The humanitarian caravan of the Colombian government and a representative of the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the Pacific region will end this Saturday.
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Government officials and the ELN launched a humanitarian caravan last Tuesday to learn about the situation afflicting indigenous and Afro communities in the towns of Bajo Calima (Valle del Cauca) and Medio San Juan (Chocó).
During the humanitarian mobilization, the representatives of the communities will make known their realities in order to determine under what conditions in the near future the compulsory detention due to the renewed violence in their regions can be ended.
In the event of forced evictions, efforts are made to return displaced citizens to their territories under the principles of voluntariness, dignity and security.
Representatives of the government and the peace agency ELN, accompanied by international organizations, will listen to and engage in dialogue with the representatives of the local population.
After completing the first cycle of activities of the Peace Dialogues Round Table, the government and the ELN agreed to promote a system of humanitarian assistance to guarantee the return of the displaced and to end the situations of captivity caused by violence in the Pacific regions. Colombian.
The humanitarian caravan moves through the communities of Valle del Cauca and Choco, Colombia, with the perspective of listening to the ethnic communities and being able to bring humanitarian aid to the areas, demands made to the dialogues between the government and the ELN to get expelled@ConexiontlSUR pic.twitter.com/kgVlCC8ZdS
— Hernán Tobar (@TobarteleSUR)
January 20, 2023
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, this first experience will focus on the indigenous and Afro-descendant areas of Bajo Calima and Medio San Juan, which have been the scene of a surge in violence at the hands of irregular groups and armed gangs outside of the law.
At the end of the caravan, the government and ELN delegates will present a report that will be used to take humanitarian action for vulnerable communities in Colombia’s Pacific region.