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AKU/o" s cc: SG I/ File: IYDP XRef: W& b/f r^/AR/MKP/LCC/GMM/AF/MJS

9 October 1981

Dear Mrs. Duarte,

I wish to thank you for your letter of 18 September 1981 by which you transmitted a first-day cover with stamps issued by the Postal Administration of El Salvador in commemoration of the International Year of Disabled Persons. You may be sure that I very much appreciated your thoughtfulness in sending me these commemorative stamps. I should also like to take this opportunity to thank you for the support which you, in your capacity as President of your country's National Commission for the International .Year of Disabled Persons, have given to the goals of the Year. Yours sincerely,

Kurt Waldheim

Mrs. Ines DurSn de Duarte President Com is ion Nacional Del Afio Internacional de las Personas Impedidas El Salvador 9 de pctubre de 1981

Senor Embajadon En nombre del Secretario General, le ruego que se reraita § la Senora ln§s DurSn de Duarte, la conmnicaclon adjunta, de la cual se acompana \ma copia a titulo informativo. Aprovecho la oportunidad para saludarle muy atentamente.

Rafeeuddin Ahmed Jefe de& Gabinete del Secretario General

Su Excelencia Dr. Mauricio Rosales-Rivera Representante permanente de El Salvador ante las Kaciones Unidas Nueva Yorl The attached letter is from the wife of the President of El Salvador, who writes in her capacity as President of the National Commission for the Internationa Year of the Disabled.

Further to instructions issued by UN at its 102nd session of 16 December 1976, she sends commemorative stamps regarding the international Year. C O N A I P* I COMISION NACIONAL DEL AND INTERNACIONAL DE LAS FERSONAS IMPEDIDAS

Tels.: Di rectos: 21-8316 21-7201 / 21-7202 Extensi6n 113 y 169 Apartado Postal 06-310

San Salvador, 1 8 SET. 1981 —JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA DE GOBIERNO

—MINISTERIO DE TRABAJO Y PREVISON SOCIAL —MINISTERIO DE EDUCAC1ON Sr. —MINISTERIO DE PLANIFICACION Kurt-Waldheim Y COORDINACION DEL Secretario Gral. de Naciones Unidas DESARROLLO ECONOM1CO Naciones Unidas, N. York. Y SOCIAL N Y 10,017. —CONSEJO SALVADORENO USA. DE MENORES —GRUPO INDEPENDIENTE PRO REHAB1L1TACION INTEGRAL GIPR1 For medio de la presente reciba un atento y cor- dial saludo en nombre de la Comision Nacional de —SECTOR PRIVADO Personas Impedidas de El Salvador. —PROCURADURIA GENERAL DE POBRES Atendiendo las instrucciones de las Naciones Uni- —MINISTERIO DE JUSTICIA das en su sesion 102 a. del 16 de diciembre de -- 1976, me estoy permitiendo remitirle los sellos - —INSTITUTO SALVADORENO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL postales conmemorativos que realzan este Ano In-- ternacional. —ASOCIACION NACIONAL PRO INFANCIA —ASAPAED (Asociacion Salvadorena Atentamente, de Padres y Amigos de Expeciona- les Down's).

—CAPITULO EL SALVADOR (OLIMPIADAS ESPECIALES) —ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE fines .Duran de\puarte CIEGOS SALVADORENOS V ...Rneslde-n-ta- AKU/os cc: SG File: IYDP XRef : b/f : RA/AR/MKP/LCC/GMtl/AF/MJS

9 October 1931

Dear Mrs. Duarte,

I wish to thank you for your letter of 18 September 1981 by which you transmitted a first-day cover with stamps issued by the Postal Administration of El Salvador in commemoration of the International Year of Disabled Parsons. You raay be sure that I very much appreciated your thoughtfulness in sending tae these coraraeHiorative stamps. I should also like to take this opportunity to thank you for the support which you, in your capacity as President of yoar country's national Coiaraission for the International Year of Disabled Persons, have given to the goals of the Year. Yours sincerely,

