United Nations Security Council resolution 1094, adopted unanimously on 20 January 1997, after expressing support for the peace process in Guatemala which had been monitored by the United Nations since 1994, the Council authorised the attachment of 155 military observers to the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) after the end of the

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. The Council recalled agreements between the

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and the

Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (in Spanish: ''Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca'', URNG-MAIZ or most commonly URNG) is a Guatemalan political party that started as a guerrilla movement but laid down its arms in 1996 and b ...

(URNG) in which the parties agreed to allow the United Nations to verify the implementation of the peace accords. The verification process would involve the deployment of United Nations military personnel. It was decided that 155 military observers and medical personnel would be deployed with

MINUGUA MINUGUA (United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala) was a United Nations humanitarian mission in Guatemala that involved, at the most critical point in the peace process, a three-month peacekeeping mission. The original name of this opera ...

for a period of three months, requesting the Secretary-General

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to notify the Council two weeks before the operation was to begin. Both parties were called upon to implement their agreements fully and to co-operate with regards to the

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, separation of forces,

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and

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of URNG combatants and other commitments. Meanwhile, the international community was invited to continue providing assistance during the implementation process. China had previously

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a prior resolution on Guatemala, due to remarks from Guatemalan officials favouring independence for

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 1997 Guatemalan Civil War 1094 1997 in Guatemala 1094 January 1997 events

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