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H. RES.

Supporting the peace' pl'ocess iu Colornltitr.

IN TIIE IIOIISE OF REPRESENTATITES

Ur.. Ll-u,t tir+o sultrnittr.d the firllowirrg resolution; rvhiclt rvtrs rcf'elrecl to tlie
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RESOLUTION
Supporting 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 Government 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 soldiers, forced disappearances, and forced displacement;
\\rhereas minority groups, including the Afro-Colombian, indigenous 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 Hemisphere 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

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ncgotitrtions bctrvee'n the Colotnbizirl govel'nlnetlt ancl

thc F.\R(l;

(2)

enrmnencls (-'olotnbiau

]Ianucl Strntos, u'ho hirs

ieaclership

ment to cnd tlie cortflict zltd

tr sustainttble peiice;

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in

l'resident Jnan

rlernonstrtttetcl r.isiort ttncl

eff'ectiverll- seeking
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a trtlgotiatercl settletlie fcmnclations tbr

(3) ctrlls on the negotiating ptrrtics to fuII1-

ticl-

tlie just tlenrtruds of rictinis of violence

f'or

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clrcss

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truth, justice, tnetrniugfuI relparatious atrd

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that the riolencc of the past will lrot be re-

teres

pcatecl; antl

(4) urges Presitlent Btrrtrck Obamn and his .\t1-

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rninistrtrtion to continue to riplorously s.rrrort

negotiations ancl to

Iombian people in building a

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therse

plalis to su.pport the

just

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artcl lzrsting peace.