Comunicado no. 5 de la Mesa de Dialogos y Negociacion

Country/entity
Colombia
Region
Americas
Agreement name
Comunicado no. 5 de la Mesa de Dialogos y Negociacion
Date
3 Dec 1999
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Stage
Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature
Government
Peace process
Colombia III - Arango
Parties
National Govt, FARC
Third parties
-
Description
Agreement establishing a body to handle public communications/press from talks.


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
[Summary] Pages 1-2,
The whole agreement is a communication by the Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation to inform the public of the creation of a special information and press office (NOTIPAZ). The office will be managed by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation and will be made up of figures chosen by mutual agreement. Its aim is to provide the media with information on the development of the peace process and thereby inform the people of Colombia.
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→Media roles
[Summary] Pages 1-2,
The whole agreement is a communication by the Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation to inform the public of the creation of a special information and press office (NOTIPAZ). The office will be managed by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation and will be made up of figures chosen by mutual agreement. Its aim is to provide the media with information on the development of the peace process and thereby inform the people of Colombia. Unified criteria for the media coverage are transparency and objectivity.
Mobility/access
Page 2,
... In this way, we reiterate that all media organisations requiring information will be provided with access under equal conditions with the same treatment and quality. ...
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

No specific mention.

Enforcement mechanism

No specific mention.

Related cases

No specific mention.

Source
Center for International Policy, from hard copy.
Also available at researcher website at http://luisdallanegra.bravehost.com/Amlat/commedyn.htm#10 (Accessed on January 8 2020, archived on Wayback Machine)

COMMUNICATION NO.

5 BY THE ROUNDTABLE FOR DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATION

3 December 1999

Communication by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation regarding the disclosure of information on the peace process.

The public has the need and right to receive full and objective information about the events of the peace process.

As such, the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation, in the presence of the National Thematic Committee, agreed on 25 October that “to keep the public duly informed, we have agreed joint communications of the meetings will be issued in order to express the agreements that are reached in a single voice”.

For this purpose, the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation has decided to create a special information and press office (NOTIPAZ), reporting directly to the roundtable to guarantee all media equal access to communications and other information arising from the process.

Notwithstanding the above, the representatives of the various media organisations will be invited to attend meetings to provide information on the development of the peace process.

Representatives will be entitled to obtain statements from each of the parties and will benefit from the media entitlements established by the heads of NOTIPAZ.

The source of the process and the party disclosing information to the press, either in communications or in responses to questions at press conferences, is the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation.

NOTIPAZ will be managed by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation and will be made up of figures chosen by mutual agreement.

The objective will be to have unified criteria regarding the information that must be provided to the media in order to guarantee the transparency of information and objective coverage of the process, without becoming superficial or sensationalist.

The information produced will involve images, photographs, audio and texts, which will be distributed to all media organisations.

The information will be gathered by the NOTIPAZ television, radio and press team.

As such, media organisations that are unable to attend will be entitled to receive all the information produced as a result of the process.

In this way, we reiterate that all media organisations requiring information will be provided with access under equal conditions with the same treatment and quality.

The information produced by the National Roundtable for Dialogue and Negotiation and the National Thematic Committee via the public audiences is of national interest and we hope it will be communicated by the public and private media organisations.

On Sundays, every 15 days, between 2000 and 2030, a peace programme lasting up to half an hour will be broadcast on the television channel Señal Colombia and the radio station Radiodifusora Nacional.

Signatories

For the government:

VICTOR G. RICARDO (High Commissioner for Peace)

CAMILO GOMEZ ALZATE

FABIO VALENCIA COSSIO

PEDRO GOMEZ BARRERO

JUAN GABRIEL URIBE

JOSÉ GONZALO FORERO DELGADILLO

For FARC–EP

RAÚL REYES, FARC–EP Spokesperson

JOAQUÍN GOMEZ

FABIAN RAMÍREZ