[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 4555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1962]


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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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