United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador

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The United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) was a UN peacekeeping operation established to verify the ceasefire, demobilization, and human rights commitments that ended El Salvador’s civil war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN observer mission
United Nations peacekeeping mission
abbreviation ONUSAL
aim promote respect for human rights in El Salvador
support demilitarization and public security reform in El Salvador
support transition from civil war to peace in El Salvador
authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
component electoral observers component
human rights verification component
military observers component
police observers component
conflict Salvadoran Civil War
continent North America
country El Salvador NERFINISHED
dateEstablished 1991-05-20
dissolved 1995-04
endTime 1995
establishedBy United Nations Security Council resolution 693
fieldOfWork human rights monitoring
peacekeeping
post-conflict peacebuilding
followedBy United Nations peacebuilding presence in El Salvador (post-ONUSAL arrangements)
hasTask monitoring of elections
verification of armed forces reduction
verification of ceasefire
verification of demobilization
verification of human rights commitments
verification of police reform
verification of reintegration of ex-combatants
headquartersLocation San Salvador
language English
Spanish
location El Salvador NERFINISHED
mandateFrom Chapultepec Peace Accords
missionType multidimensional peacekeeping mission
operator United Nations
parentOrganization United Nations Security Council
partOf United Nations peace operations
surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
peaceAgreementMonitored Chapultepec Peace Accords
precededBy United Nations human rights verification mission in El Salvador (pre-ONUSAL arrangements)
regionServed Central America
result contributed to the end of the Salvadoran Civil War
supported implementation of the Chapultepec Peace Accords
significantEvent verification of implementation of the Chapultepec Peace Accords
startTime 1991
status completed
UNSecurityCouncilResolutionNumber 693

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ONUSAL fullName United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
Chapultepec Peace Accords monitoredBy United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
New York Agreement relatedTo United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador