OEA/Ser.P AG/DEC. 25 (XXXI-O/01) 5 June 2001 Original: Spanish SPECIAL DECLARATION ON THE COLOMBIAN PEACE PROCESS (Adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 5, 2001; subject to review by the Style Committee) The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegation, gathered in San José, Costa Rica, on the occasion of the thirty-first regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States, express their satisfaction with the humanitarian agreement signed on June 2, 2001, as it represents a significant step forward in the peace process and in the negotiations between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP. They underscore the importance of this agreement as a decisive step forward in complying with and observing the principles and rules of international humanitarian law. They call upon the armed groups to continue responding with gestures of peace to the firm policy of the state headed by President Andrés Pastrana, and trust that the process will lead to national reconciliation and a stable peace for all Colombians.