On December 29, 1996, the two sides signed a peace agreement on the end of the 36-year civil war in Guatemala. On December 29, 1996, the Government of Guatemala and the National Revolutionary Alliance signed the Permanent Peace Agreement and the Four Representatives of the National Revolutionary Alliance signed the Permanent Peace Agreement. On December 29, 1996, at 5 p.m., the signing ceremony was held in the presidential palace. After the Foreign Minister Steiner read the Permanent Peace Agreement, the four Representatives of the National Revolutionary Alliance signed the Permanent Peace Agreement and the four Representatives of the National Revolutionary Alliance signed the Permanent Peace Agreement. The United Nations Secretary-General also signed the final document on the 36-year civil war in this Central American country.