INDEX
Chronology
March 22-28.
Preliminary Balance
Media Monitoring
NGO'S Forum
CHRONOLOGY
March 22, 1995Members of the Transport Union of Chiapas
started a permanent demonstration in downtown Tuxtla
Gutirrez against the economic measures implemented by
the Federal Government. On behalf of the Chiapas'
society, transportists, who denied having any political
affiliation, demanded President Ernesto Zedillo: a
reconsideration of the prices of fuel and its derivates;
a special treatment to the people of Chiapas regarding
the payment of general taxes, eliminating tenure taxes
for public service vehicles; the consideration of a
special rate for electric energy and, among other
requests, negotiations to solve problems confronted by
transportation firms.
March 23, 1995
As letter exchange continues between the Zapatista Army
of National Liberation (EZLN) and the Ministry of the
Interior, the National Mediation Commission (Conai) sent
the rebel group, still hidden in the mountains of the
Lacandona jungle, the proposal of the Federal Government
to set the bases for dialogue and negotiation.
Ignacio March, researcher of El Colegio de la
Frontera Sur said that 244 thousand hectares of woods and
661 thousand hectares of jungles have been lost in
Chiapas during the past 15 years. He added that this
means that "we have lost more than half of the Lacandona
Jungle in a very short time". He affirmed that the
problem of water "is manly related to inequality and the
distribution of wealth".
Approximately 4 thousand coffee producers of 18
municipalities of Soconusco, the coast and the Sierra
Madre of Chiapas took hold of the premises of the
Department of Agriculture, Cattle Raising and Rural
Development in Tapachula. Demonstrators "kidnapped"
around 30 employees and officers. Producers demand the
Federal Government to reconsider the economic program, to
solve the armed conflict through dialogue and to totally
clear up the murder of Luis Donaldo Colossio Murrieta.
Peasants, affiliated to the National Peasant
Confederation (CNC) and the "Independence of 87"
Organization, who organized a meeting, signed a document
against the "erratic economic measures that the
government has imposed on the people of Mexico".
The government of Chiapas declared that by the end
of the week 50% of the people displaced from the conflict
area (around 11,500 individuals) will have returned to
their places of origin, enabling progress in the
conciliation among different groups. Additionally, it was
informed that 372 schools have been closed in the
conflict area, and 817 teachers are not working,
affecting 14,888 children who have not attended classes
since early in 1994.
Hostels of the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (INI)
in Chiapas are totally unattended as there is no budget
for the maintenance and care of such facilities who take
care of almost 70% of the indigenous population of the
state.
Once again, a football match was interrupted by a
group of youngsters, members of the "Ricardo Pozas"
University Caravan. During the "Pumas-Morelia" match,
they showed the public and TV cameras a large number of
placards expressing their standpoint concerning the
situation that prevails in Chiapas. Some of them read:
"We want the Army out of Chiapas", "Zedillo is a
murderer", "Stop the repression", "Chiapas is not a
military stronghold. We want the Army out".
More than 40 conservationist organizations grouped
in the Ecological Front for Peace demanded the inclusion
in peace talks of environmental issues for the
restoration of the Lacandona Jungle, and of sustainable
development for the benefit of indigenous and peasant
sectors of Chiapas.
March 24, 1995
The Mexican Human Rights Academy (AMDH) and Civic
Alliance (AC) consider that the rights of citizens are
violated if communication with public officers and
representatives is blocked, and access to the ordinary,
extraordinary and permanent sessions of the Chamber of
Representatives is barred. This is part of the
conclusions of the first report on the obstacles
confronted by 1,500 persons who wanted to go into the
premises.
The government of Chiapas is working on the
integration of a Civic Protection force that would act as
a "bridge" between Mexican Army members in the conflict
area and the local police. The government also insisted
that reconciliation among the communities that live
within the conflict area is one of the aspects of the
national political agenda.
Peace in the state will not be immediatedly achieved
because it requires ongoing and deep changes, said Bishop
Samuel Ruiz Garc!a of San Crist"bal de las Casas. The
Mexican Front for Human Rights (FMPDH) recommended the
dismantlement of "mercenary forces", known as white
guards. Additionally they should be dissolved and legally
prosecuted as they constitute illegal associations
according to the Mexican and International Laws. To this
respect, the Bishop mentioned that the International
Convention against the recruitment, use, financing and
training of mercenaries, and the resolution of February,
1994 of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights,
declares the existence and use of mercenary forces as
unlawful.
After overcoming various obstacles at the customs
office of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, the Caravan of Peace
Priests, integrated by 27 trucks with humanitarian
assistance for Chiapas, Nicaragua, El Salvador and
Guatemala, crossed the Mexican border. Hundreds of
activists of the "Emiliano Zapata" Proletarian
Organization (OPEZ) demanded during a demonstration
before the third and fourth district federal courts the
solution to agrarian backwardness in Chiapas and liberty
to peasants imprisoned because of agrarian conflicts. The
peasants warned that early in April they would start to
"recover" plots that are now in the hands of large
landowners and "caciques". They affirmed that
presidential decrees have not been carried into effect in
view of the "corruption" that prevails in the Ministry of
Agrarian Reform.
