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Human Rights Division
S-1810 · Série organique · 1980 - 1995
Fait partie de United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) (1991-1995)

S-1810 contains records pertaining to monitoring and reporting on human rights, investigating human rights violations, and developing local human rights capability in El Salvador as carried out by the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL).

Human Rights Division
The chronological and correspondence files contain letters, memoranda and reports on a variety of subjects, including: land and property ownership; armed groups; relations of the Human Rights Division with the judicial system and the National Civil Police (PNC); forced disappearances; arbitrary killings; the problem of personal identity documentation among the El Salvadoran population; and the image of ONUSAL in the media.

The chronological and correspondence files also contain: case information sheets and updates on specific allegations of human rights violations; reports on discoveries of human remains; correspondence between the Human Rights Division and non-governmental organizations; discussion papers on ONUSAL’s human rights mandate and evaluations of the mission’s achievements; summaries of meetings of the Human Rights Division; correspondence between the Human Rights Division and the government Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman; letters from the general public denouncing human rights violations sent to the Director of the Human Rights Division; statistics on human rights abuses; and reports on relations between the Human Rights Division and the National Public Security Academy (ANSP).

Included also are weekly and biweekly reports sent to the Director of the Human Rights Division from the Coordinators/Heads of regional offices located in the departments of Chalatenango, San Miguel, San Salvador, San Vincente, Santa Ana, and Usulutan. These reports include: observations and analyses of developments among local branches of national institutions concerning the reintegration of ex-combatants, the land transfer program, education and training, elections, and other aspects of the peace process; and summaries of cases of human rights violations investigated and/or followed by the regional office.

Human Rights Division, Deputy Director
Records consist of: memoranda pertaining to the organization of the mission and the functions of the Human Rights Division; weekly reports sent to the Head of Mission; papers describing procedures to verify human rights violations; a report describing human rights violations committed by the National Civil Police (PNC); correspondence between the Human Rights Division and non-governmental and religious organizations in El Salvador; discussion papers pertaining to strengthening the work of non-governmental organizations in El Salvador; and reports on conditions in prisons.

Human Rights Division, Case Verification Unit (UVEC)
Records of the UVEC, which was responsible for tracking and reporting cases of human rights violations, consist of: memoranda describing complaints made against the National Civil Police (PNC); reports on the systematic violation of human rights by the PNC; registries of cases of human rights violations attributed to the PNC; guidebooks and program plans for ONUSAL human rights monitoring activities focusing on the PNC; letters sent to the Head of Mission and the Director of the Human Rights Division from the general public which describe and condemn human rights violations and urge ONUSAL to investigate; reports of death threats and violence enacted against mayors, political officials and human rights activists; analyses of the state of human rights in El Salvador, including the right to work and the right of association; papers on labor legislation and correspondence with labor organizations; and aide memoire for the Director of the Human Rights Division on cases of human rights violations registered by the UVEC.

Also included are records pertaining to prisons, which include: surveys and fact-gathering reports; questionnaires completed by prisoners; reports on conditions and visits to prisons; and reports of riots and violence in prisons. There are also documents pertaining to the return of exiled judges, which describe the circumstances of the judges’ removal by insurgents. Other documents about exiled judges concern the corruption of judges and the administration of justice in former conflict zones.

Case files for human rights violations investigated by the Case Verification Unit (UVEC) consist of: case information sheets; investigation reports, summaries and updates; handwritten statements and notes; interview summaries; incident scene sketches; medical evaluations of victims; and press clippings. Cases include: arbitrary execution and detention, forced disappearance, excessive use of force, torture, and denial of due process. Case files are also included for massacres and exhumations of human remains. Attached to S-1810 is a chart depicting the pathway of a complaint through the Human Rights Division.

Human Rights Division, Regional Office of Chalatenango
Records consist of correspondence and reports covering such topics as: reform of the penal code, armed gangs, the right to free movement in El Salvador, the verification of the National Civil Police (PNC), and the exhumation of human remains. Files containing case information sheets on human rights violations also occasionally include handwritten notes, investigation reports, police reports, and medical evaluation reports.

