Body responsible for promoting and monitoring the fulfilment of the recommendations. The effects of the armed confrontation and the violence connected with it were not limited solely to the two factions. Neither do the victims come only from certain sectors of the population. Almost all Guatemalans have been affected in one way or another by the violence that has been so widespread and lasted for such a long period of time. For this reason, the CEH s recommendations are fundamentally designed to facilitate unity in Guatemala and banish the centuries-old divisions suffered.
Reconciliation is the responsibility of everyone.
The CEH is convinced that construction of peace, founded on the knowledge of the past, demands that those affected by the armed confrontation and the violence connected with it are listened to and no longer considered solely as victims, but as the protagonists of a future of national harmony. The violence and horrors described in the Report should leave no room for despair. Subsequent generations in Guatemala have the right to a brighter, better future. Guatemalans can, and must, encourage a common project of nationhood. To bring about a reconstruction of Guatemala s social fabric, based on lasting peace and reconciliation, it is vital to foster an authentic sense of national unity among the diversity of peoples that make up the nation.