Santos promotes Colombia peace talks at UN General Assembly
Santos promotes Colombia peace talks at UN General Assembly
Sep 25, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday presented the United Nations General Assembly the advances made in peace talks with rebel group FARC, as a bit of good news in a world caught up in another Middle East war.
In his speech, Santos announced that the goal of the peace talks was primarily so that there would be no more victims in Colombia.
“We work for the satisfaction of the rights to justice, truth, reparation, and guarantee of no repetition. But above all we work so that there are no more victims in Colombia, said Santos.
Santos pointed out the unique and active role victims are having in Colombia’s peace process with the FARC rebel group. The president stated that, “I think that for the first time in the history of the world, representatives of the victims are presenting their situation, pain and expectations before the government and rebel negotiators.
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