Human Rights Division, Regional Office of San Miguel
Records consist of: minutes of Coordination Meetings; papers concerning the verification of the National Civil Police (PNC); and reports on armed groups. Records relating to judges include: notes for the file on the role and verification of judges in departments; information sheets and summaries of interviews with judges; and a report to the Director of the Human Rights Division on the administration of justice in San Miguel. Documents pertaining to prisons consist of: reports of visits to prisons and prison riots; papers on prison reform; and statistics and survey results on prisons. Reports prepared by Police Observers cover such topics as: allegations and investigations of human rights violations, demonstrations, and visits to prisons.

Human Rights Division, Regional Office of San Salvador
Records consist of: correspondence of the Head of the Central Region; complaints received from the Minister of the Presidency and from the High Command of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES); and chorological files for human rights violations monitored by the Regional Office of San Salvador.

Chorological files of human rights violations consist of: summaries and updates on cases; incident scene sketches; autopsy reports; reports on visits to prisons and labor disputes; field reports of human rights officers; as well as correspondence between the Regional Office of San Salvador and the National Police (PN), non-governmental organizations in El Salvador, and unions.

Included also are records documenting activities of non-governmental organizations in the area of human rights reform. Organizations include the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH) and the Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (CHDES). Records include: talking points and summaries of meetings with non-governmental organizations; brochures and program literature; outlines for human rights training seminars and programs; correspondence and notes to the file.

Also included are records of the Division’s Office for the Promotion and Education of Human Rights (OPEDH). Records include: descriptions of the organization and functions of the OPEDH and of educational programs instituted by the OPEDH; summaries of human rights conferences at academic institutions attended by the OPEDH staff; and brochures and booklets (including drafts and original artwork) produced by OPEDH illustrating human rights concepts and violations.

Human Rights Division, Regional Office of San Vicente
Records include memoranda and tables relating to personal identity documentation. Other documents concern the death of Julio Cesar Guzman Navas, a Venezuelan socialist fighting for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), including investigation reports, summaries of human rights officers’ interviews, and medical evaluation reports.

Human Rights Division, Regional Office of Santa Ana
Included are: papers on the promotion of human rights in the department of Santa Ana and bordering departments; memoranda about local human rights education campaigns; reports detailing cooperation between the Regional Office of Santa Ana and local governments in human rights promotion; reports on cooperative initiatives in human rights education undertaken by agencies and non-governmental organizations; reports by the Coordinator of Public Security, which summarize cases of human rights violations; and reports and summaries of staff meetings of the Office for the Promotion and Education of Human Rights (OPEDH).

Human Rights Division, Regional Office of Usulutan
Records consist of: case information sheets; and reports and updates submitted by Human Rights Officers on cases of human rights violations.

S-0999 · Série organique · 1993 - 1995
Fait partie de United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) (1993-1995)

Series documents the substantive and administrative work of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. The series is arranged into five sub-series: chronological file, including various forms of correspondence; code cables (incoming); code cables (outgoing); faxes (outgoing); and outgoing faxes and code cables of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. The earliest records in the files were created under the mandate of United Nations Operation in Somalia I, which ended in March 1993. Series is arranged alphabetically by sub-series, then chronologically therein.

Title based on series contents.

Military
S-1852 · Série organique · 1991 - 1995
Fait partie de International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) (1992-1993)

S-1852 consists of records documenting the ICFY’s monitoring of UNPROFOR and the military activities of warring factions in the former Yugoslavia. Included are UNPROFOR-generated records copied to the ICFY as well as ICFY high-level summaries of UNPROFOR reports.

Periodic reports authored by ICFY personnel for the Co-Chairmen include the ICFY daily operational reports, reviewing UNPROFOR and warring faction military activities throughout the former Yugoslavia. There are also UNPROFOR-generated military periodic reports, including: the Force Commander’s daily briefings; daily situation reports prepared by the Force Commander; and military information summaries.

There are also daily reports detailing air-detected and ground-observed violations of the no fly zone in the airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina investigated by the Monitoring and Close Air Support Coordination Centre (MCCC). Daily reports on activities in the no fly zone also note medical evacuations (MEDEVACS) and casualty evacuations (CASEVACS), as well as operations of NATO aircraft. Records pertaining to air support include: the Force Commander’s concept of employment of air power dating from 1994; release authority requests issued for UNPROFOR military exercises; and code cables sent between Co-Chairman Thorvald Stoltenberg and the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Kofi Annan about close air support (CAS) and air strikes.

