Creación de la Comisión Facilitadora, Grupo de Países Amigos y Organismos Internacionales, Comunicado No. 27, Mesa Nacional de Diálogos y Negociación

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Country/entity: Colombia
Region: Americas
Agreement name: Creación de la Comisión Facilitadora, Grupo de Países Amigos y Organismos Internacionales, Comunicado No. 27, Mesa Nacional de Diálogos y Negociación
Date: 9 Mar 2001
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Colombian Conflict (1964 - )
The Colombian conflict is really a set of conflicts and the peace agreements reflect both different processes relating to different conflict groups and dyads, and processes taking place at different times in a complex peace process history. The Colombian civil war has its roots in the late 1940s and the violent infighting between liberal and the conservative factions. Emerging from the liberal tradition with a thorough grounding in nationalist communist ideology, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) began its armed insurrection against the Colombian government in 1964. Other left-wing guerrillas emerged as well, most notably the socialist/populist M-19, which would later be integrated into the formal political system in the peace process of 1990s; the National Liberation Army (ELN), which has strong roots in liberation theology, and the Maoist Ejército Popular de Liberación (EPL) (also part of the 1990 process, less successfully). Several stages of peace processes were undertaken by the various sides, which were further complicated by the emergence of right-wing paramilitary ‘self-defence’ forces. The peace agreement between the Colombian government under President Uribe and the main alliance of the paramilitary groups, the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC), concluded in 2005 and is still heavily disputed as several remnants are still active, but now subsumed under the heading ‘Bacrim’ (Bandas criminales). In addition, FARC and ELN maintain a military presence, but both demonstrate a strong interest in completing successful peace negotiations with the government, with the most recent agreements being between FARC and the Government.
Stage: Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature: Government
Peace process: Colombia III - Arango
Parties: For the national government:
LUIS FERNANDO CRIALES
JUAN GABRIEL URIBE
JOSÉ GONZALO FORERO
MONSIGNOR ALBERTO GIRALDO
RAMÓN DE LA TORRE
LUIS GUILLERMO GIRALDO

For FARC–EP:
JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ
SIMÓN TRINIDAD
ANDRÉS PARÍS
CARLOS ANTONIO LOZADA
Third parties: -
Description: An agreement noting the parties' proposal for an international facilitating commission of friends of the process, and establishing agreement by the roundtable mechanism for establishing such a commission to include initially ten countries: Canada, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela.

Agreement document: CO_010309_CREACI‡N DE LA COMISI‡N FACILITADORA - COMUNICADO N27 - tr.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

Groups

Children/youth: No specific mention.
Disabled persons: No specific mention.
Elderly/age: No specific mention.
Migrant workers: No specific mention.
Racial/ethnic/national group: No specific mention.
Religious groups: No specific mention.
Indigenous people: No specific mention.
Other groups: No specific mention.
Refugees/displaced persons: No specific mention.
Social class: No specific mention.

Gender

Women, girls and gender: No specific mention.
Men and boys: No specific mention.
LGBTI: No specific mention.
Family: No specific mention.

State definition

Nature of state (general): No specific mention.
State configuration: No specific mention.
Self determination: No specific mention.
Referendum: No specific mention.
State symbols: No specific mention.
Independence/secession: No specific mention.
Accession/unification: No specific mention.
Border delimitation: No specific mention.
Cross-border provision: No specific mention.

Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed): No specific mention.
Elections: No specific mention.
Electoral commission: No specific mention.
Political parties reform: No specific mention.
Civil society: No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders: No specific mention.
Public administration: No specific mention.
Constitution: No specific mention.

Power sharing

Political power sharing: No specific mention.
Territorial power sharing: No specific mention.
Economic power sharing: No specific mention.
Military power sharing: No specific mention.

Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general: No specific mention.
Bill of rights/similar: No specific mention.
Treaty incorporation: No specific mention.
Civil and political rights: No specific mention.
Socio-economic rights: No specific mention.

Rights related issues

Citizenship: No specific mention.
Democracy: No specific mention.
Detention procedures: No specific mention.
Media and communication: No specific mention.
Mobility/access: No specific mention.
Protection measures: No specific mention.
Other: No specific mention.

