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This chapter is concerned with the United Nations Operation in El Salvador (ONUSAL), which was officially launched in May 1991 to verify compliance with the San Jose Agreement of July 1990. To ensure the implementation of outstanding commitments the UN continued its presence in the country through two consecutive, though smaller, missions. Launched in May 1995 and May 1996 respectively, these were the United Nations Mission in El Salvador (MINUSAL) and the United Nations Office of Verification in El Salvador (ONUV). Only in July 1997, a full six years after its initial deployment, did the UN feel sufficiently satisfied to end its peacekeeping presence.
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Hill, S.M. (2005). El Salvador 1991–1997. In: United Nations Disarmament Processes in Intra-State Conflict. Southampton Studies in International Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502963_6
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