Documents from Negotiations

October 3, 2013

September 30, 2013

  • Statement by the ELN describing what would be needed for negotiations to begin

September 27, 2013

  • Call by President Santos to the FARC asking for release of U.S. citizen Kevin Scott Sutay

September 25, 2013

  • Letter by FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez rejecting faster negotiations in response to government statements

  • Statement by government negotiator Humberto de la Calle emphasizing the importance of the confidentiality of the talks

September 24, 2013

  • Speech by President Santos at the UN General Assembly in New York

September 22, 2013

  • Speech by President Santos regarding the strain the conflict puts on national development

September 20, 2013

  • Statement by Santos emphasizing the urgency of measurable progress in negotiations with the FARC

September 19, 2013

September 18, 2013

  • Statement by the FARC calling for a commission to complement the Historical Memory Commission

September 17, 2013

September 13, 2013

  • Statement by Santos on balance between peace and justice

September 11, 2013

September 10, 2013

  • Column by former President Uribe criticizing negotiation efforts with the FARC
  • Seventh FARC Proposal for political participation

September 9, 2013

September 8, 2013

  • Statement by government negotiator Humberto de la Calle before fourteenth round of talks

September 4, 2013

September 2, 2013

  • Statement by lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle

August 28, 2013

  • Statement by lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle upon conclusion of thirteenth round of talks
  • FARC Statement on the conclusion of the thirteenth round of talks
  • FARC Proposal calling for a review of the truth of the history of the Colombian internal conflict

August 27, 2013

  • Statement by President Santos noting the readiness of the government to begin negotiations with the ELN
  • Sixth FARC Proposal for political participation

August 26, 2013

  • Joint Communiqué announcing forum to gather civil society’s input on drug policy
  • Publication by the FARC criticizing certain government actions
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August 23, 2013

  • Announcement by the FARC of a temporary pause in peace talks

August 20, 2013

  • Statement by the FARC regarding its responsibility to victims

August 14, 2013

  • Statement by FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez expressing difficulties faced in negotiating

August 13, 2013

  • Statement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in support of negotiations

August 10, 2013

August 9, 2013

August 7, 2013

August 6, 2013

  • Statement by the FARC criticizing the “Framework for Peace” legislation

August 5, 2013

  • Report by the Colombian Historical Memory Commission
  • Statement by the FARC calling for a study of the report released by the Colombian Historical Memory Commission

August 2, 2013

July 29, 2013

  • FARC statement outlining “minimal proposals” for Political Participation agenda point

July 28, 2013

  • Statement of chief Colombian government negotiator Humberto de la Calle upon launch of 12th round of talks with FARC in Havana

July 21, 2013

  • Statement from FARC Magdalena Medio Bloc offering military support to Catatumbo peasant protesters

July 20, 2013

  • Speech given by President Santos before the opening of a new session of Colombia’s Congress, in which peace is a prominent theme

July 19, 2013

  • Statement from FARC Secretariat announcing that the group is holding, and plans to release, U.S. citizen Kevin Scott Sutay

July 18, 2013

  • Joint statement announcing a six-day delay in the launch of the 12th round of FARC-government peace negotiations

July 15, 2013

  • Open letter from ELN to the Episcopal Conference of Colombia’s Catholic Church, expressing disagreement with the bishops’ call on the guerrilla group to disarm as a precondition for starting negotiations

July 11, 2013

July 9, 2013

  • Joint statement upon conclusion of eleventh round of government-FARC talks, Havana (EnglishSpanish)
  • Statement of FARC negotiators

July 8, 2013

  • Letter from maximum FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez to President Santos
  • Statement of FARC negotiators regarding social protest in Catatumbo region

July 1, 2013

  • Statement of lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle upon launch of eleventh round of government-FARC talks
  • Statements from leadership of FARC and ELN (one) (two)

June 23, 2013

  • Speech of President Juan Manuel Santos before march of conflict victims

June 21, 2013

  • Joint statement upon conclusion of tenth round of government-FARC talks, Havana (EnglishSpanish)
  • Joint report on progress of government-FARC talks, Havana (EnglishSpanish)

June 19, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators on “10 minimal proposals” for the political participation agenda topic

June 16, 2013

  • Column in Semana magazine by lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle
  • FARC response, June 18

June 11, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators upon launch of tenth round of government-FARC talks

June 7, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators on relations with Venezuela

May 26, 2013

  • Joint statement upon conclusion of ninth round of government-FARC talks, Havana (EnglishSpanish)
  • Declaration of lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle

