New York Act
The Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional
(FMLN) hereby declare that they have reached definitive agreements which, combined with those previously signed at San
José, Mexico City and New York, complete the negotiations on all substantive items of the Caracas Agenda and the
New York "Compressed Negotiations". Their implementation will put a final end to the Salvadorian armed conflict.
An agreement has also been reached on all technical and military aspects relating to the separation of the warring
parties and the cessation of the armed conflict, which includes the end of the military structure of the FMLN and the reintegration of
its members, within a framework of full legality, into the civil, political and institutional life of the country.
The parties have also agreed that the cessation of the armed conflict shall take effect formally on 1 February 1992
and shall conclude on 31 October 1992.
A further meeting between the parties has been scheduled for 5 January 1992 to negotiate the timetable for implementing
the agreements and the procedure for ending the military structure of the FMLN and reintegrating its members, within a framework of full
legality, into the civil, political and institutional life of the country.
Such negotiations must be successfully concluded by 10 January 1992 at the latest. Otherwise, the parties undertake to
accept, by 14 January 1992 at the latest, a formula for resolving outstanding issues to be proposed to them by the Secretary-General of
the United Nations. The Final Peace Agreements will be signed at Mexico City on 16 January 1992.
The parties undertake to preserve the atmosphere necessary for maintaining and expanding the unilateral decisions
which they have taken in order to avoid all military activity.
New York, 31 December 1991
| Representing the Government of El Salvador: |
Representing the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional: |
| (Signed) Mr. Oscar SANTAMARÍA |
(Signed) Cmdr. Schafik HÁNDAL |
| (Signed) Col. Mauricio Ernesto VARGAS |
(Signed) Cmdr. Francisco JOVEL |
| (Signed) Mr. David ESCOBAR GALINDO |
(Signed) Cmdr. Salvador SÁNCHEZ CERÉN |
| (Signed) Col. Juan MARTÍNEZ VARELA |
(Signed) Cmdr. Eduardo SANCHO |
| (Signed) Mr. Abelardo TORRES |
(Signed) Cmdr. Joaquín VILLALOBOS |
| (Signed) Mr. Rafael HERNÁN CONTRERAS |
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(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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