UN HUMANITARIAN SITUATION ROOM - REPORT MAY 2004

I. NATIONAL CONTEXT

· The Second Chamber of the Constitutional Court, through decision T 327/04 issued 15 April 2004, ruled in favor of the members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó and other persons related to the Community’s members with work contracts. This community sued to protect its fundamental rights to life, personal integrity and security, freedom of movement, personal dignity, privacy of the home with the exception of judicial order and intimacy.

The Constitutional Court ordered the Commander of the XVIIth Army Brigade, or his substitute, to comply with the obligations placed on the Colombian State in his order of jurisdiction, by the Inter- American Court for Human Rights on June 18th, 2002. Via this resolution, the Inter-American Court requested the imposition of provisional measures for the protection of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, as they were the target of serious acts of violence, blockades and multiple killings of community members by paramilitary groups. In addition, the Resolution required the Colombian State to present the Inter-American Court a detailed report of provisional measures every two months.

The Constitutional Court also ordered the State to adopt and maintain all necessary measures to assure that those persons affected can continue to live in their habitual residences within the Community, and also to facilitate the return of IDPs to their homes. At the same time, the Court ordered that the State guarantee free movement to Tierra Amarilla, a center of great importance for the transport and commercialization of food products and other goods.

· The Annual Report of the U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR) indicated that Colombia is third on a list of the 10 countries according to number of IDPs. According to the Report, Colombia has 2,273,000 IDPs, placing it immediately behind Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The report also noted that during 2003, the armed conflict obliged 250,000 persons to abandon their homes. In addition, 200,000 Colombian refugees are currently in neighboring countries, and another 34,000 in countries such as Costa Rica (8,300 persons) and the United States (19,400 persons). The report attributes the causes of displacement both to the military offensive of the Government, as well as confrontations between the Armed Forces, the guerrillas and the paramilitaries.

· On May 13th, in the town of Santa Fe de Ralito, located in Tierralta municipality (Córdoba), representatives of the national Government and members of the negotiating team of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries signed an agreement designating part of the municipality of Tierralta as a “Zone of Temporary Location”. The agreement was signed in the presence of representatives of the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia of the OAS and the Catholic Church. The purpose of the accord is to contribute to the completion and verification of a cease-fire agreement, to define a timeline for the concentration and demobilization of the AUC, to permit a dialogue table with representation by national and international sectors of society, and the participation and contribution of citizens to the process.

The Zone comprises an area of 368 km2, which includes the corregimientos of Santa Fe de Ralito and El Carmelo. Ten commanders are expected to arrive in the Zone (two of them requested in extradition by the United States) together with another 400 men. The Zone will last for six months, with the possibility of an extension. If the Zone would cease to exist prior to completion of the process, AUC members will have a five day period to evacuate the Zone.

The agreement suspends orders for the capture, extradition and military operations of AUC members in the Zone, as well as the suspension of all commercial and private flights at less than 10,000 feet altitude. At the same time, a Security and Co-existence Committee will be created, along with a Verification Committee, made up of delegates from the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace, the OAS and the AUC.

1 Project supported by: II. ARMED CONFLICT - AFFECTED POPULATION

North of Santander: El Tarra: Guajira: Dibulla: Displacement of 126 persons. At-risk Displacement of 21 A) Population movements community. San Calixto: At-risk indigenous families. community. At-risk community. Chocó : Alto Baudó: Displacement of 25 Uribia: Mass families. Vigía del Fuerte (Antioquia) and displacement of 100 families. At-risk Córdoba: Borders of the Zone of Bojayá: Displacement of 2,000 persons. Location: At-risk community. Saiza: Novitá: Displacement of an undetermined community. San Juan del Cesar: Return of 10 families. Cesar: number of persons. At-risk community. , manaure, Agustín Codazzi, Belén de Bajirá: Displacement of 60 persons. At-risk communtiy. Return of 173 familes , , and Bojayá: At-risk community. : At-risk communtiy. Return of 46 indigenous families.

