Donor Support: Accord for a Firm and Lasting Peace

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Donor Support: Accord for a Firm and Lasting Peace

Implementations

Donor Support – 1997

The Secretary-General had established the Trust Fund for the Guatemalan Peace Process during early rounds of negotiations, and when the Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace was signed in 1996, the Secretariat and MINUGUA requested additional contributions from donors to help the Guatemalan Government implement the many new commitments. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) worked closely with MINUGUA during the initial fundraising phase.1

  1. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/59/746), March 18, 2005.

Donor Support – 1998

Donor support continued this year.

Donor Support – 1999

Donor support continued this year.

Donor Support – 2000

Donor support continued this year.

Donor Support – 2001

Donor support continued this year.

Donor Support – 2002

Donor support continued this year. In addition to bi-lateral support, the Inter-American Development Bank and other institutions lent 1.3 billion US dollars to Guatemala to get the peace process back on track in 2002.2

  1. “Guatemala,” Keesing’s Record of World Events (Volume 48), February 2002, 44608.

Donor Support – 2003

Donor support continued this year.

Donor Support – 2004

By the time MINUGUA’s mandate expired in 2004, donations to the Trust Fund totaled 19.8 million US dollars. The donors were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, and the following countries provided UN Volunteers: Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Forty-five percent of the funds were spent to improve the judiciary and human rights protections, twenty-one percent for public security (mainly the National Civilian Police), thirteen percent to the Program of Institutional Assistance for Legal Reform, ten percent for MINUGUA’s public information programs, and seven percent for economic and social development. The balance of the Trust Fund was transferred to the National Transition Volunteer Programme when MINUGUA’s mandate ended in late 2004.1

  1. “United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala: Report of the Secretary-General,” United Nations General Assembly (A/59/746), March 18, 2005.

Donor Support – 2005

No further developments observed.

Donor Support – 2006

No further developments observed.