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Reintegration – 1998

The Special Integration Commission made substantial progress in resettling former URNG fighters and coordinating with various domestic and international agencies in the training and support programs designed to equip ex-combatants to transition into civilian life. The Follow-up Commission granted CEI a six-month extension, as much work was yet to be done. The extension ended on 3 November 1998, at which point the Commission submitted a plan to deal some remaining issues from the initial phase of reintegration and proceed into the next phase of definitive integration.¹

The URNG’s progress toward becoming an official political party was stalled briefly by internal hang-ups but was then completed in November 1998.²

1. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/53/421), September 28, 1998; “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/54/526), November 11, 1999.
2. Ibid.