Declaración de Tregua Unilateral Durante Temporada de Fin den Ano, FARC-EP

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Country/entity
Colombia
Region
Americas
Agreement name
Declaración de Tregua Unilateral Durante Temporada de Fin den Ano, FARC-EP
Date
20 Dec 1999
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Colombian Conflict (1964 - ) )
Stage
Ceasefire/related
Conflict nature
Government
Peace process
Colombia III - Arango
Parties
FARC-EP
Third parties
/
Description
This is a unilateral ceasefire of 20 days for the New Year’s celebrations and a reaffirmation to continue the peace talks. The FARC emphasises that it will only take up arms in retaliation if attacked by the forces of the state.

Agreement document
CO_991220_DECLARACIÓN DE TREGUA UNILATERAL - FARC-EP - tr.pdf | Download PDF
Agreement document (original language)
CO_991220_DECLARACIÓN DE TREGUA UNILATERAL - FARC-EP.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
Page 1, Article 1,
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército Popular, FARC–EP) offer the Colombian people a
unilateral cessation of offensive actions against the state security forces from 20
December at 00:00 until 10 January 2000 at 00:00 to allow Colombians to celebrate the
end of the year and the start of the new millennium with their families and friends, free
from the turmoil, deaths and injuries caused by the armed conflict.

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 3,
The truce offered by FARC–EP to the Colombian people reaffirms to the country and the
international community the undoubtable political desire of the organisation in armed
conflict to contribute to obtaining peace with social justice via dialogue in order to build
a new Colombia with a permanent, long-lasting peace, free from hunger, without the
Unit of Constant Purchasing Power (Unidad de poder adquisitivo constant, UPAC)
system, without large-scale redundancies and without state terrorism, with
employment, education, health, housing, an immediate solution to the crisis in the
agricultural sector, and independence and full sovereignty without the neoliberal model.
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
Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
Page 1, Article 1,
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército Popular, FARC–EP) offer the Colombian people a
unilateral cessation of offensive actions against the state security forces from 20
December at 00:00 until 10 January 2000 at 00:00 to allow Colombians to celebrate the
end of the year and the start of the new millennium with their families and friends, free
from the turmoil, deaths and injuries caused by the armed conflict.

Page 1, Article 2,
The FARC guerrilla units will initiate a 20-day truce but reserve the right to militarily
respond to any aggression by state and parastatal security forces during the period of
the cessation of military operations, with the corresponding instructions provided to all
FARC–EP guerrillas.

Page 1, Article 3,
The truce offered by FARC–EP to the Colombian people reaffirms to the country and the
international community the undoubtable political desire of the organisation in armed
conflict to contribute to obtaining peace with social justice via dialogue in order to build
a new Colombia with a permanent, long-lasting peace, free from hunger, without the
Unit of Constant Purchasing Power (Unidad de poder adquisitivo constant, UPAC)
system, without large-scale redundancies and without state terrorism, with
employment, education, health, housing, an immediate solution to the crisis in the
agricultural sector, and independence and full sovereignty without the neoliberal model.
Police
No specific mention.
Armed forces
Page 1, Article 1,
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército Popular, FARC–EP) offer the Colombian people a
unilateral cessation of offensive actions against the state security forces from 20
December at 00:00 until 10 January 2000 at 00:00 to allow Colombians to celebrate the
end of the year and the start of the new millennium with their families and friends, free
from the turmoil, deaths and injuries caused by the armed conflict.

Page 1, Article 2,
The FARC guerrilla units will initiate a 20-day truce but reserve the right to militarily
respond to any aggression by state and parastatal security forces during the period of
the cessation of military operations, with the corresponding instructions provided to all
FARC–EP guerrillas.
DDR
No specific mention.
Intelligence services
No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
Page 1, Article 1,
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas
Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército Popular, FARC–EP) offer the Colombian people a
unilateral cessation of offensive actions against the state security forces from 20
December at 00:00 until 10 January 2000 at 00:00 to allow Colombians to celebrate the
end of the year and the start of the new millennium with their families and friends, free
from the turmoil, deaths and injuries caused by the armed conflict.

Page 1, Article 2,
The FARC guerrilla units will initiate a 20-day truce but reserve the right to militarily
respond to any aggression by state and parastatal security forces during the period of
the cessation of military operations, with the corresponding instructions provided to all
FARC–EP guerrillas.

Page 1, Article 3,
The truce offered by FARC–EP to the Colombian people reaffirms to the country and the
international community the undoubtable political desire of the organisation in armed
conflict to contribute to obtaining peace with social justice via dialogue in order to build
a new Colombia with a permanent, long-lasting peace, free from hunger, without the
Unit of Constant Purchasing Power (Unidad de poder adquisitivo constant, UPAC)
system, without large-scale redundancies and without state terrorism, with
employment, education, health, housing, an immediate solution to the crisis in the
agricultural sector, and independence and full sovereignty without the neoliberal model.
Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
Corruption
No specific mention.
Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
Drugs
No specific mention.
Terrorism
Page 1, Article 3,
The truce offered by FARC–EP to the Colombian people reaffirms to the country and the
international community the undoubtable political desire of the organisation in armed
conflict to contribute to obtaining peace with social justice via dialogue in order to build
a new Colombia with a permanent, long-lasting peace, free from hunger, without the
Unit of Constant Purchasing Power (Unidad de poder adquisitivo constant, UPAC)
system, without large-scale redundancies and without state terrorism, with
employment, education, health, housing, an immediate solution to the crisis in the
agricultural sector, and independence and full sovereignty without the neoliberal model.

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. 192

DECLARATION OF A UNILATERAL TRUCE DURING THE NEW-YEAR PERIOD, REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA – PEOPLE’S ARMY

The Mountains of Colombia, 20 December 1999

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército Popular, FARC–EP) offer the Colombian people a unilateral cessation of offensive actions against the state security forces from 20 December at 00:00 until 10 January 2000 at 00:00 to allow Colombians to celebrate the end of the year and the start of the new millennium with their families and friends, free from the turmoil, deaths and injuries caused by the armed conflict.

The FARC guerrilla units will initiate a 20-day truce but reserve the right to militarily respond to any aggression by state and parastatal security forces during the period of the cessation of military operations, with the corresponding instructions provided to all FARC–EP guerrillas.

The truce offered by FARC–EP to the Colombian people reaffirms to the country and the international community the undoubtable political desire of the organisation in armed conflict to contribute to obtaining peace with social justice via dialogue in order to build a new Colombia with a permanent, long-lasting peace, free from hunger, without the Unit of Constant Purchasing Power (Unidad de poder adquisitivo constant, UPAC) system, without large-scale redundancies and without state terrorism, with employment, education, health, housing, an immediate solution to the crisis in the agricultural sector, and independence and full sovereignty without the neoliberal model.

MANUEL MARULANDA VÉLEZ

ALFONSO CANO

RAÚL REYES

TIMOLEÓN JIMÉNEZ

IVÁN MÁRQUEZ

JORGE BRICEÑO

EFRAIN GUZMÁN