resolution expressing support for the peace process in colombia
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Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)114th CongressCosponsored by Reps. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Henry "Hank" C. Johnson Jr. (D-GA), John Lewis (D-GA), Sam Farr (D-CA), and Jim McGovern (D-MA).TRANSCRIPT
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Supporting the peace' pl'ocess iu Colornltitr.
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RESOLUTIONSupporting the peace process in Colombia.
Vtrhereas the Republic of Colombia is one of the United
States' strongest allies in the Western Hemisphere;
\\Ihereas the peoples of the United States and Colombia share
a history of friendship and a common commitment to
peace and democratic values;
Whereas peace negotiations between the Colombian Govern-
ment and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) are advancing, affording an opportunity to end
the most enduring conflict in our hemisphere;
Vtrhereas according to Colombia's National Center of Histor-
ical Memory, over 6,000,000 people have been internally
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displaced and more lhan 220,000 killed over the course
of the conflict, 80 percent of them civilians;
\\rhereas Colombians of all walks of life have suffered as a
result of the violence, which has included massaeres,
kidnappings, assassinations, sexual violence, extrajudicial
executions, use of landmines, recruitment of child sol-
diers, forced disappearances, and forced displacement;
\\rhereas minority groups, including the Afro-Colombian, in-
digenous and rural communities, as well as women, have
been disproportionately harmed by the conflict; and
\\rhereas suceessfully negotiating an end to the Colombian
conflict will positively contribute to regional stability and
promote Ilnited States policy goals in the Western Hemi-
sphere by strengthening the rule of law, democracy, and
human rights in Colombia: Now, therefore, be it
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Resolt,ecl, Tliat the House of Rcpresettttrtivt's-
(1) recognizes the iurportarlce of thc ongoiiig
ncgotitrtions bctrvee'n the Colotnbizirl govel'nlnetlt ancl
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(2) enrmnencls (-'olotnbiau l'resident Jnan
]Ianucl Strntos, u'ho hirs rlernonstrtttetcl r.isiort ttncl
ieaclership in eff'ectiverll- seeking a trtlgotiatercl settle-
ment to cnd tlie cortflict zltd 1a1' tlie fcmnclations tbr
tr sustainttble peiice;
(3) ctrlls on the negotiating ptrrtics to fuII1- ticl-
clrcss tlie just tlenrtruds of rictinis of violence f'or
truth, justice, tnetrniugfuI relparatious atrd guzrrau-
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teres that the riolencc of the past will lrot be re-
pcatecl; antl
(4) urges Presitlent Btrrtrck Obamn and his .\t1-
rninistrtrtion to continue to riplorously s.rrrort therse
negotiations ancl to cler-elo1) plalis to su.pport the L'lo-
Iombian people in building a just artcl lzrsting peace.