There is also a collection of maps produced by the UNOPROFOR Geographic Branch (G2) in Bosnia and Herzegovina Command headquarters, and G2 personnel stationed at the headquarters of the British Force (BRITFOR) in Split, Croatia. The maps depict: boundaries of United Nations Protected Areas (UNPAs); lines of confrontation; the disposition of warring factions in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and supply routes. The maps also feature summaries of military information about warring faction activities.

S-1852 also contains: the UNPROFOR Force Standard Operating Procedures (SOP); the Force Commander’s operation orders and policy directives; casualty statistics of UNPROFOR personnel; briefs on battalion deployment; memoranda and reports on the deployment and operations of the Rapid Reaction Force; and briefs on demilitarization in Sector North.

S-1911 · Série organique · 1973 - 1995
Fait partie de Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) (1955-present)

The records in S-1911 document the coordination of projects and partnerships between the Department of Technical Co-operation for Development (DTCD), United Nations Member States and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The bulk of the records date from 1979 to 1983 and detail the planning and implementation of technical assistance projects in developing countries. The function of S-1911 is derived from DESA.DEV.018 of the retention schedule of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), dated 21 January 2013.

The records primarily consist of country files containing draft project documents and related correspondence, regional and interregional technical assistance programme materials, project files, and records relating to Operational, Executive and Administrative Services (OPAS) expert posts.

Country Files
Arranged alphabetically, the country files include requests for technical assistance from developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe. Additionally, there are project proposals, draft project documents, and budgets prepared by country governments, and correspondence and memoranda exchanged between the DTCD and the UNDP, which served as the primary funding agency for technical assistance projects executed by the DTCD. Requests for technical assistance and project documents were issued by the UNDP Resident Representative in the developing country, prepared in consultation with the country government, and submitted to the DTCD for review. Project documents were official proposals that included project objectives, work plans, budgets, and other information relating to the implementation of project.

Country files also include draft and final versions of UNDP Country Programmes, comprehensive summaries detailing the economic and social priorities for each developing country, as well as a list of proposed and in-progress projects. These records also include country project files documenting specific projects where the DTCD served as the Executing Agency and consist of draft project documents, related correspondence and memoranda, and mission reports of United Nations Technical Advisers. Projects were implemented in the fields of natural resources and energy, statistics and public administration. Examples of country projects include a Population Census project in Algeria, the Development and Conservation of Water Resources in Malta, and Mineral Exploration of the Madhya Pradesh State in India.

Operational, Executive and Administrative Services (OPAS) Expert Files
S-1911 also documents the activities of OPAS experts. OPAS experts were recruited by the Technical Assistance Services (TARS) of the Programme Support Division of DTCD but were not considered UN employees. Fully accountable to the government of the developing country to which they were assigned, OPAS experts temporarily held existing civil service positions while their local counterparts received the appropriate education and training in order to assume the post. OPAS experts’ contracts were renewed annually, and, at the request of the government, they could be promoted to UN technical advisers. In some instances, large projects required the collaboration of UN technical advisers and OPAS experts. OPAS experts were assigned to posts in the fields of: public administration and finance, natural resources, social welfare, statistics, and economic planning. These files are arranged alphabetically by country.

The files also include records of Associate Experts, characterized as recent graduates and new professionals; and UN Volunteers (UNV), who were assigned to technical assistance projects. The records consist of job descriptions detailing expert responsibilities, project documents, correspondence and memoranda concerning the relationship between experts and country governments, funding of projects, and comments on experts’ reports. The files also contain progress reports authored by technical experts and submitted to the DTCD, which identify project objectives; the political, social and economic background of the country; and activities undertaken by experts during each phase of the project. Additional information found in the progress reports includes summaries of meetings with other experts in the field, lists of fellows in the field, and lists of titles of reports and papers, and other activities.

Regional and Interregional Technical Assistance Programme
Other records in S-1911 provide information on the regional and interregional technical assistance programme of the DTCD, which coordinated with country governments and the UN regional economic commissions to develop large-scale regional projects, interregional seminars and training programmes in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. Projects and seminars were held in the fields of economic and social development, natural resources and energy, public administration, and population. These files consist of requests for technical assistance, as well as project and seminar proposals, seminar reports, and related correspondence and memoranda. S-1911 also includes job descriptions for expert posts and advisory service reports prepared by UN technical experts. Regional projects documented in these files include a Water Resources Assessment, Development and Management project in the Caribbean, Project Identification in Energy Matters in Asia, and Research on the Impact on Women of Socio-Economic Changes in Africa South of the Sahara.

