Comunicado N°3: Plan de Desarrollo Alternativo para La Sustitución de Cultivos Ilícitos

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Country/entity
Colombia
Region
Americas
Agreement name
Comunicado N°3: Plan de Desarrollo Alternativo para La Sustitución de Cultivos Ilícitos
Date
25 Jan 1999
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Colombian Conflict (1964 - ) )
Stage
Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature
Government
Peace process
Colombia III - Arango
Parties
Gobierno Nacional, FARC-EP
Third parties
-
Description
This notice is about the need and intention to address the social and economic question underlying the drug cultivation, and the announcement of work on an Alternative Development Plan in collaboration with the FARC-EP.

Agreement document
CO_990125_COMUNICADO N3 PLAN DE DESARROLLO ALTERNATIVO - tr.pdf | Download PDF
Agreement document (original language)
CO_990125_COMUNICADO N3 PLAN DE DESARROLLO ALTERNATIVO.pdf | 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
No specific mention.
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
No specific mention.
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
Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
Page 1, Article 2,
Recognise the priority that must be given to solving the social and economic problem of
illicit crops in order to build peace, providing peasants with real alternatives through an
adequate exploitation of natural resources, and with production programmes that are
profitable for their beneficiaries. Trials for the substitution of these crops will be carried
out will be carried out in partnership with FARC–EP via the Alternative Development
Plan.

Page 1, Article 3,
Work on building a sustainable development model based on the country’s social and
environmental potential in a participative process that allows respect for the country’s
ecological heritage and environmental conservation as a source of national and global
wealth for present and future generations.
National economic plan
No specific mention.
Natural resources
Page 1, Article 2,
Recognise the priority that must be given to solving the social and economic problem of
illicit crops in order to build peace, providing peasants with real alternatives through an
adequate exploitation of natural resources, and with production programmes that are
profitable for their beneficiaries. Trials for the substitution of these crops will be carried
out will be carried out in partnership with FARC–EP via the Alternative Development
Plan.
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
Page 1, Article 3,
Work on building a sustainable development model based on the country’s social and
environmental potential in a participative process that allows respect for the country’s
ecological heritage and environmental conservation as a source of national and global
wealth for present and future generations.
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
Page 1, Article 2,
Recognise the priority that must be given to solving the social and economic problem of
illicit crops in order to build peace, providing peasants with real alternatives through an
adequate exploitation of natural resources, and with production programmes that are
profitable for their beneficiaries. Trials for the substitution of these crops will be carried
out will be carried out in partnership with FARC–EP via the Alternative Development
Plan.
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. 171

COMMUNICATION NO.

ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SUBSTITUTION OF ILLICIT CROPS

San Vicente del Caguán, 25 January 1999

The spokespeople for the national government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército Popular, FARC–EP), present in La Machaca in the municipality of San Vicente del Caguán in the department of Caquetá, have agreed the following:

Reaffirm the parties’ desire to continue working toward a political solution to the severe crisis affecting the country, based on the joint construction of a state governed by equality and social justice.

Recognise the priority that must be given to solving the social and economic problem of illicit crops in order to build peace, providing peasants with real alternatives through an adequate exploitation of natural resources, and with production programmes that are profitable for their beneficiaries.

Trials for the substitution of these crops will be carried out will be carried out in partnership with FARC–EP via the Alternative Development Plan.

Work on building a sustainable development model based on the country’s social and environmental potential in a participative process that allows respect for the country’s ecological heritage and environmental conservation as a source of national and global wealth for present and future generations.

For the government:

VÍCTOR G. RICARDO

RODOLFO ESPINPOSA MEÓLA

NICANOR RESTREPO SANTAMARÍA

FABIO VALENIA COSSIO

MARÍA EMMA MEJÍA VÉLEZ

For FARC–EP:

RAÚL REYES

JOAQUÍN GÓMEZ

FABIÁN RAMÍREZ