Bolivar: San Pablo: At-risk community. Antioquia : Cocorná: Displacement of 62 families.. San Carlos: Displacement of 50 Arauca: Tame: At-risk families. community. San Rafael, San Luis, Cocorná, Nariño, San Francisco, Dabeiba, Granada, Ituango, and San Santander: Landázuri and Carlos: At-risk communities. Cimitarra: Displacements of an Dabeiba: Return of an undetermined number of undetermined number of persons. persons.

Cauca : Puracé, Toribío, Jambaló and Tambo: At- Cundinamarca: Desplazamiento de 96 familias risk communities. (371 personas) en 25

municipios. Silvana, pasca, Pandi, Huila: Neiva, Palermo, Granada, Tibacuy, Chía: Tello and Santa María, Comunidades en riesgo Baraya: Displacement of an undetermined number of persons. Bogotá: Ciudad Bolívar: At-risk community. Nariño: Barbacoas: Displacement of 91 persons. Vaupés: At-risk indigenous communities. Tolima: Planadas: Displacement of an undetermined number of persons. Putumayo: Puerto Asís: Displacements from the Caquetá: Cartagena del Chairá: Displacement of 353 families area of Teteyé. At-risk community.Puerto (1,755 persons). Leguízamo, San Miguel, Milán: Displacement of 96 Puerto Guzmán, Valle persons. del Guamuéz: At-risk Region of the Yarí plains: communities. Displacement of an undetermined number of indigenous persons. Curillo, San José del Fragua, Albania, Solano, and Milán: At- risk communities.

Meta: Vista Hermosa: Displacement of 155 persons. Lejanías and El Castillo: Displacements of an undetermined number of persons. EL Castillo, Mapiripán and Puerto Gaitán: At-risk communities

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§ At-risk Communities: San Rafael, San Luis, Cocorná, Nariño, San Francisco, Dabeiba, Ituango, Granada and San Carlos (Antioquia); Tame (Arauca); Borders of the Zone of Location (Córdoba); Ciudad Bolivar (Bogotá); San Pablo (Bolivar), Curillo, San José del Fragua, Albania, Solano and Milán (Caquetá); Puracé, Toribío, Jambaló, Tambo (Cauca), Becerril, Manaure, Agustín Codazzi, Pueblo Bello, El Copey and Valledupar (Cesar); Silvana, Pasca, Pandi, Granada, Chia and Tibacuy (Cundinamarca); Bojayá, Novitá (Chocó); San Juan del Cesar, Dibulla and Uribia (La Guajira); El Castillo, Mapiripán and Puerto Gaitán (Meta), El Tarra and San Calixto (Norte de Santander), Puerto Leguízamo, Puerto Asís, Puerto Guzmán, Valle del Guamuéz and San Miguel (Putumayo); Vaupés. § Returns: Dabeiba (Antioquia), Valledupar (Cesar), Tierralta (Córdoba), San Juan (La Guajira). § Needs: According to SSN, although local governments and some international organizations are controlling the high number of endemic sicknesses such as dengue fever, tuberculosis and typhoid fever in Caquetá, the situation could get out of control easily in case of influx of large number of IDPs. The corregimiento of Aquitania in San Francisco (Antioquia) needs a state presence to re-start academic, commercial and transportation activities. Although the Mayor’s Office of Barbacoas (Nariño) is distributing emergency assistance to IDPs in rural veredas El Playón, El Chocho, Conquisté, La Belleza and Ricaurte municipality, this assistance is insufficient due to the size of the displacement. According to the NGO MINGA, the rural IDP population from El Tarra and San Calixto (Norte de Santander) has been forced to take refuge in the mountains without any protection or food.

RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

NATIONAL LEVEL ICRC During the first quarter 2004, distributed emergency assistance to a total of 21,213 new cases, of whom 4.6% are indigenous persons and 4.8% Afro- Colombians. ANTIOQUIA San Francisco CISP, SSN, WFP, ICBF, Participated in a humanitarian caravan to the corregimiento Aquitania. The DEPARD, Municipal convoy distributed food to the IDP and blockaded population. Also realized Committee for IDP community activities and offered psychosocial assistance. Assistance Dabeiba CISP, WFP Participated in a humanitarian caravan to the corregimiento San José de Uramá. During the convoy, distributed food and psychosocial assistance to the IDP population. San Luis UNICEF Held a training workshop on sexual and reproductive health, with the participation of 49 adolescents and 21 teachers. Bojayá y Vigía UNICEF Implemented recreational therapy with 715 IDP children. And held group del Fuerte therapy sessions for IDP women from Bellavista. (Antioquia) ARAUCA SSN Assisted recently displaced persons, especially with shelter, habitat kits and kitchen kits. BOGOTÁ SSN Implementing production activities that guarantee the well being of 166 IDP families. SSN also pre-selected 120 IDPs to enter employment with businesses that offered placement for IDPs. CAQUETA Cartagena del ICRC, Doctors Without Distributed emergency assistance to 1,755 recently displaced persons. Chairá Borders, ICBF Assistance included food, mattresses, cleaning kits and health services. San Vicente IOM, Catholic Church Implementing a project to improve health response capacity and basic del Caguán sanitation in 15 rural communities. Nearly 90 families will receive basic sanitation equipment. CAUCA IOM, ICBF Implementing the project “For the wellfare and prevention of displacement of Nasa Children” in the Pitayó indigenous reservation. The project will be focused on nutrition and will offer a snack and provides for school gardens in five schools where there is direct intervention. 199 families are receiving food from garden projects. CESAR SSN Distributed emergency assistance to 240 IDP families in Cesar. SSN also approved a project as part of the Food Security Network Program that will benefit 18,600 families at-risk of displacement in the department. CÓRDOBA SSN Distributed emergency assis tance to 50 IDP families (212 persons) in the department.

3 Project supported by: PAHO/WHO Supporting the Secretary of Development of Health in the elaboration of a Departmental Plan for Mental Health, which will include the topic of IDPs. In addition, PAHO/WHO is offering technical assistance to this Secretary’s office. CUNDINAMARCA SSN Offered shelter including 107 homes in 15 municipalities of the department. Also, SSN distributed 41 grocery packages to 41 homes. Soacha SSN Distributed groceries to 91 IDP families. Also, SSN offered 81 families shelter. SSN also selected 100 families to participate in the Canoe Integral Farm. CHOCÓ ICRC, DEPARD, SSN Assisted recently displaced families from Bojayá and Vigía del Fuerte Bojayá (Antioquia). Families received food, and night and cleaning kits.

UNICEF Documented 270 children with civil registries. Held recreational activities with 210 children, along with reflection sessions Medio with 92 parents on how to relate to children. Training of 114 mothers in and Ríosucio preparation for childbirth, prenatal care. Training of 44 midwives and training of 33 adults in waste water handling. Vaccination of 179 children. Training for 575 children in oral health and personal hygiene. IOM Strengthening assistance capacity of the Unit of Assistance and Orientation (UAO). Strengthening includes 110 visits to homes to characterize the IDP population. PAHO/WHO Monitoring the implementation of the project “Strengthening Training Programs in Promotion and Prevention for 85 Rural Health Promoters in the Areas of Resistance and Internal Displacement in Chocó Department.” Quibdó IOM, Instituto Diocesano Implementing the Tutorial Learning System (SAT in Spanish) within the Pedro Grau, SENA Together Building a Future project. The project benefits children and youth between 11 and 18 years of age outside of the school system. At present, 30 children are attending reading and writing reinforcement, 130 attend learning accleration sessions and 157 are in the SAT program. GUAINIA SSN Delivered emergency assistance to 6 IDP families in the department.

