A/RES/54/99 Page 3 recommendations therein, which are aimed at ensuring that the Mission can respond adequately to the demands of the peace process until 31 December 2000, 1. Welcomes the ninth report on human rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala;1 2. Also welcomes the report of the Commission for Historical Clarification2 and its recommendations; 3. Takes note with satisfaction of progress made in the implementation of the peace agreements, in particular the finalization of the programme for the repatriation of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico, compliance with the spending targets included in the agreements, increased deployment of the new National Civil Police, the approval by Congress of the new Land Trust Fund and the establishment of the Office for the Defence of Indigenous Women; 4. Also takes note with satisfaction of the ongoing efforts at consensus-building carried out within the commissions created under the peace agreements, as well as of the contribution of the Women’s Forum; 5. Underscores the fact that, as pointed out by the Commission to Follow up the Implementation of the Peace Agreements, key reforms remain outstanding, including the fiscal, judicial, military and electoral reforms, and therefore stresses the critical importance of continued compliance with the peace agreements in 2000; 6. Encourages the Government to implement its decision to adopt a new military doctrine and disband the current Presidential Military Staff, in keeping with the peace agreements; 7. Underscores the fact that meeting the tax revenue targets set in the Agreement on Social and Economic Aspects and Agrarian Situation4 is essential to the sustainability of the implementation of the peace agreements; 8. Notes that, while significant achievements have been registered in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights,5 important shortcomings persist, and calls upon the Government to redouble its efforts in the promotion of human rights, taking into account the recommendations contained in the reports on human rights of the Mission, and to do its utmost to assist in the investigation of the murder of Monsignor Juan José Gerardi Conedera; 9. Calls upon the Government to follow up on the recommendations of the Commission for Historical Clarification, with a view to promoting national reconciliation, upholding the right to truth and providing redress, in accordance with Guatemalan law, for the victims of human rights abuses and violence committed during the thirty-six-year armed conflict; 3 A/54/355. 4 A/50/956, annex. 5 A/48/928–S/1994/448, annex I; see Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-ninth Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1994, document S/1994/448. /...