Acuerdo Especial Transformaciones Territoriales Catatumbo

Country/entity
Colombia
Region
Americas
Agreement name
Acuerdo Especial Transformaciones Territoriales Catatumbo
Date
10 Mar 2024
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Stage
Framework/substantive - partial
Conflict nature
Government/territory
Peace process
Colombia VII - Petro Peace Dialogues with FARC-EP
Parties
[Government of Colombia]:

Camilo González Posso
Coordinator
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

Gloria Quinceno Acevedo
Peace Commissioner Advisor
National Government

Fabio Valencia Cossio
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

Feliciano Valencia Medina
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

Luz Darí Landázuri Segura
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

[No signature]
Carlos Murgas Guerrero
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

Coronel (r) Genny Calvo Olmos
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

[No signature]
Yesid Arteta Dávil
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

Oscar Gerardo Salazar Muñoz
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

Coronel (r) Luis Alfonso Novoa Díaz
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

[No signature]
Pedro Arenas
Delegation of the National Government
in the Peace Dialogues Table

[Central General Staff of the FARC-EP]:

Leopoldo Durán García
Head of Delegation of the Central General
Staff of the FARC-EP

Calarcá Córdoba
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

Willy Romero
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

Andrey Avendaño
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

José Tomás Ojeda
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

[No signature]
Javier 33
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

Fernanda Briceño
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

[No signature]
Robinson Caicedo Ríos
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

[No signature]
Sebastián Martínez
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP

Cipriano Cortés
Delegation of the Central
General Staff of the FARC-EP
Third parties
Signed the guarantors as witnesses and depositaries:

Armando Franchi
Counsellor Embassy Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela

Louise Wilson
Deputy Head of Mission
Embassy of Ireland

Phillip Lustenberger
Special Envoy
Swiss Confederation

Dag Nagoda
Minister Counsellor
Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway

Accompanying persons:

Raúl Rosende
Delegate of the Special
Representative of the General Secretary
of the United Nations in Colombia

Edelma Gómez
Mission to Support the
Peace Process of the
Organisation of American
States (MAPP-OEA)

Padre Eliecer Soto Ardila
Representative Episcopal
Conference of Colombia

Humberto Martín Shikiya
Representative World
Council of Churches
Description
The Government of Colombia and the Central General Staff (EMC) of the FARC-EP jointly committed to work on the 'territorial transformation' of Catatumbo, a region in northern Colombia. With a focus on community participation and consultation, the agreement addressed several initiatives to improve conditions in Catatumbo, including measures to overcome the dependence on illicit economies and apply the minimal vital principle to combat the hunger crisis.


Groups

Children/youth

No specific mention.

Disabled persons

No specific mention.

Elderly/age

No specific mention.

Migrant workers

No specific mention.

Racial/ethnic/national group

No specific mention.

Religious groups

No specific mention.

Indigenous people
Groups→Indigenous people→Rhetorical
3. Articulate with indigenous peoples for the realisation of the projects to be implemented, in a way that respects their self-government and autonomy in the territory.
Groups→Indigenous people→Substantive
1. Support the Consultative Table between the Bari indigenous community and ASCAMCAT, with the accompaniment of ONIC and ANZORC, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Land Agency, in the aim of linking the greatest possible participation, attending to the provisos regarding Ruling T-052 of 2017.
...
5. Support the initiative to restore and strengthen the hospital in Barrancas while respecting in all moment the authorities of the Barí people in whose territory it is located.
...
10. Support the efforts of indigenous communities which process coca, cannabis and give them alternative uses, to develop meetings with the ministry of Justice, the DIAN and the lnvima in order to strengthen these economic initiatives.
Other groups

No specific mention.

Refugees/displaced persons

No specific mention.

Social class

No specific mention.


Gender

Women, girls and gender

No specific mention.

Men and boys

No specific mention.

LGBTI

No specific mention.

Family

No specific mention.


State definition

Nature of state (general)

No specific mention.

State configuration

No specific mention.

Self determination

No specific mention.

Referendum

No specific mention.

State symbols

No specific mention.

Independence/secession

No specific mention.

Accession/unification

No specific mention.

Border delimitation

No specific mention.

Cross-border provision

No specific mention.


Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed)

No specific mention.

Elections

No specific mention.

Electoral commission

No specific mention.

Political parties reform

No specific mention.

Civil society
7. Prioritisation of spaces for participation with communities to strengthen organisations, cooperativism and associativity.
Traditional/religious leaders

No specific mention.

Public administration

No specific mention.

Constitution

No specific mention.


