Bureaucracy could ruin prospects of peace in Colombia: UN
Bureaucracy could ruin prospects of peace in Colombia: UN
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Feb 8, 2016
The first 12 months that follow a peace deal with FARC rebels will be crucial for peace in Colombia, the United Nations’ representative in the country said Monday, adding that mishandling post-conflict challenges could increase levels of violence.
The UN’s Resident Coordinator, Fabrizio Hochschild, said so at a forum on the peace talks held in the capital Bogota, according to RCN Radio.
According to Hochschild, “in these first 12 months public confidence in peace could be lost and new forms of violence can emerge” if bureaucracy or corruption impede an efficient implementation of agreements made between the FARC and the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos.
“Because of this, it is important to proceed with the implementation efficiently, without bureaucratic delays (and)without reopening major debates over what has been agreed” between the warring parties.
Hochschild’s comments followed remarks by former President Alvaro Uribe, a staunch critic of the talks, who asked the United States to demand changes in made agreements, also claiming that by not doing that Colombia risks a wave of post-conflict violence.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/first-year-after-farc-deal-crucial-for-peace-in-colombia-un/
