the purification of the Armed Forces and the Commission on the Truth;
7. Reaffirms its support for the Secretary-General's use of his good offices in the El Salvador peace process;
8. 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;
9. 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;
10. 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 -Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), at the latest before the expiry of the new mandate period;
11. Decides to remain seized of the matter. [^]