{"id":3785,"date":"2015-09-01T05:22:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T09:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:49:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:49:05","slug":"english-bulletin-september-1-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=3785","title":{"rendered":"English bulletin September 1 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

. COLOMBIA PREPARES FOR PEACE .<\/big><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n
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\nAs the government of Colombia and the FARC enter their 40th cycle of peace talks, the people of Colombia are optimistic that an end is in sight to the half century of civil war that has torn their country apart and they are preparing for peace.<\/p>\n

\nThe peace talks<\/a> reconvened August 20 in Havana with “a renewal of confidence in the peace process, spawned by the parties\u2019 \u00a0expressed willingness to accelerate the pace in Havana and to de-escalate the violence in Colombia.” Among their decisions in recent talks was the promise to create a truth commission<\/a>. As the peace talks have advanced, the amount of violence has decreased according to a recent study by the United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nAs Amada Benevides explains in her letter to CPNN from Colombia,<\/a> “The process of negotiating a peace agreement with the FARC has advanced\u00a0many topics, including education for peace. For the first time\u00a0in Colombia it is being mentioned explicitly, and not by\u00a0other names, and in this sense we have several new\u00a0initiatives . . . [including a] National Meeting on Education for Peace, to be held on\u00a01 and 2 October.” She adds, “Since we have been\u00a0working more than 15 years to put forward the necessity of peace education in Colombia, this is really a\u00a0very exciting time.”<\/p>\n

\nPeace education is becoming a required subject in the schools of Colombia. According to law 1732<\/a>, adopted in 2014, the national government has decreed that \u201cthe teaching of Peace is regulated in all educational institutions of the country\u201d. Culture of peace and sustainable development are to be implemented in the academic syllabus before December 31, 2015, in the areas of social sciences, history, geography, politics and democracy constitution, life sciences, environmental education, ethics, human values and principles.<\/p>\n

\nThere are many local and regional peace initiatives in the context of the talks between the government and FARC:<\/p>\n

\nAn important precedent over the years has been set by the Peace Community of San Jos\u00e9 de Apartad\u00f3<\/a>, formally established in 1996, which has been able to resist involvement in the civil war by means of a vast\u00a0array of nonviolent tactics ranging from public declarations to establishing alternative educational institutions and markets. This impressive tactical diversity has gained considerable international support and, to this day, helps sustain the Community\u2019s resilience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIn Cundinamarca<\/a> a regional meeting was devoted to strengthening the national policy of coexistence and security in the issue of reconciliation. Jerome Gordillo, secretary of Government of Cundinamarca, said that is the responsibility of mayors and ombudsmen to efficiently handle the peace process.<\/p>\n

\nIn the city of San Agustin, the Faculty of Education of Surcolombiana University held the first International Biennial of education and culture of peace<\/a> from 13 to August 15.<\/p>\n

\nIn Cartagena, the first regional meeting was held to construct a Caribbean Regional Peace Assembly<\/a>. The meeting was supported by the workers\u2019 labor union -USO- and the company Ecopetrol. It was attended by delegates from Atlantico, Bolivar, Sucre, C\u00f3rdoba, Cesar and Guajira.<\/p>\n

\nIn Bogota, more than 350,000 people attended the Rock in the Park Festival<\/a> which was dedicated this year to the culture of peace.<\/p>\n

\nAt a national level, the Second National Assembly for Peace<\/a> will take place in November. It will will include four conversations and 10 regional assemblies which will take place in Antioquia, Barrancabermeja, Cartagena, Choco, Villavicencio, Neiva, Puerto Asis, Tibu, Arauca and Popayan. They will focus on three themes: 1) mining and energy policy; 2) regional development and peacebuilding and 3), culture of peace and followup to the peace accords.<\/p>\n

\nIn many remote regions in Colombia, radio is the only medium to which people have access. For this reason, the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace this year began training journalists and announcers working at hundreds of small community radio stations across the country to manage programs that bring citizens in touch with the ongoing peace process<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn sum, the people of Colombia are preparing for peace at all levels, providing us lessons for the eventual transition from the global culture of war to a culture of peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
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\nLetter from Colombia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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WOMEN’S EQUALITY
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\nTo Hell and Back: How Rwanda\u2019s Women Helped It Become a World Leader<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY
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\nICRC re Arms Trade Treaty: We must stop irresponsible arms trade or transfers<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\nHUMAN RIGHTS
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\nUN: Worldwide displacement hits all-time high as war and persecution increase<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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\nUN: Consensus Reached on New Sustainable Development Agenda to be adopted by World Leaders in September<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
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\nC\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire: REPSFECO-CI promotes a peaceful electoral process<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
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\nA gathering of young peace-builders towards a strengthened policy framework on Youth, Peace and Security<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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\nColombia: Rock in the Park 2015 \u2013 Music for the 21st Century<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n