Military Reform – 1998

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Military Reform – 1998

1998

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

Reductions in military spending continued and fell to percentages of GDP lower than required by the agreements.1

Even after the Follow-up Commission approved an extension to the first quarter of 1998, the Government failed to set up an Advisory Council on Security, draft legislation regulating the bearing of arms, or advance the Civil Service Act.2 As of 1998, the military strength of Guatemala was 30,000 personnel.3

  1. “Verification Report: Status of the Commitments of the Peace Agreements Relating to the Armed Forces.”
  2. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/53/421), September 28, 1998.
  3. D. Scott Bennett and Allan Stam, “EUGene: A Conceptual Manual.”