DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF THE PEACE PROCESS
IN COLOMBIA
We, the Heads of State and Government of the countries of the
Americas, meeting in Québec City, for the Third Summit of the
Americas, declare our firm support for the efforts which, as
state policy, the President of the Republic of Colombia,
Andrés Pastrana Arango, is carrying out to achieve peace and
reconciliation in his country and to strengthen democratic
values.
We recognize the efforts made to progress in the dialogue with
guerilla groups, stress the need that the commitments made in
the negotiations of Los Pozos be fulfilled, and underscore the
importance of the role of the international community and of
facilitator countries. At the same time, we are issuing an
appeal that, through a firm commitment, progress be made
toward a cease-fire and an end to hostilities, with a view to
the effective reestablishment of peace. It is necessary that
the guerilla groups act in a manner that corresponds to the
efforts of the Government to achieve this objective.
We express our confidence that the dialogue
and the political negotiations, based on the primacy of law
and on respect for international humanitarian law, will lead
to a stable, just, firm and lasting peace, putting an end to
the violence and human suffering caused by the conflict.
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