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Pronouncement of Social Organisations on 4 February Print E-mail

Bogotá D. C., Colombia, 30 January 2008

PUBLIC COMMUNIQUE

Because we, who are more than a million voices, are for a political and negotiated solution to the social and armed conflict in Colombia … we will not march on 4 February!

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The below signed social organisations and movements are against the continuation of the war and we emphatically reject all forms of infringement of the rights of persons, communities and organisations by those involved in the armed conflict; for that reason we consider that the march convened against the FARC will lead to prolonging the internal war in our country, and close off the possibility that the actors involved will humanise the armed conflict.

We stand for a political solution to this social and armed conflict, and for seeking out integral and sustainable paths to peace. We reject warlike and military solution that want to impose themselves from some sectors on Colombian society with the approval and endorsement of international backers.


We believe that it is important to keep advancing to deepen the humanitarian agreements in existence, for example the humanitarian exchange that is implored by the families of the kidnapped and by millions in Colombia and other countries. We express our solidarity with the families of the kidnapped and we endorse their demand that there are not military rescue attempts as this will aggravate the risk to the lives of their loved ones.

As organised popular sectors, we decide not to join the block that will on 4 February proclaim its rejection of the FARC, not because we are in favour of this armed group, but because it is clear that this day of action is an attempt to polarise opinion in favour of the war policy of president Alvaro Uribe Velez and not in favour of a political solution to the conflict.

We invite all the organised popular sectors in Colombia and abroad to go forward united towards the configuration of an independent and autonomous political actor, and that we find creative forms with impact in society that show that we are much more than one million, those of us who want peace with justice, an integral political solution to the conflict, and, in the immediate term, humanitarian agreements that reduce the cruelty of the internal war which has for the last 40 years shed the blood of the Colombian people.

Signed,

National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia

Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia ONIC
Movement of Christians for Peace with Justice and Dignity

Movimiento de Cristianos por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad MCCPJD
Popular Womens Organisation

Organización Femenina Popular OFP

National Movement for Health and Social Security
Movimiento Nacional por la Salud y la Seguridad Social MNSS
African Descendant Movement – African Footprints

Movimiento Afrodescendiente Huellas Africanas

Process of Black Communities
Proceso de Comunidades Negras PCN
National Agriculture Coordination

Coordinador Nacional Agrario CNA
Latin American Solidarity Centre LASC (Irlanda)


Statement on 4 Feb Demonstrations against the FARC from the Colombia Solidarity Campaign

 

Pronunciamiento de Organizaciones Sociales sobre el 4 de febrero

Bogotá D. C., Colombia, Enero 30 de 2008

COMUNICADO PUBLICO


Porque quienes estamos a favor de la solución política y negociada al conflicto social y armado que se vive en Colombia, somos muchos más que un millón de voces… ¡no marcharemos el 4 de febrero!

Las organizaciones y movimientos sociales abajo firmantes, estamos en contra de la continuación de la guerra y rechazamos enfáticamente toda forma de vulneración a los derechos de las personas, comunidades y organizaciones, por parte de quienes intervienen en el conflicto armado; por ello consideramos que la marcha convocada  contra las FARC, llevará a prolongar mucho más la guerra interna  en nuestro país, y a cerrar la posibilidad de humanizar el conflicto armado por parte de los actores que intervienen en ella.

Abogamos por una solución política de este conflicto social y armado,  y por la búsqueda de caminos integrales y sostenibles de paz. Rechazamos las salidas guerreristas y militaristas que quieren imponerse desde algunos sectores de la sociedad colombiana con el beneplácito y respaldo de sectores interesados del campo internacional.

Creemos que es muy importante seguir avanzando en la profundización de acuerdos humanitarios que lleven por ejemplo, al intercambio humanitario implorado por los familiares de los secuestrados y por millones de voces en Colombia y otros países. Expresamos nuestra solidaridad con los familiares de los secuestrados y respaldamos su exigencia de no realizar rescates militares por agravar el riesgo contra la vida de sus familiares.

Como sectores populares organizados, decidimos no sumarnos al bloque que el 4 de febrero enarbolará su rechazo contra las FARC, no porque estemos a favor de este grupo armado, sino porque a las claras, con esta jornada se busca polarizar la opinión a favor de la política bélica del presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez y no a favor de la solución política al conflicto.

Invitamos a todos los sectores populares organizados en Colombia y en el extranjero, a avanzar unificadamente hacia la configuración de un actor político independiente y autónomo, y a que busquemos formas creativas y de impacto en la sociedad, que muestren que somos muchos más que un millón, las voces de los que queremos la paz con justicia, la solución política integral al conflicto, y en lo inmediato, acuerdos humanitarios que disminuyan la crueldad de la guerra interna que desde hace 40 años desangra al pueblo colombiano.

Suscriben,

Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia ONIC
Movimiento de Cristianos por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad MCCPJD
Organización Femenina Popular OFP
Movimiento Nacional por la Salud y la Seguridad Social MNSS
Movimiento Afrodescendiente Huellas Africanas
Proceso de Comunidades Negras PCN
Coordinador Nacional Agrario CNA
Latin American Solidarity Centre LASC (Irlanda)

 
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