Project Abstract:
Ingrid Betancourt, delegate to the 1st Congress of the Global Greens in Canberra 2001, founder of the Green Party Oxigeno de Colombia, member of the Federation of the Green Parties of America, was kidnapped by the FARC on 23 February 2002 and, togther with other hostages, is still being held captive in the forests of Colombia.
All Green Parties, gathered for their Second Global Greens Congress, in Sao Paulo from May the 1st to May the 4th of 2008:
· Honour the heroism of Ingrid Betancourt in the pursuit of truth and justice in Colombia and for the world;
· Demand the freedom for all hostages of Colombia and for Ingrid Betancourt, prisoner of the FARC since February the 23rd of 2002;
· Support every initiative which could permit the signing of a humanitarian agreement between the Government of President Alvaro Uribe and the FARC;
· Are convinced that the armed conflict in Colombia can only be ended by non-violent means and peaceful resolution, via a political and negotiated settlement;
· Demand, as the families of the hostages do, that the Colombian Government refrains from using violent means, including the bombing of camps, to liberate the hostages;
· Deeply denounce the utilization of hostages as ‘weapons’;
· Decide that Ingrid Betancourt, delegate to the 1st Congress of the Global Greens in Canberra 2001, founder of the Green Party Oxigeno de Colombia, member of the Federation of the Green Parties of America, is nominated President of Honor of the Global Greens and of the Coordination of the Global Green parties.
Oxigeno Verde/Colombia
Les Verts/France
Les Verts – Die Gruenen/Suisse
