RESOLUTION B3-0963/92

Resolution on El Salvador

The European Parliament,

having regard to the current situation in the Republic of El Salvador, and in the hope that the Chapultepec Agreements will be successfully concluded,

whereas the ceasefire which entered into force on 1 February 1992 is being observed,

appreciating the determination to comply with agreements which was expressed by the parties concerned when talking to Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Countries of Central America and Mexico which visited the Republic of El Salvador from 23 to 26 May 1992,

wishing to make an effective contribution to the elimination of the objective difficulties facing both the Government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) in their efforts to meet all their respective commitments,

Calls on the Commission and the Council to implement as promptly as possible the measures agreed on at the VIII San José conference in Lisbon in 1992 concerning the reconstruction of El Salvador;

Draws to the Commission's and the Council's attention the problems arising from the need to allocate land to those who lay down their arms in order to take their place in civilian society;

Recommends that the Commission and Council make a major contribution to the Land Bank, to enable it effectively to fulfil its function of acquiring land from its legitimate owners and granting loans on acceptable terms to former combatants from both sides who voluntarily apply for them, are of peasant stock and do not own any land;

Calls on the United States and those countries within the international community which have concluded cooperation agreements with El Salvador to maintain and step up their development aid, to enable the Chapultepec Agreements to be duly implemented.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States and the US Administration.