Agreement on a Timetable for Negotiations of a Firm and Lasting Peace in Guatemala
- Country/entity
-
Guatemala
- Region
-
Americas
- Agreement name
- Agreement on a Timetable for Negotiations of a Firm and Lasting Peace in Guatemala
- Date
- 29 Mar 1994
- Agreement status
- Multiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangement
- Yes
- Agreement/conflict level
- Intrastate/intrastate conflict
- Stage
- Pre-negotiation/process
- Conflict nature
- Government
- Peace process
- Guatemala peace process
- Parties
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For the Government of the Republic of Guatemala: Héctor ROSADA GRANADOS; General Carlos Enrique PINEDA CARRANZA; Antonio F. ARENALES FORNO; General Julio Arnoldo BALCONI TURCIOS; Mario PERMUTH; General José Horacio SOTO SALAN; Ernesto VITERI ECHEVERRIA;
For the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca General Command: Commander Pablo MONSANTO; Commander Gaspar ILOM; Commander Rolando MORAN; Carlos GONZALES;
Political and Diplomatic Commission: Luis Felipe BECKER GUZMAN; Francisco VILLAGRAN MUÑOZ; Miguel Angel SANDOVAL VASQUEZ; Mario Vinicio CASTAÑEDA PAZ, Adviser;
For the United Nations: Marrack GOULDING, Under-Secretary-General; Jean ARNAULT, Moderator; - Third parties
- 'Political and Diplomatic Commission', UN (all signatories)
- Description
- Further to the Framework Agreement, agreed timetable for remainder of negotiations; the moderator to agree the specifc dates. Set December 1994 as the anticipated completion date
- Agreement document
- GT_940329_AgreementonTimetableforNegotiations.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
Groups
- Children/youth
No specific mention.
- Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
- Groups→Indigenous people→RhetoricalPage 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:... June 1994. negotiations on the item: Identity and rights of indigenous peoples. Signing of agreement. - Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
- Groups→Refugees/displaced persons→SubstantivePage 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work: May 1994. negotiations on the item: Resettlement of the population uprooted by the armed confrontation. Signing of agreement. - Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and gender
No specific mention.
- Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)
No specific mention.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
- Elections
- Page 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... October 1994. negotiations on the item: Constitutional reforms and electoral régime. Signing of agreement. - Electoral commission
No specific mention.
- Political parties reform
No specific mention.
- Civil society
- Page 1, Untitled Preamble
... Reaffirming the role which must be played by the Assembly representing society at large in discussion of the substantive issues on the agenda,
Page 2,
3. The moderator, in consultation with the Parties, shall set the specific date of each of the negotiating rounds. Similarly, he shall set, in consultation with the Parties and the President of the Assembly representing society at large, the most appropriate dates for holding special sessions so that the Assembly's recommendations and guidelines on substantive issues may reach the Parties in good time. - Traditional/religious leaders
No specific mention.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
- Governance→Constitution→Constitutional reform/makingPage 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... October 1994. negotiations on the item: Constitutional reforms and electoral régime. Signing of agreement.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
- Page 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... August 1994. negotiations on the item: Strengthening of civilian power and role of the army in a democratic society.
Page 2,
5. As basic documents for the negotiations on the substantive issues, the Parties agreed to use, in their original or updated form, the documents entitled “A just and democratic peace: content of the negotiation” published by Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca in May 1992, and “Peace is not just the absence of war but the creation of all the conditions which enable man to live without anxiety or fear” published by the Government of Guatemala in June 1992. The Parties shall submit their proposals in good time so that the other Party can consider them and so that they can be discussed at the corresponding rounds. - Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
- State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
- Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
- Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
- Traditional Laws
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
- Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic developmentPage 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... July 1994. negotiations on the item: Socio-economic aspects and agrarian situation. Signing of agreement. - National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
- Page 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... July 1994. negotiations on the item: Socio-economic aspects and agrarian situation. Signing of agreement. - Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
No specific mention.
- Ceasefire
- Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provisionPage 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... September 1994. negotiations on the items: Bases for the reintegration of Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca in the political life of Guatemala and agreement on a definitive cease-fire. Signing of three preceding agreements. - Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
- Page 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... August 1994. negotiations on the item: Strengthening of civilian power and role of the army in a democratic society. - DDR
- Security sector→DDR→Demilitarisation provisionsPage 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... September 1994. negotiations on the items: Bases for the reintegration of Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca in the political life of Guatemala and agreement on a definitive cease-fire. Signing of three preceding agreements.
