on all aspects of the operations of the Group before the expiry of the new mandate period.
Adopted wwnimously al the 2986th meeting.
Decision
At its 2988th meeting, on 20 May 1991, the Council discussed the item entitled "Central America: efforts towards peace - reports of the Secretary-General (S/22031.130 S/22494 and Corr.l and Add.l)".7
Resolution 693 (1991) of 20 May 1991
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolution 637 (1989) of27 July 1989, in which it lent its full support to the Secretary-General for the continuation of his mission of good offices in Central America,
Recalling also the Geneva Agreement of 4 April 1990131 and the Caracas Agenda of21 May 1990132 concluded between the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberaci6n Nacional,
Deeply concerned at the persistence of and the increase in the climate of violence in El Salvador, which seriously affects the civilian population, and thus stressing the importance of the full implementation of the Agreement on Human Rights signed by the two parties at San Jose on 26 July 1990133,
Welcoming the Mexico Agreements between the two parties of 27 April 1991.134
Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 December 1990135 and 16 April and 20 May 1991/36
Commending the Secretary-General and his Personal Representative for Central America for their efforts at good offices, and expressing its full support for their continuing efforts to facilitate a peaceful settlement to the conflict in El Salvador,
Underlining the great importance that it attaches to the exercise ofmoderation and restraint by both sides to ensure the security of all United Nations-employed personnel as well as to the adoption by them of all other appropriate and necessary measures to facilitate the negotiations leading to the [.chievement of the objectives set forth in the Geneva and other abovementioned agreements as soon as possible, including their full cooperation with the Secretary-General and his Personal Representative to this end,
Recognizing the right of the parties to determine their own negotiating process,

Calling upon both parties to pursue the current negotiations urgently and with flexibility, in a concentrated format on the items agreed upon in the Caracas Agenda, in order to reach, as a matter of priority, a political agreement on the anned forces and the accords necessary for t.he cessation of the armed confrontation and to achieve as soon as possible thereafter a process which will lead to the establishment of the necessary guarantees and conditions for reintegrating the members of the Frt'nte Farabundo Martf para la Liberaci6n Nacional within a framework of full legality into the civil, institutional and politJcJI life of the country.
Expressing its conviction that a peaceful settlement in El Salvador will contribute to a successful outcome in the Central American peace process,
1 Approves the report of the Secretary-General of 16 April and 20 May 19<1 1;136
2. Decides to establish, under its authority and based on the Secretai)·-C':reneral's report referred to in paragraph 1, a United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador to monitor all agreements concluded between the two parties, whose initial mandate in its first phase as an integrated peace-keeping operation will be to verity the compliance by the parties with the Agreement on Human Rights signed at San Jose on 26 July 1990,133 and also decides that the subsequent tasks or phases of the Mission will be suhject to approval by the Council;
3. Also decides that the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador will be established for an initial period of twelve months;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to establish the first phase of the Mission as described in paragraphs 2 and ~;
5. Calls upon both parties, as agreed by them, to pursue a continuous process of negotiations in order to reach at the earliest possible date the objectives set forth in the Mexico Agreements of 27 April 1991134 and all other objectiVes contained in the Geneva Agreement of 4 April 1990,131 and to this end to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and his Personal RepresentatiVe in their efforts;
6. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council fully informed on the implementation of the present resolution.
Adopll'd unanimously tll the 2988th
meetin,~
Decisions
In a letter dated 26 June 1991137 addressed to the President of the Security Council for the attention of the members ofthe Council, the Secretary-General referred to resolution 693 (1991) of 20 May 1991, by which the Council had decided to establish, under its authority and based on the SecretaryC':reneral's report of It. April and 20 May 1991/36 a United

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