to address the two first points. No agreement had been reached. Parallel to those meetings, the FMLN had been threatening to launch another military offensive. 76. The third meeting had taken place in Costa Rica where an agreement on human rights had been signed. In a press release, the representative of the Secretary-General had announced that first substantive agreement of the negotiating process had been reached. The agreement represented a commitment by the Government of El Salvador concerning respect for and guarantee of human rights. The agreement also stipulated that a United Nations mission would monitor human rights but would only start to function as from the cessation of armed confrontation. The Salvadorian people had urged the immediate implementation of point 1 of the agreement regarding human rights in the hope of putting an end to FMLN terrorism. Terrorist activities had however continued. The next dialogue was scheduled to be held in Costa Rica from 17 to 22 August 1990. 77. During the 1980s many distinguished citizens had been murdered but the Government of El Salvador had stated that it would give its support to pending judicial pro~eedings designed to shed light on those assassinations. Many of E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l4 page 15 the murders which had taken place in 1989 had been perpetrated by the FMLN which had claimed that such summary executions had been performed pursuant to decisions of its own courts. Those courts had been repudiated by international opinion as they did not comply with the minimum requirements of justice. The Salvadorian people hoped that the violence of the 1980s would not continue into the 1990s and that the process of democratization, already begun, would guide the future life of the nation. 78. Mr. van BQVEN, referring to the statement by the Four Directions Council, said it was his impression that at present non-governmental organizations and 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing a political and humanitarian situation in El Salvador, specifically the negotiations between the government and the FMLN, and the human rights situation in the country. The text mentions the signing of an agreement on human rights, the monitoring of human rights by a United Nations mission, and the murder of distinguished citizens. The text also mentions the hope for democratization and the avoidance of violence in the country.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights