Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 1996

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Verification/Monitoring Mechanism – 1996

1996

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As the end date for the MINUSAL mandate approached, the parties to the Peace Agreement requested that the UN keep a small group of observers to verify the implementation of the last components of their agreements.1 The Secretary-General agreed that a continued UN presence would be needed after MINUSAL to ensure the final implementation of all components of the Peace Agreements and subsequent binding recommendations. Just before its end, in April 1996, MINUSAL consisted of three police consultants and eight other professional staff members. The idea was to reduce the footprint further, and even move to an intermittent presence.2

On 10 May 1996, the UN General Assembly decided in Resolution 50/226 that MINUSAL would be succeeded by the United Nations Office of Verification (ONUV), consisting of a small team of investigators to verify the final implementation of the Peace Accords. At its outset, ONUV had three police consultants and six international officials.3 The ONUV mandate concluded on 31 December 1996.4

  1. “Letter Dated 29 April 1996 from the Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations Addressed to the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/50/948), April 30, 1996.
  2. “Mission of the United Nations in El Salvador: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/50/935), April 23, 1996.
  3. “Office of the United Nations Verification in El Salvador: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/51/693), November 25, 1996.
  4. “Assessment of the Peace Process in El Salvador: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/51/917), July 1, 1997.