Resolution nº S/RES/653 (1990) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 1990
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

the separation

of

forces which would result from the with-

drawal

of

the Nicaraguan Government's forces from the

security zones which were to be established in Nicaragua

to facilitate the demobilization

of

the members

of

the

Nicaraguan resistance. These tasks, he added, would con-

stitute an addition to the mandate

of

the Observer Group

and therefore require the approval

of

the Council. As he

had indicated in informal consultations

of

the Council, the

Secretary-General stated that he believed that the agree-

ments signed at Managua constituted an important step

forward in the Central American peace process and,

accordingly, he recommended that the Council approve the

necessary enlargement

of

the mandate

of

the Observer

Group.

In another letter dated 19 April

19908

5

addressed to the

President

of

the Council for the attention

of

the members

of

the Council, the Secretary-General referred to his report

of

15

March 1990,

79

which had been approved by the

Council in its resolution 650 (1990)

of

27 March 1990. In

paragraph

11

of

that report, he had indicated that he had

asked certain Member States to contribute the 119 addi-

tional military observers which were required to cover the

shortfall in phase III

of

the deployment

of

the Observer

Group and to permit the early deployment

of

phase IV. He

stated that, in addition to an offer of

13

additional ob-

servers from one

of

the existing contributing Govern-

ments, he had received offers from the Governments

of

Brazil, Ecuador, India and Sweden to contribute a total

of

85

military observers and the decision

of

a fifth Member

State was awaited. Having consulted the Governments

of

the five countries in which the Observer Group was

deployed, he proposed to accept the offers. In a letter dated

10

April 1990,

86 the President of the Council informed the

Secretary-General as follows:

"I have the honour

to

inform you that your letter dated

19

April 1990 concerning the composition

of

the United

Nations Observer Group in Central America

85

has been

brought to the attention

of

the members

of

the Council.

They have considered the matter and agreed to the

proposal in your letter."

At its 2919th meeting, on 20 April 1990, the Council

proceeded with the discussion

of

the item entitled "Central

America: efforts towards peace".

Resolution 653 (1990)

of

20 April 1990

The Security Council,

Having examined the letter addressed to the President

of

the Council by the Secretary-General on

19

April

19908

4

concerning the United Nations Observer Group in Central

America, as well as his statement

of

the same date to the

members

of

the Security Council in which he briefed them

on the agreements signed at Managua that day,

87

which

en--:isage

the complete demobilization

of

the Nicaraguan

resistance by the Observer Group during the period from

25 April to

10

June 1990,

85

S/21261.

86 S/21262.

87

S/21259, annex.

15

Reaffirming its resolutions 644 (1989)

of

7 November

1989 and 650 ( 1990)

of

27 March 1990,

1.

Approves the proposals concerning the addition

of

new tasks to the mandate

of

the United Nations Observer

Group

in

Central America contained in the letter of the

Secre.tary-General of

19

April 1990

84

and in his state-

ment;87

2.

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the

Security Council on all aspects

of

the operations of the

Observer Group before the expiry

of

the current mandate

period on 7 May 1990.

Adopted

unanimously

at

the

2919th meeting.

Decision

At its 2921st meeting, on 4 May 1990, the Council

discussed the item entitled "Central America: efforts to-

wards

peace-report

of the Secretary-General (S/21274

and Add.1)".

88

Resolution 654 (1990)

of4

May 1990

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolutions 637 (1989)

of

27

July 1989, 644

(1989)

of7

November 1989, 650 (1990)

of27

March 1990

and 653 (1990)

of

20 April 1990, as well as the statement

made by the President of the Council on its behalf on 7

November 1989,

89

Recalling the initial agreement reached at Geneva on 4

April 1990

by

the parties to the conflict in

El

Salvador,

under the auspices

of

the Secretary-General,

1.

Approves the report

of

the Secretary-General

of

27

April and 2 May 1990;

90

2.

Decides to extend, under its authority, the mandate

of

the United Nations Observer Group in Central America

as defined in resolutions 644 (1989), 650 (1990) and 653

(1990), for a further period

of

six months, that is, until 7

November 1990, on the understanding, as expressed by the

Secretary-General

in

his report,

91

that the tasks

of

the

Observer Group

of

monitoring the cease-fire and separa-

tion of forces in Nicaragua and demobilizing members

of

the Nicaraguan resistance will lapse with the completion

of

the demobilization process, not later than 10 June 1990,

and bearing in mind the need to continue to monitor

expenditures carefully during this period

of

increasing

demands on peace-keeping resources;

3.

Welcomes the efforts

of

the Secretary-General to

promote the achievement of a negotiated political solution

to the conflict in El Salvador;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security

Council fully informed

of

further developments and

to

88

Sec Official Records

of

the Security Council, Forty-fifth Year,

Supplement

for

April, May

and

June 1990.

89

Sec Resolutions

and

Decisions

of

the Security Council, I 989,

p. 21.

90

Official Records

of

the Security Council, Forty-fifth Year, Supple-

ment

j,,r

April, May

and

June 1990,

documents

S/21274

and

Add. I.

91

Ibid., document S/21274, para. 34.