Acta de la Reunión entre la Comisión Humanitaria del Gobierno y la Vocería del ELN: Gestiones Para Liberar a Todos los Secuestrados

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Country/entity: Colombia
Region: Americas
Agreement name: Acta de la Reunión entre la Comisión Humanitaria del Gobierno y la Vocería del ELN: Gestiones Para Liberar a Todos los Secuestrados
Date: 10 Jun 1999
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: Gobierno Nacional, ELN
Third parties: -
Description: This is a document detailing the process of liberation/release of 2 groups of hostages (Avianca flight and from the La Maria Church in Cali) and a statement of intention to continue to work on the release of the remaining hostages. It seems to come 9 days after the president’s declaration on the hostage-taking, assuming that there were negotiations between this document and the declaration.

Agreement document: CO_990610_ACTA DE LA REUNIÓN ENTRE LA COMISIÓN HUMANITARIA DEL GOBIERNO Y LA VOCERIA DEL ELN - tr.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF
Agreement document (original language): CO_990610_ACTA DE LA REUNIÓN ENTRE LA COMISIÓN HUMANITARIA DEL GOBIERNO Y LA VOCERIA DEL ELN.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: Page 2,
... Humanitarian support will also be provided by the International Red Cross Committee and the Colombian Red Cross. ...
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: Rights related issues→Media and communication→Other
Page 2,
... The releases will take place in the presence of national and
international media, for which a press room will be organised.
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: [Summary]
The entire agreement deals with the process of liberation of 2 groups of hostages (taken from an Avianca flight and from the La Maria Church in Cali) and a statement of intention to continue to work on the release of the remaining hostages. The hostages have been taken by the ELN group, whose central command has agreed to release the two groups of hostages between 12 and 17 June.
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: No specific mention.
Enforcement mechanism: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
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. 312

RECORD OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT HUMANITARIAN COMMISSION AND THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY:

ARRANGEMENTS TO FREE ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED

Itagüí National Prison, Antioquia, 10 June 1999

Regarding the release of the people who were kidnapped from the Avianca flight and the La María church:

In light of the willingness of the President of the Republic, the central command of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN), the highest level of the Catholic Church and the international community, the Humanitarian Work Commission, at its session held today, has agreed to continue the work of freeing those kidnapped from the Avianca Fokker flight and the church of La María in Cali.

ELN central command has communicated that it is willing to free two groups of detainees between 12 and 17 June, one group from the Avianca flight and another from the La María church.

For this purpose, the working commission is making the corresponding arrangements regarding the security of the area, the international presence, logistics resources and humanitarian activities.

Once freed, the Government Humanitarian Commission and the public spokesperson for ELN in Itagüí will continue processing the release of the other people who are detained.

The hostages from the Avianca flight and the church of La María will be received by two commissions, whose members will be invited from the following group:

Juan Gabriel Uribe, presidential representative;

Monsignor Víctor Manuel López, presidential representative;

representatives of the governments of Spain, Germany and Venezuela;

the governors of Santander and Valle del Cauca, for the respective cases;

Jaime Bernal Cuéllar, Inspector General of Colombia;

José Fernando Castro Caicedo, Ombudsperson;

Senator Piedad Córdoba;

Benjamm Higuita, House of Representatives;

Gustavo Villegas;

Horacio Serpa;

Omar Yepes;

Noemí Sanin.

Humanitarian support will also be provided by the International Red Cross Committee and the Colombian Red Cross.

The releases will take place in the presence of national and international media, for which a press room will be organised.

For the national government:

JUAN GABRIEL URIBE

MONSIGNOR VÍCTOR MANUEL LÓPEZ

For ELN:

FRANCISCO GALÁN

FELIPE TORRES