United Nations
A/RES/58/238
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 March 2004
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 26
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.30/Rev.1 and Add.1)]
58/238. United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 57/161 of 16 December 2002, in which it decided to
authorize the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in
Guatemala from 1 January to 31 December 2003,
Taking into account the fact that the Government of Guatemala has reaffirmed
its commitment to the full implementation of the peace agreements,
Underlining the fact that substantive aspects of the peace agreements have yet
to be implemented and that the timetable for implementation and verification
established by the Commission to Follow up the Implementation of the Peace
Agreements extends through 2004,
Taking into account the request of the Government of Guatemala for an
extension of the mandate of the Mission until the end of 2004, in view of the
desirability of maintaining the presence of the Mission during the first year of the
new Government, which will take office in January 2004,
Taking into account also the fact that civil society organizations in Guatemala
and the international community expressed concerns about potential setbacks to
implementation of the peace agreements should the Mission depart Guatemala
before a new Government had taken office and demonstrated its commitment to the
peace process,
Taking note of the fact that on 10 July 2003, under the auspices of the
Organization of American States, representatives of the main political parties of
Guatemala signed a declaration expressing support for the peace agreements as State
accords that should be incorporated into government plans for the peace process,
Taking into account the eighth report of the Secretary-General on the
verification of compliance with the peace agreements, 1
Taking into account also the fourteenth report of the Mission on human rights, 2
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A/58/267.
A/58/566.