| | Agreement on the Basis for the Legal Integration of the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca: Guatemala: Peace ... |
 | | Whereas the internal armed conflict that Guatemala has experienced for over three decades resulted from the closing of political opportunities for democratic expression and participation and from the adoption of measures of political repression against individuals and organizations linked or identified with the Government overthrown in 1954, |
 | | Whereas, given a situation where there is social and economic injustice, including discriminatory practices against indigenous peoples, and the systematic denial of individual and collective rights and safeguards, the peoples concerned have the right to seek the necessary democratic change, |
 | | Whereas the package of peace agreements signed by the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) constitute a new and promising framework for the democratic life of the country, based on new forms of political participation and a new institutional framework, |
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