Kurt Waldheini

Mrs. In£s Dur£n de Duarte President Comision Nacional Del Ano Internacional "de las Personas Impedidas El Salvador 9 de pctubre de 1981

Sefior Eiafaajadori £11 nontbre eel Secretario General, le ruego aue se remits ^ la Seriora IrUls DurSn ds Duarte, la comunicaclon adjunta, de la cual se acogipana una copia a tit-ulo informative. Aprovecho la oj>orttinidad para s&ludarle muy at en taisonte •

Fafeeuddin Jefe de5 Gahinete del Secretario General

Su Excelencia Dr. Mauricio P.oeales-Rivera Representafite pensarient.a de El Salvador ante las Kaciones Unidas wxieva Yori Department of Public £ss Section

Note To Correspondents Note No. 4253 28 September 1981

PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS

Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of El Salvador, will visit United Nations Headquarters tomorrow, 29 September, to confer with Secretary-General Kurt Wai cine im and to adoress the General Assembly.

At 10 a.m. the President, accompanied by members of his party, will arrive at the Secretariat entrance, where he will be received by the Secretary-General. The Secretary-General will accompany the President and his party by special elevator to the thirty-eighth floor, where the two men will proceed to the Secretary-General's office to confer. Later, for. Duarte will go to the thirty-eighth floor office of the President of the General Assembly, Ismat T. Kittani (Iraq), where the two men will confer.

At 10:30 a.m. Kir. Duarte, the Secretary-General and the Assembly President will proceed to the General Assembly hall, where I»ir. Duarte will address the Assembly.

At 11:45 a.m. the President will be escorted to the Vuest Foyer, where he will receive the heads of delegations and the Permanent Representatives to the United Nations.

At 12:20 p.m. fir. Duarte will proceed to Conference Room 5 to address the members of the Latin American Group. Following that, he will be escorted to the delegates' entrance, from which point he will leave Headquarters.

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For information media — not an official record PROTOCOL AND LIAISON 26 September 1981

PROGRAMME FOR THE VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY SENOR JOSE NAPOLEON DUARTE, PRESIDENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON TUESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 1981 i

10.00 a.m. His Excellency the President, accompanied by the members of his party, will arrive at the Secretariat Entrance where he will be received by the Secreta^ry- General.

Photographers will record the meeting of His Excellency the President with 'the Secretary-General in the Secretariat Lobby.

The Secretary-General, escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will accompany His Excellency the President and the members of his party, by special elevator, to the 38th Floor and proceed to his office.

Photographers will record the visit.

His Excellency the President will confer with the Secretary-General In his office.

At the end of the meeting, His Excellency the President, escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will proceed to the office of the President of the General Assembly on the 38th Floor.

Photographers will record the visit.

His Excellency the President will confer with the President of the General Assembly in his office.

10.30 a.m. His Excellency the President, accompanied by the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General, and escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will descend by special elevator to the second floor and proceed to Boom GA-200.

The President of thf General Assembly and the Secretary- General will take leave of His Excellency the President and proceed to their scats at the podium.

His Excellency the President will be escorted by the Chief of Protocol to his seat In the General Assembly Hall.

His Excellency the President will address the General Assembly. 2.

At the end of his address, His Excellency the President, accompanied by the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General, will proceed to Room CA-200. At this point, the President of the General Assembly will take leave of His Excellency the President.

The Secretary-Genera! will accompany His Excellency the President to the entrance of Room GA-200 and will take leave of him.

11.45 a.m. His Excellency t lie President, escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will proceed to the West Foyer where he will receive the heads of Delegations and Permanent Repre- sentatives to the United Nations.

12.20 p.m. His Excellency the President, escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will proceed to Conference Poom No. 5 where the Latin American Group will have gathered to listen to his address.

