The Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -People's Army (FARC-EP), in compliance with the General Agreement for the Termination of the Conflict and the Construction of a Stable and Lasting Peace, in August 26, 2012, issued a Joint Report on the progress and the reached agreements on creation of a commission for clarification of truth, coexistence and non-repetition.

The end of the conflict provides a unique opportunity to meet one of the greatest desires of Colombian society and the victims in particular: to clarify and know the truth about what happened in the conflict, the joint report said, reporting that in this new scenario, it will be possible to contribute to the construction and preservation of historical memory and achieve a broad understanding of the multiple dimensions of the truth of the conflict, including the historical dimension, so that not only the right to the truth will be satisfied, but also the foundations for coexistence, reconciliation, and non-repetition will be laid.

For this purpose, the National Government and the FARC-EP have reached an agreement in order to start, once signed the Final Agreement, the Commission for the Clarification of the Truth, Coexistence and Non Repetition (from now on "Commission") which will be an independent and impartial mechanism of extra-judicial nature.

The Commission will be part of the integral system of truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition that has to be agreed at the Table to satisfy the rights of the victims, end the conflict and achieve peace. Therefore, the agreement reached on the Commission cannot be understood as definitely closed or isolated from the system we are committed to building and which still has not been completed. We will continue working to agree on other mechanisms that allow us to guarantee the rights of victims to truth, Justice and Reparation, besides contributing to guarantee the non-repetition of the conflict to all Colombians. As part of the discussion on the comprehensiveness of the system and its judicial and extrajudicial mechanisms, we will agree the topics, whose materialization depends on the relationship between the various mechanisms of the system.

The Commission will meet three key objectives; to help clarify what happened, to promote and contribute to recognition of the victims as citizens who had their rights violated, and to promote coexistence in the territories.

The Commission will be comprised of 11 commissioners. To select them, a procedure of application and selection will be started, which offers guarantees of legitimacy, impartiality and independence to all of Colombian society and in particular to the victims.The process of nomination of candidates will be broad and pluralistic, ensuring that all sectors of society, including victims' organizations, among others, may nominate candidates.

The president of the Commission will be Colombian and should be elected by mutual agreement between the National Government and the FARC-EP, according to a mechanism agreed by both sides.

The Commission will run for three years, including the preparation of the final report.

The National Government, as the executive power, and the FARC-EP will undertake to contribute decisively in the process of uncovering the truth and recognize their respective responsibilities before the Commission.