Cartagena, May 6, 2009. “For us the end goal of the Reintegration Policy is not a cemetery or a prison. It is peace,” said President Alvaro Uribe Velez during his closing remarks at the first International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration, held in Cartagena and attended by 1,400 people and delegations from more than 40 countries.
For three days, experts and technicians from coun...
Cartagena, May 6, 2009. Arriving in the city of Cartagena to participate in the first International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration, the President of Guatemala, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, asked the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla group, to free all the kidnap victims in Colombia in order to advance toward peace.
“I honestly believe that the FARC has the ball. I believe, for example, ...
Cartagena, May 6, 2009 – At the closing of the International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (CIDDR), three experts - William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Luís Alfonso Hoyos, Colombian High Presidential Counselor for Social Action and International Cooperation, and Lena Sundh, Ambassador for Conflict Management at the Swedish...
Cartagena, May 6, 2009 – Bearing in mind shared history between Colombia and the Philippines and challenges faced in common in the area of peace, the Office of the Colombian High Commissioner of Peace (OACP) and the Office of the Presidential Advisor for the Peace Process in the Philippines (OPAPP) signed a letter of intent. The letter establishes mutual support in the area of technical and strategic coope...
Cartagena, May 5, 2009 – After the panel on Security and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR), the following topics were discussed at the round tables:
1. Interim Stabilization Measures – ISMs.
2. Links between Interim Measures, Security Sector Reform (SSR), and DDR within broader peacebuilding goals
3. Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reinsertion
4. Organized Crime and Delinquency
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Cartagena, May 5, 2009 - Sergio Jaramillo, Colombian Vice Minister of Defense, explained the strategy implemented by the Ministry of Defense to prevent the recruiting of minors by criminal groups at the first International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration during the panel on the relationship between DDR and the security sector, and on the threats and the adversarial role organized ...
After the panel on critical issues in disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration, DDR, round table discussions were begun on four different themes:
1. The objectives of DDR and criteria for success.
2. The identification of individuals in communities in DDR processes.
3. Balancing the goals of justice, peace, and reconciliation.
4. Political legitimacy and reintegration processes.
The discussi...
• More than 800 people gathered for the First International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (CIDDR), which started today and will continue until May 6 in Cartagena.
• The First International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration CIDDR demonstrates the support and commitment of different countries and multilateral organizations for peacebuilding all over...
• More than 800 people gathered for the First International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (CIDDR), which starts today and will continue until May 6 in Cartagena.
• During the opening session, international organizations such as the Organization of American States, OAS, the World Bank, and the International Organization for Migration, IOM, highlighted the importance of the ev...
Next May 4 the first International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration will begin. It will be attended by more than 30 international experts who will share their experience and knowledge in the areas of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration, to be compiled in the document “Cartagena’s Contribution to DDR.”
Peter Onega is one of the special guests who will participate on ...
Government Proposes Reintegration as a National Cause for Peace
•Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom, and the High Commissioner of Peace and High Presidential Advisor for Reintegration presided over the closing session of the first International Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration.
•Participants called for the demobilization of FARC and ELN members and for reintegration to become a nationwide cause for peacebuilding in Colombia.
Cartagena, May 6, 2009. “For us the end goal of the Reintegration Policy is not a cemetery or a prison. It is peace,” said President Alvaro Uribe Ve more
