UNHCR and Colombia sign accord to protect land rights of displaced

from UNHCR

BOGOTÁ, Colombia, April 9 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency and the Colombian government have signed an agreement that could protect or restore the land rights of hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
The accord was signed Tuesday in Bogotá by UNHCR Representative in Colombia Jean-Noel Wetterwald and Colombia's Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe Arias. The pact was given further weight by the attendance of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe at the signing ceremony.
"The agreement provides a framework for the coordination of various projects already in place for the legal protection of abandoned lands and also plans for new initiatives to restore displaced people's property rights," explained Jean-Noel Wetterwald, UNHCR's representative in Colombia.



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