UNITED NATIONS AS General Assembly Security Council Distr. GENERAL A/39/949 S/l7446 -6-September 19H5 ENGLISH DRIGINAL: SPANISff GENERAL ASSEMBLY Thirty-ninth session Aqenda item 25 THE SITUATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA: THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY AND PEACE INITIATIVES SECURITY COUNCIL Fortieth year Letter dated 5 September 1985 from the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General I have the honour to transmit herewith the text of the Joint Deciaration adopted in San Jose on 4 September 1985 by the Foreiqn Ministers of Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica, with the Deputy Minister for Foreiqn Affairs of Guatemala participatinq a% an observer (see annex). I .should be qrateful if you would arranqe for the Declaration to be circulated an a document of the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session, under aqenda item 25, and of the Security Counci 1. (Siqned) Fernando BERROCAL Ambassador Permanent Representative Hr>-2437H 168Ri (E) A/39/949 S/17446 English Page 2 ANNEX Joint Declaration (San Josh, 4 September 1985) At the invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, Mr. Carlos Jose Gutiirrez, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Mr. Rodolfo Castillo Claramont, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Dr. Edqardo Paz Barnica, met with him in San Jose on 3 and 4 September 1985. The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Mr. Gustav0 Santizo, attended the meeting as an observer. El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica declare their intention to attend the forthcoming meeting of Ministers for Foreiqn Affairs of the Central American countries and of the Contadora Group scheduled to be held on 12 and 13 September in Panama for the purpose of appraising , at the political level, the regional peace negotiations. The signatories today contacted the Foreign Ministers of Argentina, Brazil, 
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This text appears to be related to international relations, conflict resolution, and diplomacy in Central America. The document is a joint declaration among foreign ministers of several countries, discussing a meeting to appraise regional peace negotiations and threats to international peace and security. This suggests that the category should be related to international relations and conflict resolution.

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