Nicaragua has committed itself to lift the State of Emergency initiate dialogue with internal op •ponents, and Insulute ar amnesty for contra leaders who lav down their arms.
None of these commitments al C • lICW. however. It's long been Nicaragua's position that, once the contra aggression The main provisions of the 'Accord' are: • National reconciliation: a) 60 days of General Amnesty for political crimes in Guatemala, El Salvador, groups of the internal opposition .. be established within each country, composed of pluralism, to be instituted within 60 days ... • Elections: a) elections for Central American first half of 1988; b) under same supervision constitutionally established in each country.. ask' nonregional governments to suspend aid to irregualar " forces ...
permit an attack against, other Central America • Supervision: a supervisory committee to be support group...
indivisible whole.
Nicaragua; b) dialogue with all unarmed . commissions to governments, Church, opposition parties etc to oversee • Ceasefire: to take effect as the dialogue begins ... • Democratisation: complete press and broadcasting freedom. ous removal of all impediments to politica Parliament, under OAS supervision, to be held during municipal. Darliamentary etc elections to be nela a:
• Suspension of military aid: all governments 'should • Prohibition of the use of CA territory to attack, o staterms reduction: 60 days after signing, negotiations concerning arms control and reduction to begin ...
established, composed of General Secretaries of th UN, OAS, and foreign ministers of Contadora and • Evaluation: a summit of the five Presidents to be held, six months after signing, to review progress... • Final consideration: each point above is part of an