Colombia: La Unión de Desplazados del Sur Bolivar (Union of Displaced Persons of South Bolivar), including when it was established; its activities; its leaders; whether its members have been the targets of guerrilla and/or paramilitary group actions (2000 to April 2001)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Direction des recherches, Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié, Canada |
| Publication Date | 24 April 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | COL36905.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Colombia: La Unión de Desplazados del Sur Bolivar (Union of Displaced Persons of South Bolivar), including when it was established; its activities; its leaders; whether its members have been the targets of guerrilla and/or paramilitary group actions (2000 to April 2001) , 24 April 2001, COL36905.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be2133.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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In 23 April 2001 telephone interviews, representatives of the Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (Independent Advisory Committee for Human Rights and Displacements), Comisión Intercongregacional Justicia y Paz (Intercongressional Commission for Justice and Peace), Grupo de Apoyo a Organizaciones de Desplazados (Support Group to Organizations of Displaced Persons), and the Asociación para la Promoción Social Alternativa (Association for Alternative Social Promotion, MINGA), four organizations that monitor the situation of displaced persons in Colombia, were unaware of a group called the Unión de Desplazados del Sur Bolivar (Union of Displaced Persons of South Bolivar). The coordinador of education at MINGA added that in the four years that the organization has worked in the South Bolivar area with displaced persons, he has never come across a group with this name (ibid.).
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References
Asociación para la Promoción Social Alternativa (MINGA), Bogotá, Colombia. 23 April 2001. Telephone interview with the coordinator of education.
Comisión Intercongregacional Justicia y Paz, Bogotá, Colombia. 23 April 2001. Telephone interview with a representative.
Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento, Bogotá, Colombia. 23 April 2001. Telephone interview with a representative.
Grupo de Apoyo a Organizaciones de Desplazados (GAD), Bogotá, Colombia. 23 April 2001. Telephone interview with a representative.
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