Press Briefing
PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA
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FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY
At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guatemala told correspondents that Guatemalans were fast approaching the signing of the final agreement towards a "firm and lasting peace". That agreement would end Guatemala's 36-year armed conflict -- the longest in the Latin American region.