• Country/entity

  Ecuador
  Peru
  

• Region

  Americas
  Americas
  

• Agreement name

  Bendición Papal

• Date

  23 Oct 1998

• Agreement status

  Unilateral document

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Interstate/interstate conflict ()

• Stage

  Framework/substantive - partial

• Conflict nature

  Territory

• Peace process

  Ecuador-Peru border dispute peace process

• Parties

  The Holy See:
  John Paul II

• Third parties

  This agreement is one by the Pope which is in essence about the third parties. Addressed to Ecuador and Peru: To Their Excellencies the Presidents of the Republic of Ecuador and of the Republic of Peru

• Description

  This one-page document conveys the support of Pope John Paul II to the process of reaching a peace agreement between Ecuador and Peru. The Pope also expresses gratitude to the Guarantor Countries for facilitating the process and notes the significance of the Comprehensive Agreement between Ecuador and Peru. It is considered part of the Acta Brasilia.

• Agreement document

  EC_PE_19981023_Papal_Blessing_tr.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Papal Blessing

To Their Excellencies the Presidents

of the Republic of Ecuador and

Of the Republic of Peru

I am pleased to be spiritually present at the solemn moment of the signing of the comprehensive and lasting Agreement between Ecuador and Peru, which concludes the peace process begun with the “Itamaraty Peace Declaration" of February 17th, 1995.

I join in with the joy of your noble people, so dear to me, who am united by many common bonds of Christian faith and culture, which today see the closing of a painful chapter in the history of their relations and the opening of lasting prospects of peace.

The Agreement has a high significance, both for the American continent, in the search for ever greater integration, and for the entire international community.

I would like to warmly congratulate the President of Ecuador, Dr. Jamil Mahuad, and the President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, for this achievement.

I would like to express special gratitude to the Guarantor Countries of the Protocol of Peace, Friendship and Borders of Rio de Janeiro" - Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the United States - and to their Heads of State, who have been continuously available to assist Parties, and whose active collaboration, coordinated by the Lord President Henrique Cardoso, has allowed for a decisive arrival at the goal.

My thoughts also turn to the Catholic communities in Ecuador and Peru, which, under the guidance of their Pastors, with timely initiatives - such as days of peace prayers - have been able to promote a genuine "pedagogy of peace".

I have no doubt that they will continue on this path.

I strongly hope that your sister Nations do not cease to advance, with firm determination and perseverance, along the tracks drawn by this Agreement, entrusting all to the intercession of Saint Marianitas of Quito, of Santa Rosa of Lima and, above all, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace, so loved and venerated by the people of both countries.

On your people, Presidents, and your collaborators, especially Ecuador and Peru, as well as on those who are present here, I cordially invoke the Blessing of Almighty God.

From the Vatican, October, 23rd, 1998.

John Paul II