Records related to interregional seminars and training programmes also include agreements between the DTCD and country governments hosting the seminar, project documents explaining the objectives and timetables of the seminars, and memoranda detailing travel arrangements for lecturers. Seminars were held on a variety of topics, including population, public administration and finance, natural resources and energy, water resources, and rural development. Examples of interregional seminars and training courses include the UN Conference on Least Developed Countries, a Seminar on Topographic and Hydrographic Surveying, and a training course on the Use of Computers for Water Resources Development.

S-1911 contains a small group of records pertaining to administrative arrangements of DTCD staff. These files include memoranda and correspondence documenting travel arrangements of staff, DTCD participation in conferences, and the preparation and publication of the DTCD Handbook.

S-0138 · Série organique · 1968 - 1995
Fait partie de Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) (1955-present)

The series consists of records which deal with the origination, formulation, execution and evaluation of the relevant projects. The types of records include any of the following: proposals, preparatory documentation, agreements, plans of operation and various reports such as progress, technical, mission, evaluation, etc. There are also departmental supporting documents which comprise background data, guidelines, studies, terms of reference and other relevant papers that bear elements further elucidating project activities. The department which is responsible for providing the necessary advisory services and assistance to the governments of developing countries and countries with economies in transition to strengthen their national capacities has been re-organized several times under the following names:

Dept. of Economic Affairs, ca 1946-1954
Dept. of Economic and Social Council, ca 1955
Technical Assistance Administration, ca 1955-1958
Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, ca 1955-1978
Office of Technical Co-operation, ca 1967-1977
Dept. of International Economic and Social Affairs, ca 1979-1993
Dept. of Technical Co-operation for Development, ca 1979-1993
United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, ca 1985-1993
Dept. for Policy Co-ordination and Sustainable Development, ca1994-1997
Dept. for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, ca 1994-1997
Dept. for Development Support and Management Services, ca 1994-1997
Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, ca 1998 up to present.

To preserve their identity, the records of the various technical assistance projects are maintained according to their provenance, i.e. the actual name of the organizational element which originated the records forms a part of the series title.

Accession numbers - 74/66; 77/80; 78/17; 78/144; 79/108; 79/184; 82/139; 82/168; 83/147; 83/148; 84/13

Regional Police Offices
S-1812 · Série organique · 1990 - 1995
Fait partie de United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) (1991-1995)

S-1812 contains records concerning the operation of the Police Division of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), and of ONUSAL’s reform and development of Salvadoran police forces.

Police Division
Included are records relating to the support and training ONUSAL provided to the National Civil Police (PNC). Training materials consist of manuals, memoranda and correspondence concerning security for government officials and foreign dignitaries, public security, explosives identification and destruction, patrol, and transport. Also included are records relating to the organization of the Mission, the restructuring of the Police Division, and the Mission mandate.

Regional Police Office of Chalatenango
Records consist of daily reports concerning the results of investigations, arrests and detentions, theft, assault, homicide, and disappearances; and operation logs of the Auxiliary Transitory Police (PAT). The PAT was responsible for maintaining public order and security in the former zones of conflict until their substitution by the new National Civil Police (PNC).

Officers’ files consist of monitoring, investigation, and analyses reports sent to the Head of the Regional Police Office of Chalatenango. These reports contain information on: the verification of explosive ordinance, demonstrations, armed groups, and gunfire. Officers’ files also contain: security and evacuation plans instituted during the elections held in March 1994; and papers and memoranda regarding the voter registration process and the issuance of voter ID cards (carnets).

Reports submitted to the Head of the Police Division cover such topics as: arms trafficking; the discovery of explosives and tatús (guerilla tunnels and shelters); acts of vigilantism; crimes and human rights violations; misconduct by members of the PNC and the PAT; assistance and training provided to the PNC; and security for the elections and for the Head of Mission’s visit to the region.

