Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2002
End of Colombian Peace Talks-Urgent

>                                              URGENT!
>
>                            End of Colombian Peace Talks
>                            =======================
>
> As of February 21, 2002, the Colombian peace talks broke down
> and bombing has begun in the FARC-controlled demilitarized zone.
> Join us, sign this letter, send your own to media,friends, MPs,
> MPPs, Representatives, NGOs, etc. Copies of letter in
> Spanish/English/French in website (http://tao.ca/~ccsc).
> This war is a step within the Continental Agenda to access
> resources and dismantle social organizations. Act now!
>
> Letter to President Pastrana from the CCSC and the
> Quebec Colombia Solidarity Network
>
>                               February 21, 2002
>
> Mr. President:
>
> We reaffirm our position expressed to you and the guerilla
> insurgency Commanders in yesterday's letter. Since then, and
> contrary to what one should expect from a head of state that
> listens to the majority of the Colombian peoples' clamour for peace
> and justice, you broke off peace negotiations and declared war.
>
> Beyond demanding that you take more effective and firm steps to
> move forward the peace negotiations, with the direct participation of
> the majority of the Colombian people, we also demand respect and
> protection for the lives, territories, and human rights of the civilian
> population in the demilitarized zone and in the rest of the country.
>
>
> We demand, Mr. President, that your government safeguard the
> lives, dignity,and integrity of all the inhabitants within the
> demilitarized zone as part of the civilian population. It is well known
> that paramilitary threats have been widely directed at inhabitants of
> that zone and we fear that vengeance, violence and terror is the
> fate that awaits them.
>
> It is exclusively your government's responsibility to stop
> paramilitary groups from entering the demilitarized zone and,
> according to declarations made by your ministers, and high-ranking
> army officers, responsibility for the zone is under your control.
>
> Furthermore, Dr. Pastrana, the international community will remain
> vigilant so that abuses do not occur, and so that the human rights
> of the civilian population be respected in the context of any military
> action that you order.
>
> We remind you, Mr. President, that is was you who declared the
> demilitarized and, as a result, involved thousands of people living in
> the zone in this experiment (for peace) that they did not ask for or
> determine themselves.
>
> We urge effective protection for the inhabitants of the area whose
> lives are now in imminent danger.
>
> Doctor Pastrana we ask that you assume your responsibility as
> president of all Colombians and persevere to find a negotiated
> solution (to the conflict) on behalf of the country. Finally, it is
> urgent that you push so that all armed actors respect the
> Colombian people.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Quebec Colombia Solidarity Network
>
> Canada Colombia Solidarity Campaign
>
> Direct your own letters to:
>
>
> [In Canada] Fanny Kertzman Yankelevitch
> Embajadora de Colombia
> 360 Albert Street, Suite 1002
> Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X7
> Fax:      (613) 230-4416
> Email: embajador@embajadacolombia.ca
>
> [In USA] Luis Alberto Moreno
> Embajador de Colombia
> 2118 Leroy Place, NW,
> Washington, DC 20008
> Phone: (202) 387 8338
> Fax:     (202) 232 8643
> as@colombiaemb.org
>
> [In the UK] Mr VICTOR RICARDO,
> Embajador a RU,
> Embassy of the Republic of Colombia
> Flat 3A, 3 Hans Crescent, London SW1X 0LN, UK
> Tel: (020) 7589 9177. Fax: (020) 7581 1829.
> E-mail: mail@colombianembassy.co.uk
>
> EN COLOMBIA:
>
> ANDRÉS PASTRANA ARANGO
> Presidente de la República,
> Carrera 8 n. 7-26 Palacio de Nariño,
> Santa Fe de Bogotá
> Teléfono. +57.1.5629300 ext. 3550 (571 ) 284 33 00
> Fax (571 ) 286 74 34 - 286, 68 42 -284 21 86
> Mailto: pastrana@presidencia.gov.co or
> rdh@presidencia.gov.co
>
> Sr. Eduardo Cifuentes Munoz
> NAtional Human Rights Ombudsman
> Calle 55, No. 10-32/46 office 301
> Telegram:      National Advocate, Bogota, Colombia
> Fax:           011 57 1 640 0491
>
> General Fernando Tapias Stahelin
> Commander of the Armed Forces
> Avenida el Dorado con Cra. 52
> Santafe de Bogota. Fax: (+57 1) 222 29 35
> Mailto:siden@mindefensa.gov.co
> Mailto:pilaque@cgm.mil.co

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