PLEASE PASS ALONG AND POST You are invited to an important conference on Colombia:

Civilians under fire: Building peace with Human rights in Colombia

What is the role of the Untied States in promoting human rights and peace in Colombia? What are the implications for a changing U.S. policy?

WHERE & WHEN: Friday, October 15, 1999, 8:45am to 1:15pm Gold Room, 2168 Rayburn House Office Building Open to the public 8:45 WELCOME: U.S./Colombia Coordinating Office & Colombia Human Rights Committee OPENING REMARKS: Representative William D. Delahunt KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Harold H. Koh, Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State*

9:15 C I V I L I A N S U N D E R F I R E

ESCALATING VIOLENCE & HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS - Agustin Jimenez, Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners UNIONS UNDER THREAT - Luis Garzon, Central Workers Union* INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES - Senator Francisco Rojas Birry & Eulalia Yagari, Indigenous Organization of Antioquia INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT - Heliodoro Sanchez, Justice and Peace MODERATOR: Lisa Haugaard, Latin America Working Group 11:15 B U I L D I N G P E A C E W I T H H U M A N R I G H T S 

THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT'S PLAN - Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombian Ambassador to the United States CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES - Rafael Rincon, Permanent Assembly for Peace SUPPORTING PEACE INITIATIVES WITH HUMAN RIGHTS - Senator Piedad Cordoba, Chair of the Colombian Senate Human Rights Committee THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES - Carlos Salinas, Amnesty International, USA MODERATOR: Mark Chernick, Georgetown University

1:00 CLOSING REMARKS: Representative Sam Farr
*Invited Simultaneous translation will be provided

S P O N S O R E D B Y: U.S./Colombia Coordinating Office and Colombia Human Rights Committee

C O - S P O N S O R E D B Y: Washington Office on Latin America; Center for Justice and International Law; Center for International Policy; US Committee for Refugees*; Latin America Working Group; Peace Brigades International; Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights*; Colombia Human Rights Network; 

Refugee Policy Forum, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Latin American Studies Program, George Washington University; American University, Office of Community Action and Social Justice;

American Friends Service Committee, Latin America/Caribbean Office*; Jesuit Refugee Services*; Mennonite Central Committee*; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America*; Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service*; United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society*; United Church of Christ/Disciples of Christ, Common Global Ministries Board*; Presbyterian Church, USA, Worldwide Ministries Division*

We would like to thank Oxfam, UK for making this conference possible *Sponsored speakers from Colombia 

For further information or press inquiries, please contact Alison Giffen, U.S./Colombia Coordinating Office tel:202-232-8090, fax: 202-232-8092, email: agiffen@igc.org 

Alison Giffen Director U.S./Colombia Coordinating Office Phone: 202-232-8090 Fax: 202-232-8092 Suite 200 1630 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington D.C. 20009 http://www.igc.org/colhrnet/