Regional Police Office of San Miguel
Records consist of: reports about corrupt officers in the National Police (PN); complaints of misconduct by members of the Auxiliary Transitory Police (PAT); incident and patrol reports; reports on receptions for mayors (alcaldes) returning from exile; and summaries of telephone calls. There is also correspondence from ONUSAL police sub-offices in the following locations: San Luis de la Reina in the department of San Miguel; Osicala and Sociedad in the department of Morazan; and Anamoros and Santa Rosa de Lima in the department of La Union.

Also included are: case information sheets for human rights violations followed by the Regional Police Office of San Miguel; papers about the establishment and deployment of the National Police (PN) in the department of San Miguel; analyses of public security in municipalities of San Miguel; graphs and statistics on crime in the department of San Miguel; and plans to reduce crime drafted by the National Police.

Regional Police Office of San Miguel, Sub-Office of San Francisco Gotera
Records consist of: correspondence with the Regional Office of San Miguel; Police Observers’ reports on local incidents; accusations of human rights violations committed by members of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN); reports on the distribution of housewares and farming tools to former members of the FMLN; memoranda on underage members of the FMLN; reports on the performance and operational difficulties of the Sub-Office of San Francisco Gotera, which was located in the department of Morazan; and summaries and minutes of meeting of the sub-office staff.

Regional Police Office of San Miguel, Sub-Office of Santa Rosa de Lima
Included are operation logs and reports sent to the Regional Police Office of San Miguel about criminal investigations. The reports also concern: the corruption of judges; disputes about land ownership and land transactions; destruction of weapons; induction of new members of the National Civil Police (PNC); and troop movements of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).

Regional Police Office of San Salvador
Records consist of daily reports prepared by the head of the Regional Police Office of San Salvador about patrols carried out in numerous municipalities and towns in the department of San Salvador. The reports contain information about: interviews conducted in connection with crimes being investigated; visits to National Police headquarters; monitoring of labor protests; and visits with mayors (alcaldes).

Regional Police Office of San Salvador, Sub-Office of Suchitoto
Included are: patrol reports submitted from the Sub-Office of Suchitoto, which was located in the department of Cuscatlan, to the regional police offices of San Salvador and San Vicente about incidents in the municipalities of Cuscatlan.

Also included are: proceedings from meetings held about the transaction of properties in the Land Transfer and Reintegration Program (PTT); and reports on visits to properties to investigate land-related complaints and incidents arising from the administration of the PTT.

Regional Police Office of Santa Ana
Included are reports on human rights violations, prison visits, crimes, disappearances, labor disputes, and land disputes. Also included are verification reports about local branches of the Customs Police and the National Police.

Regional Police Office of Usulutan
Included are reports on a variety of topics, such as: criminal investigations, armed groups, corruption; and the state of public security in towns and municipalities in the department of Usulutan. Also included are records of the Auxiliary Transitory Police (PAT) stationed in Jucuaran, San Augustin and Santa Elena, which consist of: patrol and incident reports, incident scene sketches; and correspondence from justices of the peace.

Correspondence covers such topics as: crimes; human rights violations; incidents; exhumations of corpses; penal code reform; land ownership disputes; the organization of the Police Division; cooperation between the Police Division and the Human Rights Division; and assistance provided to the Salvadoran government’s vaccination campaign.

Liaison Office
S-1813 · Série organique · 1992 - 1995
Fait partie de United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) (1991-1995)

Liaison Office
Records of S-1813 consist of: discussion papers and implementation timetables on the status of agreements of the Chapultepec Peace Accords; correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the coordination of ONUSAL activities during the election of 20 March 1994; documents outlining the post-ONUSAL mechanism; reports and statistics on human rights violations; ONUSAL weekly bulletins; agendas of Coordination Meetings held by staff of various ONUSAL divisions; program plans and summaries of working group meetings of the Land Transfer and Reintegration Program; and aide memoire, briefs, and notes for the file on reintegration programs for former combatants.