Rights institutions

NHRI: No specific mention.
Regional or international human rights institutions: No specific mention.

Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law: No specific mention.
State of emergency provisions: No specific mention.
Judiciary and courts: No specific mention.
Prisons and detention: No specific mention.
Traditional Laws: No specific mention.

Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction: No specific mention.
National economic plan: No specific mention.
Natural resources: No specific mention.
International funds: No specific mention.
Business: No specific mention.
Taxation: No specific mention.
Banks: No specific mention.

Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights: No specific mention.
Pastoralist/nomadism rights: No specific mention.
Cultural heritage: No specific mention.
Environment: No specific mention.
Water or riparian rights or access: No specific mention.

Security sector

Security Guarantees: No specific mention.
Ceasefire: No specific mention.
Police: No specific mention.
Armed forces: No specific mention.
DDR: No specific mention.
Intelligence services: No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: No specific mention.
Withdrawal of foreign forces: No specific mention.
Corruption: No specific mention.
Crime/organised crime: No specific mention.
Drugs: No specific mention.
Terrorism: No specific mention.

Transitional justice

Transitional justice general: No specific mention.
Amnesty/pardon: No specific mention.
Courts: No specific mention.
Mechanism: No specific mention.
Prisoner release: No specific mention.
Vetting: No specific mention.
Victims: No specific mention.
Missing persons: No specific mention.
Reparations: No specific mention.
Reconciliation: No specific mention.

Implementation

UN signatory: No specific mention.
Other international signatory: No specific mention.
Referendum for agreement: No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar: [Summary: The entire agreement deals with the proposal of the parties to create a Facilitation Commission of friendly countries and international organisations. This commission is supposed to 'every two months to receive information about the progress of the process and guide, coordinate and facilitate, among other aspects, a twice-yearly meeting with all the friendly countries to hear their opinions in the context of moral, political, economic and technical support and incentivise their cooperation through various activities.']
Enforcement mechanism: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
Source: Source: Diálogo, negociación y ruptura con las FARC-EP y con el ELN, Biblioteca de la Paz – 1998-2000, Fundación Cultura Democrática, Ed. Álvaro Villarraga Sarmiento, Bogotá D.C., 2009 (book V) p. 238

CREATION OF THE FACILITATION COMMISSION, GROUP OF FRIENDLY COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, THE NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE FOR DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION, COMMUNICATION NO.

Villa Nueva Colombia, 9 March 2001

In a meeting held between the national government, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército Popular, FARC–EP) and the international community, information was communicated based on a previously agreed evaluation document on the advances, difficulties, strengths and future challenges of the process.

In the context of the meeting, the parties set out their proposal for the participation of friendly countries and international organisations, and agreed to provide them with regular information on the state and development of the process.

In this respect, the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation has decided to create a Facilitation Commission of ten countries, which will meet every two months to receive information about the progress of the process and guide, coordinate and facilitate, among other aspects, a twice-yearly meeting with all the friendly countries to hear their opinions in the context of moral, political, economic and technical support and incentivise their cooperation through various activities.

The group of friendly countries and international organisations, which may be expanded, comprises Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Venezuela and the Vatican State, in addition to the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General and the European Commission.

Of this group, the Facilitation Commission will be formed of the following countries for the time being:

Canada, Cuba, France, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela.

The role of Executive Coordinator of the Facilitation Committee will be held by one country on a rotating basis, in line with the mechanisms adopted for its organisation and operation by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation.

For this purpose, the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation will convene the Facilitating Commission on Wednesday 21 March.

The roundtable expresses its gratitude to the international community and acknowledges its desire to actively form part of the process.

For the national government:

LUIS FERNANDO CRIALES

JUAN GABRIEL URIBE

JOSÉ GONZALO FORERO

MONSIGNOR ALBERTO GIRALDO

RAMÓN DE LA TORRE

LUIS GUILLERMO GIRALDO

For FARC–EP:

JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ

SIMÓN TRINIDAD

ANDRÉS PARÍS

CARLOS ANTONIO LOZADA