The signing of the 1996 Peace Accords ended 36 years of internal conflict in Guatemala. The United States Government played an active role in aiding the negotiations which resulted in the accords and has since made a large-scale diplomatic and financial commitment to assisting Guatemala in the implementation of the accords.

The U.S. is the largest single donor in support of the Guatemala Peace Accords. In 1997, the U.S. Government promised $270 million in assistance to Guatemala over a four-year period. These funds are currently being used to carry out a variety of projects designed to help achieve the goals laid out in the accords. For more information on specific projects or on overall U.S. support for the Guatemalan Peace Accords, please consult the USAID webpage section on Guatemala.