EL SALVADOR: UN PEACE KEEPING MISSION COMING TO AN END

(25 Apr 1995) Spanish/Nat
The United Nations peace-keeping mission in El Salvador officially comes to an end on Friday.
The 180-strong force has been in the country for over three years to oversee the full implementation of the peace accord signed by the government and guerillas in 1992.
Although the mission has been lauded as a success the Salvadorian government still has some way to go towards enforcing its side of the agreement.
Last week's ceremonial lowering of the U-N flag signalled the end of the mission that brought peace in El Salvador.
After 12 years of bitter conflict, the guerrilla F-M-L-N (Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional) agreed to talks with the government to end the bloodshed. Under the auspices of the United Nations both sides thrashed out a peace treaty which was signed in Mexico City on 16 January 1992.
However as the United Nations finalises its departure one of the key issues of the peace accord has still to be resolved - the need for jobs and land for war veterans. The Government brushes aside suggestions that it will never fully implementation the agreement - even less so after the U-N's departure.
SOUNDBITE:In Spanish
(Translation:"The part of the accord that has not been fulfilled is only a small part of the agreement as a wholel. There is no need for a big international presence to verify compliance. This is the natural continuation of the peace programme."
SUPER CAPTION:David Escobar Galindo - Government official and one of the signatories of the Mexico City peace accord.
Former military and government employees are angry at the government for not having kept to their side of the bargain. Their frustration led to recent violent clashes with riot police in the capital San Salvador.
There are many who feel that the U-N should remain to ensure trouble doesn't flare up once again.
SOUNDBITE:In Spanish
(Translation: "During this second stage, the UN should take care of the peace process and protect the country from extremists."
SUPER CAPTION:Joaquin Villalobos-Former rebel commander F-M-L-N, now a member of Congress in El Salvador
However the U-N will retain a small presence of 18 staff at its headquarters in San Salvador. Officials are confident this will be sufficient to ensure the fighting won't resume.
SOUNDBITE:In Spanish
(Translation:"I don't think we are risking going back to the war years. They were 12 years of a very bloody war, which affected each and every one of the Salvadorean people. The population is very determined not to go back to the past."
SUPER CAPTION:Enrique Ters Hort - Head of U-N mission in El Salvador
The civil war in El Salvador, partly financed by the U-S, cost more than 75,000 lives, largely civilians.
The U-N's peace-keeping mission did succeed however in creating the political opening space for the F-M-L-N to make the transition from the battlefield to the ballot box.
But with some of the main points of the peace agreement still to be implemented many fear the U-N's departure could sow the seeds of a new crisis in El Salvador.
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