Confidence-building Measures In Central America
Confidence-building measures (CBMs) were a key element in the Central American peace process. Although CBMs have always existed in some form or another in the hemisphere's conflict situations, the Central American peace process for the first time in a Latin American conflict explicitly used CBM terminology and techniques. This was no accident, and reflected the key role played by the UN and by certain outside actors (the Canadians, the International Peace Academy) in bringing these ideas to the peace process.
Read more about Confidence-building Measures In Central America: The Role of CBMs, The 1983 Contadora Meeting, The July 1983 Cancún Declaration, Panama Meeting of September 1983, Contadora Acts of 1984–86, Esquipulas Peace Plan of 1987 in Nicaragua, Early 1990s
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