31 January 2004
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[Federal Register: January 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 20)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 4597]


Determination Related to Colombian Armed Forces Under Section 564
of Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, Division E, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution,
2003, (Public Law 108-7)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Secretary of State,
including under section 564 of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Division E,
Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, (Public Law 108-7) (the
``FOAA''), I hereby determine and certify, in accordance with the
conditions contained in section 564(a)(2), that: (A) The Commander
General of the Colombian Armed Forces is suspending from the Armed
Forces those members, of whatever rank, who have been credibly alleged
to have committed gross violations of human rights, including extra-
judicial killings, or to have aided or abetted paramilitary
organizations; (B) The Colombian Government is prosecuting those
members of the Colombian Armed Forces, of whatever rank, who have been
credibly alleged to have committed gross violations of human rights,
including extra-judicial killings, or to have aided or abetted
paramilitary organizations, and is punishing those members of the
Colombian Armed Forces found to have committed such violations of human
rights or to have aided or abetted paramilitary organizations; (C) The
Colombian Armed Forces are cooperating with civilian prosecutors and
judicial authorities in such cases, (including providing requested
information, such as the identity of the persons suspended from the
Armed Forces and the nature and cause of the suspension, and access to
witnesses, relevant military documents and other requested
information); (D) The Colombian Armed Forces are severing links
(including denying access to military intelligence, vehicles, and other
equipment or supplies, and ceasing other forms of active or tacit
cooperation), at the command, battalion, and brigade levels, with
paramilitary organizations; (E) The Colombian Armed Forces are
executing orders for capture of leaders of paramilitary organizations
that continue armed conflict; and that, as required in section
564(a)(3), the Colombian Armed Forces are conducting vigorous
operations to restore government authority and respect for human rights
in areas under the effective control of paramilitary and guerrilla
organizations.
    The Department of State has consulted with internationally
recognized human rights organizations regarding the Colombian Armed
Forces' progress in meeting the conditions contained in section
564(a)(2), as required in section 564(b).
    This Determination shall be published in the Federal Register and
copies shall be transmitted to the appropriate committees of Congress.

Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-1962 Filed 1-29-04; 8:45 am]

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