S-0201 · Série organique · 1957 - 1994
Fait partie de United Nations Office for Special Political Affairs (1955-1991)

UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs

Series consists of correspondence, incoming and outgoing clear and code cables, press releases, photographs, newspaper articles, publications, and reports. These records originated primarily in the Offices of Special Assistant for Congo Civilian Operations Gustavo Duran and Special Advisor for Civilian Affairs in the Congo Sir Alexander MacFarquhar. Incorporated with these files are records from Political Affairs Officer Fou Tchin Liu, Principal Secretary of the Conciliation Commission for the Congo Dragoslav Protitch, Under-Secretary in Charge of Civilian Affairs in the Congo Godfrey Amachree and Special Assistant for Burundi and Rwanda Affairs Jan G. Schumacher. Files include information on the financial and administrative status of the Congo Fund; documentation on the Office of Public Information; information on agricultural training, communication and transportation projects; Conciliation Commission minutes; statistical information relating to the economy; documentation regarding education; records on the implementation of the Security Council Resolution (1961); police training records; government information bulletins and details on the technical assistance program in Rwanda-Burundi; data on food production; and correspondence regarding specialized agencies such as the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunications Union.

Accession Numbers: A/225, A/521, A/431, A/433, A/624, A/706-75/7, A/481

Administration Division
S-1815 · Série organique · 1983 - 1994
Fait partie de United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) (1991-1995)

Administration Division
Records of S-1815 include: ONUSAL Standard Operating Procedures; organization charts and papers for various offices and sub-offices; terms of reference for mission personnel; guidelines for Military Liaison Officers and Police Monitors on assignment; reports of the Secretary-General on ONUSAL and the peace process in El Salvador; and correspondence of the Chief Administrative Officer with Regional Coordinators regarding the phasing-out of the mission.

Electoral Division
S-1811 · Série organique · 1988 - 1994
Fait partie de United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) (1991-1995)

S-1811 contains records concerning provision of support and assistance by the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) for the conduct of the national elections, which were held on 20 March of 1994.

Electoral Division
Records consist of: operational support plans for the elections; progress reports on the activities of the Electoral Division; plans and reports describing observation and monitoring activities enacted in regions; lists of polling stations; analyses of the media coverage of the electoral process; statements signed by candidates; reports describing problems in the process of issuing voter registration cards (carnets); descriptions of ONUSAL’s election-related activities with non-governmental organizations; and electoral and political reports prepared by ONUSAL’s regional offices. Correspondence covers such topics as: the selection and establishment of polling sites; the selection of electoral observers, who were deployed at polling sites to verify that electoral activities took place in a free and fair atmosphere; allegations of electoral fraud; and activities and events held by political parties. Records pertaining to ONUSAL’s preparatory mission for the elections include: work plans; reports assessing the pre-electoral climate; reports examining Salvadoran institutions integral to the electoral process; and reports monitoring fulfillment of the Chapultepec Peace Accords.

Records on political parties consist of: papers describing the principles and objectives of political parties; correspondence between ONUSAL officials and political party leaders; and complaints made about irregularities in the electoral process and improper conduct of public officials and candidates. Also included are lists, tables and statistics compiled by ONUSAL on: voting activities; voting centers; complaints and incidents in departments and municipalities; and the process of issuing voter registration cards (carnets) to members of the public. Records of the El Salvadoran Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) include: correspondence between ONUSAL officials and TSE officials; analyses of political parties; interviews with members of political parties; and reports on problems with El Salvador’s electoral process and possible solutions.

Electoral Division, Regional Office of San Salvador
Records consist of: information circulars and memoranda on the freedom of association; reports of the registration process in San Salvador towns and municipalities; lists of mayors; reports of the Electoral Division; codes of conduct followed in departments during electoral campaigns; operational support plans for the election as enacted in San Salvador and in other regions; booklets, brochures and publicity materials issued by non-governmental organizations that assisted with voter registration; and papers on election strategy, the recount process in San Salvador, methodology for electoral observation, and the organization and functions of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). Correspondence covers such topics as: selection of and requests for electoral observers; plans for voter registration events; alleged registration and electoral fraud; updates on candidates; campaign events; and post-election wrap-up. Records concerning electoral observers include: data on deployment; orientation materials on the departments of El Salvador; observation procedures; and reports on campaign events.

Complaints include reports of: illegal campaigning; registration and electoral fraud; vandalism; and threats and acts of violence intended to influence voters. Records documenting ONUSAL activities in the Department of Cuscatlan include: notes for the file about registration problems; lists of officials and non-governmental organizations active in the Department; and reports and statistics on the issuing of voter registration cards and the election. Records documenting ONUSAL activities in the Department of La Libertad include: correspondence between officials of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) and ONUSAL officials; results of voter registration drives; reports of visits to mayoralties (alcaldias); papers on the process of document verification and issuing of voter registration cards.