General agenda and timetable
for the comprehensive negotiating process
A. General agenda
I. The initial objective shall be to reach political agreements which lay the basis for a cessation of
the armed conflict and of any acts that infringe the rights of the civilian population, which will have to be verified
by the United Nations, subject to the approval of the Security Council.
- First: Political agreements
- Armed forces
- Human rights
- Judicial system
- Electoral system
- Constitutional reform
- Economic and social issues
- Verification by the United Nations
- Second: Cessation of the armed conflict and of any acts that infringe the rights of the civilian population
II. Establishment of the necessary guarantees and conditions for reintegrating the members of FMLN,
within a framework of full legality, into the civil, institutional and political life of the country.
- Armed forces
- Human rights
- Judicial system
- Electoral system
- Constitutional reform
- Economic and social issues
- Reintegration of FMLN members
- Verification by the United Nations
III. Final agreements for the consolidation of the objectives of the Geneva Agreement and verification, where
appropriate, by the United Nations.
Note: The sequence of the items listed for each phase does not imply a strict order of consideration and may
be changed by mutual consent.
Agreements must be tailored to the nature of the phase involved. Political issues have been placed in their
respective phases but, given the complexity of some of them, aspects thereof may be addressed in other phases.
All this depends on the dynamic of the negotiations.
B. Timetable
In the light of the general agenda for the comprehensive negotiating process set forth in the preceding section,
the Government of El Salvador and FMLN agree that the initial objective set forth in paragraph 1 of the Geneva Agreement of 4
April 1990 should be achieved by the middle of September 1990, provided that agreements are reached which are synchronized,
have implementation timetables and can be verified where appropriate, so as to ensure that all the components of the initial
objective are duly coordinated.
This deadline would offer the additional advantage of helping to ensure that a legislative and municipal electoral
process is conducted in an atmosphere of tranquillity, broad participation and freedom from intimidation.
It is difficult to set a fixed date for the conclusion of the comprehensive process. This will depend on factors
that cannot be weighed at the present time, such as the extent and scope of the political agreements reached under paragraph I,
which are a matter of negotiation, and the relationship between the negotiations and the electoral process. There is also a
possibility that the initial objective may be achieved before the deadline. For these reasons, the conclusion of the process
should be envisaged not in terms of dates but rather in terms of a given number of months after the achievement of the initial
objective: tentatively, two to six months.
On the basis of the above understandings, the Government and FMLN shall, as their first substantive priority,
concentrate on negotiating the political agreements envisaged under the initial objective.
Caracas, 21 May 1990
| Representing the Government of El Salvador: |
Representing the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional: |
| (Signed) |
(Signed) |
| Colonel Juan A. MARTÍNEZ VARELA |
Commander Schafik HÁNDAL |
| Mr. Oscar Alfredo SANTAMARIÁ |
Commander Eduardo SANCHO |
| Colonel Mauricio Ernesto VARGAS |
Ana Guadelupe MARTÍNEZ |
| Mr. Abelardo TORRES |
Salvador SAMAYOA |
| Mr. David ESCOBAR GALINDO |
Dagoberto GUTIÉRREZ |
| Mr. Rafael HERNÁN CONTRERAS |
Marta VALLADARES |
| |
Roberto CAÑAS |
(Signed) Alvaro DE SOTO
Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
United States Institute of Peace -- 1200 17th Street NW -- Washington, DC 20036
(202) 457-1700 (phone) -- (202) 429-6063 (fax)
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