May 15, 2013

May 9, 2013

  • Speech (English / Spanish) at Bogotá’s Universidad Externado by High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo

May 3, 2013

April 30, 2013

Statement of FARC negotiators regarding UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review

April 29, 2013

  • Statement of lead Colombian government negotiator Humberto de la Calle

April 28, 2013

Statement of FARC negotiators regarding Bogotá forum on political participation agenda topic

April 25, 2013

  • Letter from FARC negotiators to signers of U.S. Congress letter to Secretary of State John Kerry

April 24, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators on “Four Minimal Proposals for Reform of the State and Democratic and Participative Institutionality”

April 23, 2013

  • Statement of lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle Statement from FARC negotiators

April 22, 2013

  • Message from FARC negotiators to “Congress of the People”

April 18, 2013

April 9, 2013

  • Speech of President Juan Manuel Santos at march for peace, Bogotá
  • Statement from FARC Southern Bloc denying existence of internal divisions

March 30, 2013

  • Joint statement announcing delay in next round of government-FARC dialogues

March 21, 2013

Joint statement upon conclusion of seventh round of government-FARC talks, Havana * Statement of chief government negotiator Humberto de la Calle

March 1, 2013

  • Joint statement upon conclusion of sixth round of government-FARC talks, Havana
  • Statement of chief government negotiator Humberto de la Calle

February 26, 2013

February 23, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators laying out “ten minimum proposals” for a rural cadaster

February 22, 2013

Statement from maximum FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez

February 18, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators laying out “ten minimum proposals” for food security

February 17, 2013

  • Statement of lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle before launch of sixth round of talks

February 10, 2013

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) upon conclusion of fifth round of government-FARC talks, Havana

February 9, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators laying out “ten minimum proposals” for political recognition of peasant rights and the definition of landholdings

February 6, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators laying out “eight minimum proposals” for territorial ordering of agricultural land

February 3, 2013

January 30, 2013

  • Statement from lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle upon FARC capture of policemen

January 25, 2013

  • Statement from FARC negotiators upon capture of policemen

January 24, 2013

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) upon conclusion of fourth round of government-FARC talks, Havana
  • Statement of chief government negotiator Humberto de la Calle
  • Statement of FARC negotiators laying out their eighth through tenth of ten proposals for land and rural development

January 23, 2013

  • Statement of FARC negotiators laying out their sixth and seventh of ten proposals for land and rural development.

January 22, 2013

  • Statement of FARC negotiators laying out their fourth and fifth of ten proposals for land and rural development

January 20, 2013

  • Statement of FARC negotiators calling for constitutional convention

January 19, 2013

  • Statement of FARC negotiators laying out their second and third of ten proposals for land and rural development

January 14, 2013

January 13, 2013

  • Statement ( video) of lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle

December 21, 2012

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) upon conclusion of third round of government-FARC talks, Havana

December 9, 2012

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) upon receipt of civil society proposals collected by congressional peace committees, Havana

December 2, 2012

November 29, 2012

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) upon launch of www.mesadeconversaciones.com.co website

November 25, 2012

Joint statement (English | Spanish) announcing a public forum on rural development, to be held in Bogotá on December 17-19, to receive “input and proposals” from civil society

November 24, 2013

November 19, 2012

  • Statement of FARC Secretariat announcing two-month cease fire
  • Statement of Colombian Ministry of Defense

November 13, 2012

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) of government and FARC negotiators

October 20, 2012

Letter from FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez to the Colombian civil-society group Colombians for Peace

October 18, 2012

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) upon conclusion of first round of government-FARC talks, Hurdal, Norway
  • Speech of chief government negotiator Humberto de la Calle
  • Speech of chief FARC negotiator Iván Márquez
  • Transcript of joint press conference.

October 15, 2012

  • Joint statement (English | Spanish) by government and FARC negotiators upon launch of talks, Norway

October 1, 2012

  • Open letter from FARC Central General Staff asking for release of “Simón Trinidad,” a guerrilla leader named to the group’s negotiating team although he is in a U.S. prison

September 5, 2012

  • Speech from President Santos introducing government negotiators

September 4, 2012

  • Announcement from President Santos of formal peace talks with the FARC.

August 26, 2012

  • PDF General Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and Building of a Stable and Long-Lasting Peace

February 26, 2012

  • Statement from FARC leadership announcing that it will stop the practice of kidnapping citizens for ransom

January 12, 2012

  • Statement from maximum FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez that “we’d be interested in holding a hypothetical table of conversations”