Text of: 800-NonDis
The Committee recommends concurrence as amended as follows:For many years the nation of Colombia has suffered from internal conflict caused in part by the United States- sponsored "war on drugs." Large areas of land have been rendered unusable and crops destroyed by indiscriminate spraying of chemicals intended to destroy coca plants.
The land rights of indigenous peoples have been violated by Colombian and American corporations exploring and drilling for oil in rain forests.
Paramilitary death squads that receive support from the Untied States spread fear among the Colombian people. Internal civil war has left 1.4 million internally displaced people in Colombia.
The war against drugs has not succeeded in curbing the production and export of drugs from Colombia. Instead, it has created sharp political and military divisions in that country.
The present policy of the Untied States has only exacerbated the basic problem in Colombia which is poverty.
Therefore, the Untied Methodist Church urges the Untied States government to:
Stop all current and future United States military aid to Colombia
Support negotiations between the Colombian government and the guerrillas to end the civil war.
Divert funds used for DEA military raids and crop fumigation to provide viable economic alternatives to coca production.
Support indigenous peoples' rights to self- determination and control over resource sin their tradition homelands.
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