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Post Conflict Event in Colombia

May 05 -- With participation of delegates from 46 countries, the First Congress on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration is beginning Monday in this capital, to exchange experiences on post-conflict processes.

5 de mayo de 2009

The event, to be opened by Vice-president Francisco Santos, will take place at the Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala Conference Center, in Cartagena, department of Bolivar.

Participants in the forum will analyze the impact of extra-legal armed groups.

According to organizers, the aim of the debate is reintegration based on communities as the most feasible way to guarantee long term success of the social and economic return of demobilized people.
 
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