This document has the purpose of presenting the United Nations Secretary-General Representative on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Mr. Walter Kälin, a follow-up on the application of some of the recommendations formulated by the United Nations System to prevent forced displacement and promote full enforcement of the human rights of displaced persons in Colombia.

Appeal target: CHF 2,439,411 (USD 1,923,019 or EUR 1,581,564);

Appeal coverage: 74.4%.

This Annual Report reflects activities implemented over a one-year period; they form part of, and are based on, longer-term, multi-year planning (refer below to access the detailed logframe documents). All International Federation assistance seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct and is committed to the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response in delivering assistance to the most vulnerable. For support to or for further information concerning Federation programmes

By Saturday, 15 bodies had arrived in Policarpa from surrounding villages. Five of them were civilians killed

In a May 30 statement, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "determined and certified" on May 26 to the U.S. Congress that the Colombian government

Ottawa, Monday, May 29, 2006 - The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of International Cooperation, and her Parliamentary Secretary, Ted Menzies, met today with the World Food Programme Executive Director James Morris, during his official visit to Ottawa. Minister Verner noted that so far this year, Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has provided over $100 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to address emergency and chronic food shortages around the world.

"Canada is deeply concerned about

BOGOTA, Colombia, May 29 (Reuters) - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe has scored a landslide re-election victory that handed him a solid mandate for four more years as Washington's closest ally in Latin America.

One of Colombia's most popular presidents, Uribe won 62 percent of the ballots on Sunday as conflict-weary voters rewarded him for his campaign to curb warring left-wing rebels and militia and the cocaine trade that fuels a long-running insurgency.

But even as the first incumbent president

El día viernes 26 de mayo, se presentaron algunas emisiones de gases por la periferia del domo de lava y por algunos cráteres y campos fumarolicos ubicados en el cono activo, alcanzado una altura cercana a los 700 metros sobre la cima. Por acción del viento, la ceniza emitida se dirigió hacia el nor-occidente y occidente del edificio

"Nos hemos propuesto avanzar hacia un País de Propietarios con Calidad de Vida Urbana, y en eso tenemos unos logros contundentes que han beneficiado muchos hogares colombianos y por supuesto santandereanos", dijo la ministra de Ambiente, Vivienda y