Power sharing

Political power sharing

No specific mention.

Territorial power sharing

No specific mention.

Economic power sharing

No specific mention.

Military power sharing

No specific mention.


Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general

No specific mention.

Bill of rights/similar

No specific mention.

Treaty incorporation

No specific mention.

Civil and political rights

No specific mention.

Socio-economic rights

No specific mention.


Rights related issues

Citizenship

No specific mention.

Democracy

No specific mention.

Detention procedures

No specific mention.

Media and communication

No specific mention.

Mobility/access

No specific mention.

Protection measures

No specific mention.

Other

No specific mention.


Rights institutions

NHRI

No specific mention.

Regional or international human rights institutions

No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law

No specific mention.

State of emergency provisions

No specific mention.

Judiciary and courts

No specific mention.

Prisons and detention

No specific mention.

Traditional Laws

No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction

No specific mention.

National economic plan

No specific mention.

Natural resources

No specific mention.

International funds

No specific mention.

Business
- Support plans and projects for the reconversion of coca economies and agro-ecological productive transformation.
...
10. Support the efforts of indigenous communities which process coca, cannabis and give them alternative uses, to develop meetings with the ministry of Justice, the DIAN and the lnvima in order to strengthen these economic initiatives.
Taxation

No specific mention.

Banks
Socio-economic reconstruction→Banks→Personal or commercial banking
- Meeting with the Agrarian Bank, Finagro with farmers, departmental institutions and community leaders.
To address issue of individual credits, associative credits and industrialisation of the Countryside.

Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights
Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Land reform and management
Meetings with mayors and governor of Norte de Santander and spokespersons of social organisations, in order to manage training and assistance support for territorial planning and land management.
...
- Support plans and projects for the reconversion of coca economies and agro-ecological productive transformation.
Pastoralist/nomadism rights

No specific mention.

Cultural heritage

No specific mention.

Environment
This agreement is based on what has been signed between the parties regarding territorial transformations and the first dialogue developed with the different communities that seek, in addition to listening, to have clear guidelines to establish routes that will lead, among others, to overcoming dependence on economies considered illicit, application of the minimum vital to face the hunger crisis contribute to the construction of Peace with social and environmental justice.
...
- Meeting with the ministry of the Environment to address regional issues and establish a direct channel of communication to deal with information on the centres of deforestation and mining, and also to address the issue of the river basins in Catatumbo.
...
9. Support pilot project for reforestation in municipalities of Antioquia.
Water or riparian rights or access
- Meeting with the ministry of the Environment to address regional issues and establish a direct channel of communication to deal with information on the centres of deforestation and mining, and also to address the issue of the river basins in Catatumbo.

Security sector

Security Guarantees

No specific mention.

Ceasefire

No specific mention.

Police

No specific mention.

Armed forces

No specific mention.

DDR

No specific mention.

Intelligence services

No specific mention.

Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces

No specific mention.

Withdrawal of foreign forces

No specific mention.

Corruption

No specific mention.

Crime/organised crime

No specific mention.

Drugs

No specific mention.

Terrorism

No specific mention.


Transitional justice

Transitional justice general

No specific mention.

Amnesty/pardon

No specific mention.

Courts

No specific mention.

Mechanism

No specific mention.

Prisoner release

No specific mention.

Vetting

No specific mention.

Victims

No specific mention.

Missing persons

No specific mention.

Reparations

No specific mention.

Reconciliation

No specific mention.


Implementation

UN signatory
Accompanying persons:
Raúl Rosende, Delegate of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia
Other international signatory
Signed the guarantors as witnesses and depositaries:
Armando Franchi, Counsellor Embassy Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Louise Wilson, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland
Phillip Lustenberger, Special Envoy, Swiss Confederation
Dag Nagoda, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway
Accompanying persons:
...
Edelma Gómez, Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organisation of American States (MAPP-OEA)
...
Humberto Martín Shikiya, Representative World Council of Churches
Referendum for agreement

No specific mention.

International mission/force/similar

No specific mention.

Enforcement mechanism

No specific mention.

Related cases

No specific mention.

Source

No specific mention.


Source agreement

PEACE DIALOGUES TABLE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA AND THE CENTRAL GENERAL STAFF OF THE FARC-EP

SPECIAL AGREEMENT ON TERRITORIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN CATATUMBO.

This agreement is based on what has been signed between the parties regarding territorial transformations and the first dialogue developed with the different communities that seek, in addition to listening, to have clear guidelines to establish routes that will lead, among others, to overcoming dependence on economies considered illicit, application of the minimum vital to face the hunger crisis contribute to the construction of Peace with social and environmental justice.

