The Office in Colombia of the United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights, he expressed his rejection of the attacks of the last 24 hours in the department of Cauca, especially that of the town of Mondomo, who left a dead woman and another wound, and asked to respect the fundamental rights of the population.
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“We reject the attack today in Mondomo, Santander de Quilichao, who left a dead woman and another wound. We express our solidarity with the victims and their families,” He wrote the UN office in X, where he expressed concern about two other attacks that left dead, injured and material damage.
That attack was perpetrated this morning, Apparently with a bomb car that exploded in front of a police post Located on the side of the Pan -American road, between Cali, capital of the department of Valle and Popayán, capital of Cauca.
On Wednesday, also in Santander de Quilichao (Cauca), there were two explosive attacks in which A Contractor of the Electric Company of the West died And two more people were injured.
In a second publication, the agency warned about the risk of an escalation of the armed conflict in several regions of the country and urged both the State and illegal armed groups to Keep dialog channels open as a way to achieve sustainable peace.
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UN rejects the escalation of violence
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“Peace is not achieved with more war. We call to avoid the escalation of the conflict, to respect human rights, International Humanitarian Law (DIH) and to protect the civilian population,” added the international organism.
The Human Rights Office in Colombia is headed by Scott Campbell, who has insisted on several occasions in the need to put the victims in the center of the peace process and guarantee its protection against the resurgence of violence.
Guerrilla violence has intensified in recent months in Cauca, where the dissidents of the old Farc are particularly strong, which make indiscriminate attacks almost daily against the public force and civilians, and where the Guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) also operate and drug traffickers bands.
The UN has stressed that the protection of human rights and respect for life must be central axes in any attempt to resolve the armed conflict in Colombia.
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