Followinp, the address, His Excellency the President, escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will proceed by special elevator to the first floor where he will leave the United Nations Headquarters by the Delegates' Entrance. UNITED NATIONS NATION

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR

TO: The Secretary-General DATE: 25 September 1981 A:

REFERENCE: THROUGH: S/C DE:

FROM: William B. Buffurn DE:

SUBJECT: OBJET:

El Salvador is obviously a very sensitive case politically. Moreover, since their visit was scheduled so late, they have no right to expect a great deal of attention. However, to ignore them totally would, in my view, not be correct. May I therefore suggest you offer them something like a "coupe de champagne", perhaps around noon on the day of the speech, or a small tea in the 38th floor conference room, any of the days during their visit that would be convenient for you. These could be very small and not very visible affairs, but would represent a hospitable gesture.

From Mr. Teymour

The President and First Lady of EL SALVADOR will be here on Monday, 28 Sept. Tues. 29th and Wed. 3Oth. Does the SG wish to host anything for them ?

(The luncheon for Panama H of S is on Wed. 3Oth.)

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Jackie Vanyi, 717 9 Mary Ellen Fri. 25 Sept. 1O. 25am Note for the Secretary-General

Visit of the President of El Salvador, Jose Napole6n Duarte

Josg Napole6n Duarte (55) was designated President of El Salvador on 10 Dec em.be r_1980.A civil engineer educated 'In trie United States (he graduated from Notre Dame University) , President Duarte served for three consecutive terms asPmayoiT of (1969-70) and was a founding member of 'the Christian Democratic Party*. He is vice-president of the Christian Democratic World Union.

]ir^ 1972 he ran for the Presidency. His running mate was Guillermo Uncro ^who"vTsTted you -about ^^o^_ears_^gjilgjTa " member of_jthe_formejr_junta. President Duarte apparently won the elections, but the Salvadoran Army refused to accept the result and forced him into exile in Venezuela until late 1979. After reform-minded Salvadoran officers overthrew President Humberto Romero in October 1979, Duarte returned to El Salvador He joined the civilian military junta on 10 March 1980. The ciyilwar in_El Salvador has .taken the lives of about 24,000 people in. the_JLa_st 18 months and has created a refugee prob 1 enTTor"!ne_ia'hbb^r~in"q_JcJb.ii.p±xles , thus raising tensions in the area. Conservative figures show an estimated 260,000 refugees. The opposition is organized mainly into two groups:

- the Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation is a Marxist__2roup which has been operating in El Sal'va"abr~^sxnce~"the 30s. - the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), a major coalition of centre-left democratic—leaders""headed By_Guillerino Unao. He has received strong support in Social_pemocratic circles in Europe. " ————

Duarte's detractors claim that he is little more than a figurehead. GujJJ-ermo Uncro dismisses his old running mate_a_s "merely a puppet of the United States". Other Salvadoran leftists who once saw in Duarte the makings of a great liberal champion now say he is a pawn of the military. They believe that the rea_l power rests .with jbhfi—D_e_fjense Minister^ Col. Guillermo Garcia. President Duarte has embarked upon an ambitious programme of social and economic reforms. On the political side, Duarte and the junta members appointed in early March a three-man electoral commission that will draft a new national constitution, which in turn will be voted upon sometime next year by a Constituent Assembly. This move was proposed initially by the United States, in order to find a political solution to El Salvador's problems. The opposition has stated that no free electj.QrL_sa_n be organised given tne presejit^pBlTtic^r^'ciimate andT the"Tack of security^ ' A military soiuti6rT~has proved~so~i~~far impossXJ5TeT" *~" The Salvadoran junta has come under worldwide criticism^ for repor1:ed~~abuses by government "t'rfrops andr'tor tne junta'IT' apparent inability to control the military. The Salvadoran leader reiterated recently that he was faced with "an ideological and internationally based war". The Salvadoran junta has been critical of the joint statement issued by Mexico and France in late August, recognizing the Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation and the Revolutionary Democratic Front in El Salvador as a political force. This statement was rejected as an inter- vention in the internal affairs of El Salvador by nine Latin American States in a joint statement known as the "Caracas Declaration", issued in Caracas on 2 September 1981.

Diego Cordovez 25 September 1981 7

MISION PERMANENTE DE EL SALVADOR

ANTE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS f

46 PARK AVENUE \ \

NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO16 : S Nueva York, 24 de septiembre de 1981.

