This attitude on the part of the Colombian State should produce general pressure on the part of the international community to urge the illegal armed groups to respond to this unilateral act by the State with similar action and free Colombian territory and the Colombian people from this grave, indiscriminate and harmful threat.

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COLDEPORTES Colombian Sports Institute

Colombian Unidad de Valor Real

THE COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTION AND WOMEN

CCONG Colombian Confederation of NGOs

ISS Colombian Social Security Institute

INCORA Colombian Agrarian Reform Institute

CORPOICA Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation

As we have seen, different opinions, including that of the Colombian Government, were presented during the proceedings in the Council of State.

The Colombian government demanded more money.

INTRAVISION Colombian Radio and Television Institute

Nationals by adoption may also lose Colombian nationality if they commit crimes against the existence and security of the State and the constitutional order.

The Colombian people have risen against adversity.

1. Efforts in support of Afro Colombian

43. There is no Afro Colombian university.

The peace talks will not paralyze the state or weaken its ability to act. Indeed, until a final agreement is reached, Colombian law enforcement authorities will continue to confront forcefully all illegal armed groups whose members insist on threatening the peace and lives of the Colombian people.

Programmes of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF)

1. Efforts in support of Afro Colombian communities

(c) The Government means the Government of the Republic of Colombia for the purposes of this Agreement, the Government is understood to represent the Colombian State

ICFES Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education

The Colombian Government has devoted great efforts to ensuring that the Colombian people can live without fear of kidnapping, massacre or attacks by violent groups.

Colombian coffee has been particularly successful in establishing a brand image.

(v) The sea level in the Colombian Pacific rose 20 cm

Ecuador had accepted refugees of over 45 different nationalities, 95 per cent of whom were Colombian it ranked first among countries of asylum for Colombian refugees in South America.

9 a.m. Meeting with representatives of the Colombian National Indigenous Organization (ONIC) and the Colombian Commission of Jurists, and Senator Lorenzo Muela, representative of the indigenous populations in the Senate

Nationals who lost Colombian nationality when the previous Constitution was in force by reason of their acquisition of another nationality may have Colombian nationality restored by submitting an application to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a consulate or governor apos s office, in which they state their wish to accept the Constitution and the laws of Colombia.

Work was also proceeding towards the establishment of a Colombian space committee.

The Commission deplores the continued violence against indigenous and Afro Colombian communities.

The organization has also supported the National Network of Afro Colombian Women.

Almost 99 per cent of Colombian women have heard speak of AIDS.

and threats to the existence of the Afro Colombian and indigenous communities

The health and social security programmes are run by various agencies in and outside the sector Ministry of Health, Colombian Family Welfare Institute, Colombian Social Security Institute, and the Social Support Network.

33. The Commission deplores the continued violence against indigenous and Afro Colombian communities.

This was included in national legislation and article 6 of the Colombian Constitution.

By adoption of the country Three groups of persons can acquire Colombian nationality

Nationals by adoption who lost Colombian nationality because they held two nationalities are additionally required to have established their domicile in Colombia one year before submitting the request for restoration of Colombian nationality.

34. Pursuant to Act No. 70 of 1993 relating to land ownership rights of the Afro Colombian communities and the protection of their cultural identity (see E CN.4 1997 71 Add.1, paras. 15 and 16), the Colombian Government granted 700,000 hectares of land to 110 Afro Colombian communities in the Antioquia and Choco regions (resolution No. 4566 of 29 December 1997 of the Colombian Institute for Agrarian Reform (Instituto Colombiano de la Reforma Agraria).

Integrated programme of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute for the care of child prostitutes

The contradiction between the position of the Colombian Government and that of the Council of State leads to consideration of the nature of such acts and whether they must be consistent with constitutional norms, especially when, as in this case, issues relating to State boundaries are involved.

Thus a broad movement is developing, the Black Communities Process , aimed at raising the Afro Colombian communities apos awareness of their values and cultural identity, defending them and securing their acceptance in the Colombian national framework.

Colombian Commission of Jurists, En contravía de la recomendaciones internacionales (Bogotá, December 2004), p.16.

1. The author of the communication is Federico Andreu, a Colombian lawyer residing in Brussels.