Abstract
Until December 1989, neither the Frente Farabundo Marti de Liberación Nacional (FMLN)-Frente Democrática Revolucionario (FDR) leadership nor the government of Alfredo Cristiani had sought UN mediation to resolve El Salvador’s civil war. The UN had not been involved in this conflict for three reasons
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Negroponte, D.V. (2012). Introducing the United Nations. In: Seeking Peace in El Salvador. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012081_7
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