Summarised in the following points:

1. Support the Consultative Table between the Bari indigenous community and ASCAMCAT, with the accompaniment of ONIC and ANZORC, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Land Agency, in the aim of linking the greatest possible participation, attending to the provisos regarding Ruling T-052 of 2017.

2. It is recommended that the Peace Dialogues Table establishes an appropriate information procedure with the ELN Dialogue Table, in order to facilitate the transformation initiatives that will be developed in the different territories.

3. Articulate with indigenous peoples for the realisation of the projects to be implemented, in a way that respects their self-government and autonomy in the territory.

4. The Peace Dialogues Table will arrange executive meetings with the ministerial departments for the issues:

education, health, agriculture and roads.

In this respect, dates must be set for:

- Meeting with the National Planning Department.

Meetings with mayors and governor of Norte de Santander and spokespersons of social organisations, in order to manage training and assistance support for territorial planning and land management.

- Meeting with the ministry of Education, to address two points in particular:

(I) investment and (ii) National Roundtable of provisional Teachers in post-conflict territories.

- Meeting with INVIAS for tertiary roads and national roads, especially.

The "Ring for Peace".

- Support plans and projects for the reconversion of coca economies and agro-ecological productive transformation.

Support for experiences in the care of drug addiction and the prevention of psychotropic substance abuse.

- Meeting with the ministry of the Environment to address regional issues and establish a direct channel of communication to deal with information on the centres of deforestation and mining, and also to address the issue of the river basins in Catatumbo.

- Meeting with the Agrarian Bank, Finagro with farmers, departmental institutions and community leaders.

To address issue of individual credits, associative credits and industrialisation of the Countryside.

- Strengthening of the Sena by guaranteeing its headquarters and operations

5. Support the initiative to restore and strengthen the hospital in Barrancas while respecting in all moment the authorities of the Barí people in whose territory it is located.

6. Through the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, articulation with the UN's food sovereignty initiatives will be carried out.

And there will be collaboration to reach the beneficiaries in Catatumbo, Norte de Santander.

It is important to point out that priority will be given to municipalities with food crises.

7. Prioritisation of spaces for participation with communities to strengthen organisations, cooperativism and associativity.

8. Continue with the implementation of the regional social dialogues in Catatumbo and from there the lines and routes of transformations will be generated.

These dialogues will be held with the purpose of listening to the communities, but also in coordination with the institutional framework and the accompaniment of the MAPP and UN Mission.

9. Support pilot project for reforestation in municipalities of Antioquia.

Consider the municipalities of El Bagre, Anorí, Briceño, Valdivia, Yarumal, Segovia and Ituango.

10. Support the efforts of indigenous communities which process coca, cannabis and give them alternative uses, to develop meetings with the ministry of Justice, the DIAN and the lnvima in order to strengthen these economic initiatives.

Signed at San José del Guaviare, the 10th of March 2024

Signed by the parties:

Camilo González Posso

Coordinator

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

Leopoldo Durán García

Head of Delegation of the Central General

Staff of the FARC-EP

Gloria Quinceno Acevedo

Peace Commissioner Advisor

National Government

Calarcá Córdoba

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

Fabio Valencia Cossio

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

Willy Romero

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

Feliciano Valencia Medina

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

Andrey Avendaño

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

Luz Darí Landázuri Segura

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

José Tomás Ojeda

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

[No signature]

Carlos Murgas Guerrero

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

[No signature]

Javier 33

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

Coronel (r) Genny Calvo Olmos

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

Fernanda Briceño

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

[No signature]

Yesid Arteta Dávil

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

[No signature]

Robinson Caicedo Ríos

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

Oscar Gerardo Salazar Muñoz

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

[No signature]

Sebastián Martínez

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

Coronel (r) Luis Alfonso Novoa Díaz

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

Cipriano Cortés

Delegation of the Central

General Staff of the FARC-EP

[No signature]

Pedro Arenas

Delegation of the National Government

in the Peace Dialogues Table

Signed the guarantors as witnesses and depositaries:

Armando Franchi, Counsellor Embassy Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Louise Wilson, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland

Phillip Lustenberger, Special Envoy, Swiss Confederation

Dag Nagoda, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway

Accompanying persons:

Raúl Rosende, Delegate of the Special Representative of the General Secretary of the United Nations in Colombia

Edelma Gómez, Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organisation of American States (MAPP-OEA)

Padre Eliecer Soto Ardila, Representative Episcopal Conference of Colombia

Humberto Martín Shikiya, Representative World Council of Churches