HUILA Neiva IOM Supported the creation of a work cooperative for 65 IDPs, who will receive COP$120,000 monthly to work for 4 hours a day. LA GUAJIRA Alta Guajira SSN Offered emergency assistance to 77 IDP families. In addition, SSN presented two projects within the Food Security Network Program to benefit 1,000 families at high-risk of displacement. MAGDALENA SSN Offered emergency assistance to 150 IDP families in the department. Santa Marta FAO Supporting the Telefood project “Development and sustainability of a Kogüi indigenous community in the rural area of Santa Marta municipality”. The project seeks to develop an indigenous community made up of six Kogüi families, through community production projects. The project benefits 35 persons (including 13 minors). META SSN Distributed emergency food assistance to 75 families. Another 51 families benefited from temporary shelter. Vista Hermosa Mayor’s Office, Catholic Distributed emergency food assistance for 155 recently displaced persons Church Cáritas Española, from the corregimiento Puerto Lucas. The families received food assistance, Médicos del Mundo, the cleaning and cooking kits, mattresses and health assistance. Red Cross and local businessmen. NARIÑO PAHO/WHO Supporting ICBF in the AIEPRI strategy, particularly in the community component, with the goal to improve children’s healthcare in vulnerable and displaced populations. Ipiales IOM, French Red Cross Implementing a health assistance project with a total of 210 beneficiaries.

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NORTH OF SANTANDER Cúcuta, Tibú, IOM Implementing a project to create associations to implement production El Tarra, projects. A total of 310 families have formed 44 nuclei. In addition, IOM is implementing a housing construction project in the Valles del Rodeo housing project. The project will benefit 200 families. PUTUMAYO UNHCR, Putumayo Trained 50 local ombudsmen and judges of 13 municipalities on the new Regional Ombudsman’s format for taking declarations and procedures to follow to attend IDPs. Office, SSN Orito, Puerto Ombudsman’s Office, SSN, Held three humanitarian displacement-monitoring missions. That resulted in Asís, Valle del SAT, Local Ombudsmen, the creation of working groups on security and prevention. Guamuéz IOM, UNHCR Puerto Asís, IOM, Secretary of Implementing a project integrating seven agricultural schools in Putumayo. Valle del Education of Putumayo, The initiative focuses on IDP and at-risk of displacement youth, and Guamuéz, Villa Latin American Center for combines formal education with income generation strategies. A total of garzón, Orito, Small Animals 2,080 youth and their families have been assisted to date. Colón

SANTANDER Barranc abermeja IOM, FOMIPYME Implementing a project to train 225 youth in semi-skilled labor. At present, selecting 160 beneficiaries to be trained in upholstery and cooking. Bucaramanga IOM, Center for Began a training project for 150 IDPs and 255 receptors in the area of Production Development, sewing, leather-working and other occupations. Mayor’s Office PAHO/WHO, Universidad Implementing activities in the area of sexual and reproductive health that Industrial de Santander especially affect the IDP population.

SUCRE Government of Sucre Signed an agreement with SSN to implement a departmental project for food security to benefit 6,000 vulnerable and IDP families. Sincelejo, SSN Implementing 76 production, training and physical infrastructure projects to Corozal, Ovejas, benefit 1,677 IDP families. SSN is also implementing an agreement with Chalán, Los MEN-ICETEX to give educational scholarships to IDP youth in private Palmitos, schools. At present, 900 youth are benefiting from the project. Morroa, San Onofre, Sincé, Buenavista VALLE DEL CAUCA Palmira IOM Implementing a project to strengthen a silk production Caín, with the enrolment of 100 IDPs. PAHO/WHO Offering technical cooperation assistance to the Government of Valle to work with the indigenous population in the areas of basic sanitation, food security and maternal-infant mortality.

5 Project supported by: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS PROLONGED AID AND RECOVERY OPERATION OPSR 10158 ASSISTANCE TO IDPs IN COLOMBIA SUMMARY OF ASSISTED IDPs OPSR 10158 - Oct 16 2003 to Jun 15 2004

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