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1997-01-10

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1997-01-10

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1. “Our country, so far as its means permit, has been promoting programmes of cooperation in the Central American region and is prepared to continue doing so. Millions of fellow human beings with a long history of suffering and deprivation are looking to this Council for support in their struggle for peace. We therefore make another sincere appeal to the members of the Council to assume their responsibilities towards these suffering people and support a draft resolution which constitutes the final stepping stone in the long process to consolidate in Central America an area of peace, freedom, democracy and development.”

   1997-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3730 (1997) · source

2. “Not only is the operation necessary, but this would also be a demonstration of political will by the Council and an expression of its interest in the Central American peace process. We believe that the Security Council and all its members are aware of their responsibilities for preserving international peace and security and the importance of successfully completing the United Nations actions to bring peace to Guatemala and to the Central American isthmus as a whole. This has been and continues to be a matter of high priority for the entire hemisphere. Once peace is consolidated in this region, a region that once was a focus of concerns in this Council and is today becoming an area of great hope, there will remain a long difficult road to restore democratic coexistence and economic well-being.”

   1997-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3730 (1997) · source

3. “The two parties to the Guatemalan conflict have requested one final step by the United Nations to consolidate this long and successful effort for peace, and we are confident that the Security Council will once again be responsive to this appeal and will authorize the sending of observers to verify the disarmament process and the demobilization of the forces in conflict. This is one final effort by this Organization, and we are all aware that within the scope of peacekeeping operations that have been authorized by the Council, the operation now being requested is truly one of minimal dimensions. What has been requested is a group of 155 observers at an unusually low cost for this type of operation.”

   1997-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3730 (1997) · source

4. “Mr. Larrain (Chile) (interpretation from Spanish): We are at a crucial moment in the struggle for peace in Guatemala. Even at the risk of being repetitive, we cannot fail to say that we are witnessing the end of a civil war that has gone on for more than 35 years and has taken a toll of more than 100,000 victims. The United Nations has played an important role in restoring normality for the citizens of that beloved brotherly country, and that should be a source of legitimate pride for this Organization.”

   1997-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3730 (1997) · source