Page 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... December 1994. Signing of a firm and lasting peace agreement and start of demobilization. - Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
- Page 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... September 1994. negotiations on the items: Bases for the reintegration of Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca in the political life of Guatemala and agreement on a definitive cease-fire. Signing of three preceding agreements. - Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- Reconciliation
No specific mention.
Implementation
- UN signatory
- “For the United Nations: Marrack GOULDING, Under-Secretary-General; Jean ARNAULT, Moderator”
- Other international signatory
No specific mention.
- Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
- International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
- Enforcement mechanism
- 3. the moderator to set the specific dates
Page 1,
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
... November 1994. negotiation on the item: Schedule for the implementation, enforcement and verification of the agreements. Signing of agreement. - Related cases
No specific mention.
- Source
- United States Institute of Peace (1998) Peace Agreements: Guatemala - Peace Agreements Digital Collection. Available at: https://www.usip.org/publications/1998/11/peace-agreements-guatemala (Accessed 14 October 2020).
Source agreement
Agreement on a Timetable for Negotiations of a Firm and Lasting Peace in Guatemala
Reiterating the decision stated in the Framework Agreement of 10 January 1994 (A/49/61-S/1994/53, annex), to negotiate on all the items included in the general agenda adopted in Mexico in April 1991,
Reaffirming their commitment to arrive at a firm and lasting peace agreement within the shortest possible time during 1994,
Reaffirming the role which must be played by the Assembly representing society at large in discussion of the substantive issues on the agenda,
The Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, hereafter referred to as “the Parties”, hereby agree:
1. To establish the following timetable for discussion of outstanding items on the agenda for the negotiations as a guide for the continuation of their work:
May 1994.
negotiations on the item:
Resettlement of the population uprooted by the armed confrontation.
Signing of agreement.
June 1994.
negotiations on the item:
Identity and rights of indigenous peoples.
Signing of agreement.
July 1994.
negotiations on the item:
Socio-economic aspects and agrarian situation.
Signing of agreement.
August 1994.
negotiations on the item:
Strengthening of civilian power and role of the army in a democratic society.
September 1994.
negotiations on the items:
Bases for the reintegration of Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca in the political life of Guatemala and agreement on a definitive cease-fire.
Signing of three preceding agreements.
October 1994.
negotiations on the item:
Constitutional reforms and electoral régime.
Signing of agreement.
November 1994.
negotiation on the item:
Schedule for the implementation, enforcement and verification of the agreements.
Signing of agreement.
December 1994.
Signing of a firm and lasting peace agreement and start of demobilization.
2. Depending on requirements for ensuring the success of negotiations, the Parties may agree on adjustments to the present timetable.
3. The moderator, in consultation with the Parties, shall set the specific date of each of the negotiating rounds.
Similarly, he shall set, in consultation with the Parties and the President of the Assembly representing society at large, the most appropriate dates for holding special sessions so that the Assembly's recommendations and guidelines on substantive issues may reach the Parties in good time.
4. In accordance with the provisions of the Framework Agreement of 10 January 1994, the Parties shall take these recommendations and guidelines into consideration.
5. As basic documents for the negotiations on the substantive issues, the Parties agreed to use, in their original or updated form, the documents entitled “A just and democratic peace:
content of the negotiation” published by Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca in May 1992, and “Peace is not just the absence of war but the creation of all the conditions which enable man to live without anxiety or fear” published by the Government of Guatemala in June 1992.
The Parties shall submit their proposals in good time so that the other Party can consider them and so that they can be discussed at the corresponding rounds.
6. The Parties reiterate the desirability of resorting to all measures that will be conducive to rapprochements and agreements between them, and agree to respond to the initiatives made by the moderator in this respect.
Done at Mexico, D.F., on 29 March 1994.
(signed)
For the Government of the Republic of Guatemala
Héctor ROSADA GRANADOS
General Carlos Enrique PINEDA CARRANZA
Antonio F. ARENALES FORNO
General Julio Arnoldo BALCONI TURCIOS
Mario PERMUTH
General José Horacio SOTO SALAN
Ernesto VITERI ECHEVERRIA
For the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca General Command
Commander Pablo MONSANTO
Commander Gaspar ILOM
Commander Rolando MORAN
Carlos GONZALES
Political and Diplomatic Commission
Luis Felipe BECKER GUZMAN
Francisco VILLAGRAN MUÑOZ
Miguel Angel SANDOVAL VASQUEZ
Mario Vinicio CASTAÑEDA PAZ
Adviser
For the United Nations
Marrack GOULDING
Under-Secretary-General
Jean ARNAULT
Moderator