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Declaracion de Aguas Lindas

  • Country/entity

    Colombia
  • Region

    Americas
  • Agreement name

    Declaracion de Aguas Lindas
  • Date

    31 Jan 2001
  • Agreement status

    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement

    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level

    Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Colombian Conflict (1964 - ) )
  • Stage

    Pre-negotiation/process
  • Conflict nature

    Inter-group
  • Peace process

    Colombia III - Arango
  • Parties

    Signed:
    Gabriel Henao
    Fito Muñoz
    Carlos Mejía
    Marcos Tulio Jiménez.

    (Representing peasant workers and farmworkers of the South of Bolivar in support of the peace process)
  • Third parties

    -
  • Description

    Declaration by the farmworkers of the South of Bolivar (Colombian province - site of recent hostilies between state and ELN) supporting the official peace process.


Groups

  • Children/youth
    Groups→Children/youth→Rhetorical
    Page 1, Article C,
    In this document we wish to emphasise the presence of our children, whose cries made clear the feeling of the region. We want a better future for our children.
  • 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
    [The entire document is an agreed civil society document by the farmworkers of he South of Bolivar (Colombian province) supporting the official peace process.]
  • 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 D. 2,
    As part of this process, we demand that the agreements we, the residents and peasants, signed with the support of all Colombian society on 4 October 1998 with President Andrés Pastrana in representation of the state are honoured. We also want peace with social justice and will direct all our efforts for this purpose.
  • 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

    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
    Page 1, Article D. 1,
    Reaffirm our full support for the Meeting Zone, the National Convention and the dialogue process initiated between the government and ELN.
  • Withdrawal of foreign forces

    No specific mention.

  • Corruption

    No specific mention.

  • Crime/organised crime

    No specific mention.

  • Drugs

    No specific mention.

  • 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
    Center for International Policy, copy on file with the author.

AGUAS LINDAS DECLARATION

31 January 2001

With this communication, we, the residents and peasants of Bolívar South, grouped in the Magdalena Medio Regional Roundtable for Peace, wish to declare the following:

We are extremely satisfied with the meeting in Aguas Lindas that took place yesterday, 30 January, in which 1,000 peasants and residents representing the settlements of El Diamante, Vallecito, La Virgencita, Paraíso, Las Humaderas, El Jardín, La Unión, Cañabraval, Las Pavas, Carolina, Monterrey, Patio Bonito, San Pablo and Aguas Lindas responded to the call by their leaders.

We remembered the full process of our struggle since 1985, including the agreements of 1998 and through to the present day, before analysing the current situation.

In this document we wish to emphasise the presence of our children, whose cries made clear the feeling of the region.

We want a better future for our children.

As such, we agree to the Meeting Zone and:

Reaffirm our full support for the Meeting Zone, the National Convention and the dialogue process initiated between the government and ELN.

As part of this process, we demand that the agreements we, the residents and peasants, signed with the support of all Colombian society on 4 October 1998 with President Andrés Pastrana in representation of the state are honoured.

We also want peace with social justice and will direct all our efforts for this purpose.

Signed:

Gabriel Henao

Fito Muñoz

Carlos Mejía

Marcos Tulio Jiménez.

MAGDALENA MEDIO REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE FOR PEACE

Aguas Lindas, Bolívar South.

31 January 2001.