Senor Secretario General:

Tengo a bien hacer del conocirciento de Vuestra Ex- celencia, para fines de protocolo, que el Excelentlsiiro sefior Jos€ Napole6n Duarte, Presidente de la Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno de El Salvador, vendrfi a Nueva York acompanado de su esposa, dona Ine~s de Duarte. Su comitiva la forman los si- guientes funcionariosT:

Exceleni:£sinio Dr. Fidel ChSvez-Mena Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores

Excelentlsiina Dra. Dina Castro de Callejas Vice-Ministra de Justicia Honorable Adolfo Rey Prendes Alcalde de la ciudad de San Salvador Senor Eugenio Vides Casanova Senor Adolf o O. Blancl6n Senor Carlos Armando Avile"s EdecSn

Asimismo le informo que el personal de prensa esta1 formado por: Sr. Carlos Martinez, Sr. Luis Urrutia, Sr. Arnol' do Vasquez, Sr. Mauricio Sandoval, Sr. Luis Aguirre y Sr. Jor- ge Fuentes.

Excelentlsimo Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretario general de las Naciones Unidas Naciones Unidas Nueva York, N.Y. MISION PERMANENTE DE EL SALVADOR

SNU-144 ANTE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS A-550 46 PARK AVENUE

NFW YORK. N Y. IOO16

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Sin. otro particular, me valgo de la oportunidad para renovar a Vuestra Excelencia las seguridades de mi ma's alta y distinguida consideraci6n.

Mauricio Resales Embajador Representante Permanente Protocol and Liaison 29 November 1979

PROGRAMME FOR THE VISIT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, ON FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 1979

11:30 a.m. The Members of the Revolutionary Junta of the Government of the Republic of El Salvador, H.E. Dr. Guillermo Manuel Ungo and H.E. Col. Engineer Jaime Abdul Gutierrez, accom- panied by H.E. Engineer Dr. Hector Dada-Hirezi, Minister for External Relations, Major Lie. Alvaro Salazar-Brenes, Secretary of Information of the Presidency, Col. Manuel Edmundo Palacios, Chief of. Staff of the Presidency and H.E. Dr. Miguel Rafael Urquia, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, "will arrive at the Secretariat Entrance where they will be received by the Secretary- General.

monographers will record the meeting of the Members of the Revolutionary Junta with the Secretary-General in the Secretariat Lobby.

The Secretary-General will accompany the Members of the Revolutionary Junta, by special elevator, to the 38th floor and will proceed to 'the Conference room adjacent to his office.

Photographers will record the visit.

The Members of the Revolutionary Junta will present to the Secretary-General the instruments of ratification of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights and of the International Convention on Economic c Social and Cultural Rights, as well as the instruments of adhesion to the Convention against Apartheid and the Convention against Racial Discrimination.

11:35 a.m. The Members of the Revolutionary Junta will confer with the Secretary-General in his office.

11:50 a.m. The Members of the Revolutionary Junta, accompanied by the Secretary-General and escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will proceed by special elevator to the Second floor and then to Room GA-200.

The Members of the Revolutionary Junta will then be escorted by the Chief of Protocol to the office of the President of the General Assembly.

Photographers will record the visit.

The Members of the Revolutionary Junta will confer with the President of the General Assembly in his office. 2.

12:00 noon H.E. Dr. Guillermo Manuel Ungo, on behalf of the Revolutionary Junta of the Government of the Republic of El Salvador, will address the General Assembly.

At the end of his address, the Members of the Revo- lutionary Junta, escorted by the Chief of Protocol, •will proceed to the West Foyer where they will be greeted by the Chairmen of Delegations and the Permanent Representatives of the United Nations.

The Chief of Protocol will escort the Members of the Revolutionary Junta, by special elevator, to the Delegates' Dining-room where they will have a private luncheon.

3:00 p.m. The Members of the Revolutionary Junta, escorted by the Chief of Protocol, will descend by special ele- vator to the second floor and proceed to Room 226 for a Press Conference.

Escorted by the Chief of Protocol, the Members of the Revolutionary Junta will proceed to the First Floor where they will leave the United Nations Headquarters by the Secretariat Entrance.