Resolution 729 (1992)
of 14 January 1992

The Security Council,
Recalling its resolution 637 (1989) of 27 July 1989,

Recalling also its resolution 714 (1991) of 30 September
1991, as well as the statement made by the President of the
Security Council on behalf of its members on 3 January 1992?
following the signature of the Act of New York 4 on 31 December 1991,

Recalling further its resolution 693 (1991) of 20 May 1991
by which it established the United Nations Observer Mission in
El Salvador,

Welcoming the conclusion of agreements between the
Government of E] Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Martí
para la Liberación Nacional, which are to be signed at Mexico
City on 16 January 1992 and which, when implemented, will put
a definitive end to the Salvadorian armed conflict and will open
the way for national reconciliation,

Calling upon both parties to continue to exercise maximum
moderation and restraint and to take no action which would be
contrary to or adversely affect the agreements to be signed in
Mexico City,

Expressing its conviction that a peaceful settlement in El
Salvador will make a decisive contribution to the Central
American peace process,

Welcoming the intention of the Secretary-General to
convey shortly to the Council his recommendation on the
termination of the mandate of the United Nations Observer
Group in Central America,

1. Approves the report of the Secretary-General of 10
and 13 January 1992; 5
2. Decides, on the basis of the report of the Secretary-General and in accordance with the provisions of resolution 693
(1991), to enlarge the mandate of the United Nations Observer
Mission in El} Salvador to include the verification and monitoring of the implementation of all the agreements once these are
signed at Mexico City between the Government of El Salvador
and the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional,
in particular the Agreement on the Cessation of the Armed
Conflict and the Agreement on the Establishment of a National
Civil Police;

3. Also decides that the mandate of the Mission, enlarged
in accordance with the present resolution, will be extended to
31 October 1992 and that it will be reviewed at that time on the
basis of recommendations to be presented by the Secretary-General;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary
measures to increase the strength of the Mission as recommended in his report;

5. Calls upon both parties to respect scrupulously and to
implement in good faith the commitments assumed by them
under the agreements which are to be signed at Mexico City
and to cooperate fully with the Mission in its task of verifying
the implementation of these agreements;

6. Reaffirms its support for the Secretary-General’s
continuing mission of good offices with regard to the Central
American peace process, and in particular for his observations
in paragraphs 17 to 19 of the report regarding his intention to
continue, as was foreseen in the Geneva Agreement of 4 April
1990° concerning the process which is to end definitively the
armed conflict, to rely on the Governments of Colombia,
Mexico, Spain and Venezuela, as well as other States and
groups cf States, to support him in the exercise of his responsibilities;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security
Council fully informed of developments relating to the implementation of the present resolution and to report on the
operations of the Mission before the expiry of the new mandate
period.

Adopted unanimously at the 3030th
meeting
