The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received the report delivered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the 2021 National Strike with the "greatest sense of responsibility."In a statement, the Foreign Ministry tried to iron out the rough edges raised on Tuesday by the Colombian vice president and foreign minister, Marta Lucía Ramírez, who expressed her disagreement with points in the document that the National Government did not share.“We have discussed it and we accept that there are recommendations that may be valuable, but there are statements that we do not share,” Ramírez told Blu Radio on Tuesday.The harsh reaction of the vice president and chancellor, who demanded that the United Nations representatives not exercise proselytism or political activism in the construction of these reports, contrasts with the words issued by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, with which only the most positive aspects of the document for the National Government were highlighted.“In its analysis, the OHCHR recognizes that Colombia has a robust legal framework for the protection of the right to peaceful assembly;the unequivocal policy of "zero tolerance for abuses by the Public Force" reiterated by the President of the Republic and the Vice President and Chancellor;holding national and regional dialogues;as well as the installation and operation of the National Board for the Evaluation of the Guarantees of Public Demonstrations”, says the Foreign Ministry.👀 It may interest you: The queen test: a PowerPoint presentation puts Trump on the ropesAlthough the OHCHR highlighted the decision of the Government of Colombia to authorize the visit of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to the country and the designation of more than 35 special teams throughout the national territory to investigate the possible excesses committed by members of the Public Force in Within the framework of the National Strike days, the Office of the High Commissioner underlined in the text the unnecessary or disproportionate use of force by police officers, especially members of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), to disperse peaceful protests and blockades ."The Colombian state failed to maintain a safe environment for protesters on numerous occasions," the text says.The information compiled and analyzed by the UN Office found "reasonable grounds" to assert that at least 28 of the deaths were the work of police officers and that a minimum of ten of them were the responsibility of members of the Mobile Anti-riot Squad of the National Police.🌎 See also: During the tornado emergency, bad bosses come to the fore in the USAccording to the study, the Police used force unnecessarily or disproportionately to disperse peaceful demonstrations and blockades.In addition, there were armed individuals who attacked the demonstrators, sometimes with firearms, in the face of the passivity of the security forces.“All those presumed involved in causing injuries or deaths, including State agents, must be the object of prompt, effective, exhaustive, independent, impartial and transparent investigations,” the document states.The OHCHR stressed that Colombia must guarantee "the right of victims to comprehensive reparation" and recommended a broad national debate on police reform, including the possibility of transferring the police from the Ministry of Defense to a civilian authority, and for improving internal oversight and accountability mechanisms."The objective of these reforms should be to guarantee the effective enjoyment of the right to peaceful assembly in Colombia," the UN Office points out.The Foreign Ministry, in response to the report, insisted that "the policy of zero tolerance for cases of abuse by the public force is not rhetorical and translates into effective measures to prevent these cases, to punish those responsible and to compensate those responsible." victims”, and recalled that there are two bills that seek to raise the level of professionalization of Police officers, as well as strengthen the disciplinary regime.👀 It may interest you: Humiliating: teachers fight on the floor for dollar bills to improve classrooms“The National Government is aware of the challenges it faces to overcome extreme poverty, factors of violence and the guarantee of fundamental rights.For this purpose, it has designed and implemented a set of public policies aimed at concretizing the enjoyment of citizen guarantees, for which the Government hopes to continue counting on the constant support and cooperation of the OHCHR”, stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.With the statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicly declared that it rejects any violent act that "disrupts the peaceful exercise of protest and that puts the life, integrity and freedom of citizens at risk", and stated that the investigation of 278 cases of alleged abuse of authority and personal injury.The UN Office will insist that the Colombian authorities comply with all guarantees to manage the protests and that they resort to the dispersal of demonstrators in strict compliance with international human rights standards.👀🌎📄 Are you already aware of the latest news in the world?We invite you to see them in El Espectador.