The demonstration with more than one thousand trucks
of the Alianza del Autotransporte de Chiapas (Chiapas'
Transportation Association) spread to the cities of
Tuxtla Gutirrez, Ocosingo, Comit n, Tapachula and
Tonal , against the economic measures implemented by the
Federal Government. Given the decision of transportists,
200 thousand tons of agricultural products have not been
moved. This could produce a widespread shortage of basic
products in the whole state.
The 4 thousand peasants that produce coffee in the
region of the Coast, the Soconusco and the Sierra Madre,
who took hold of the premises of the Department of
Agriculture, Cattle Raising and Rural Development refuse
to let go approximately 30 workers who are still in the
premises, as long as the Federal Government does not
reverse the economic emergency program, and overdue
payable assets are not restructured.
As part of the ongoing activities to support the
peace process in Chiapas, students of Mexico's National
Autonomous University (UNAM) went on active strikes at
the faculties of Science, Economics, Psychology and
Philosophy, the National Social Work School, and the
Vallejo, Oriente and Naucalpan branches of the Colegio de
Ciencias y Humanidades. Students demanded the Army's exit
from the area previously occupied by Zapatistas in order
to facilitate direct dialogue among them and Federal
Government representatives, the cessation of detention
orders against EZLN leaders, and against the economic
measures implemented by the government of president
Zedillo.
March 25, 1995
A Federal Council for Indigenous Affairs that has
the attributions of a state ministry, will guarantee the
rights of 15 million indigenous persons of Mexico at
federal, state and municipal agencies, according to a
communiqu of the FMPDH addressed to the Ministry of the
Interior and the Conai.
News programs 24 Horas of Televisa; Hechos of
Televisi"n Azteca; Para Usted of Multivision, and Enlace
of Channel 11, once again focused their attention on the
country's economic situation. Furthermore, time devoted
to the Chiapas's conflict was increased and "they did not
observe clear trends in their coverage of the problem",
according to the fifth weekly report of the AMDH,
effected from March 13 through 17. Among actors less
referred to stood Conai, the EZLN and the Commission for
Concord and Peace in Chiapas (Cocopa). In this sense -
said the AMDH- Enlace news program had some positive
elements "that exemplify the type of coverage that media
should take into account".
After 44 days of having taken refuge in the
mountains, almost 4 thousand Tzeltal and Tojolabal
indigenous persons ratified the decision recently made of
not returning to their communities because Mexican Army
troops are still within the conflict region, and only two
days ago they withdrew from certain communities of the
Lacandona Jungle, among them Guadalupe Victoria, where
the military harassed them, destroyed their properties
and took possession of their dwellings. Pursued by
hunger, diarrheic and skin infections, suffering harsh
climatic conditions, and protected only by the scarce
clothing they were able to bring with them from their
towns, and the lack of medicines in those places where
men, women and children hide from military overflights
that take place day and night, the refugees claim that
"they will not bend before the governmental forces
because their struggle is for a dignified justice from
which their parents and grandparents lacked... The
government wants to bend and buy us. Their want to swap
our dignity for two kilos of foodstuffs. We are very
sorry that other people have accepted; we will not; we
are not willing to return under those conditions. We will
resist until we feel it is safe to come back".
An armed confrontation among alleged PRD
sympathizers and peasants affiliated to the PRI in the
ejido Emulasen Zapata of the municipality of Tumbal ,
left four deaths and an equal number of hurt individuals.
The Minister of Public Education, Miguel Lim"n Rojas,
announced 18% increase for the educational sector in
Chiapas. During his tour through the state, Lim"n
highlighted efforts made by the SEP to restore school
activities within the conflict area, where 25 thousand
children have been affected, and estimated that "more or
less" half of them have received "some kind of
attention". Former Minister of External Affairs Jorge
Casta$eda warned that according to the pacifist tradition
of the Mexican foreign policy, it must pursue without
hesitation the political path of dialogue for the
solution of the armed conflict in Chiapas.
The EZLN maintains its military retreat in the
mountains of Southeastern Mexico, in compliance with the
order of its General Commander not to confront the
Mexican Army and to avert, as far as possible,
confrontation, and react only in case of an armed
aggression which might endanger the integrity of its
members or the support bases of the civilian population.
We have the sympathy of more than 200 organizations
throughout the whole country. They have supported us to
keep us in peace, said a head of the Zapatista struggle
somewhere in the Lacandona Jungle.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jos Angel Gurr!a
Trevi$o, asserted that there is no evidence to assume
that EZLN guns might come from some Central American
country, or that the presence of Central Americans in the
Mexican territory is linked with the EZLN.
Twenty employees of the Department of Agriculture,
Cattle Raising and Rural Development were liberated by
coffee producers who have occupied the facilities of that
agency for three days, whereas other 10 remain in the
premises, while negotiations concerning economic support
and attention to overdue payable assets are taking place.
With respect to the "massive pilgrimage" for which
the local congregation announced the participation of
thousands of indigenous persons, the genuine Coletos
demanded the President of the Republic the presence of
the Mexican Army "to safeguard the population and prevent
unforeseeable confrontations and damage".
This year, maize crops in Chiapas will be half less
than the 1'785,460 tons obtained in 1994 due to the
crisis of the 270 products of Chiapas whose overdue
payable assets amount 304 million pesos, affirmed leader
Edy Cruz Manzur. As they are unable to pay, they will
shortly declare themselves in bankrupt and 3,000 hectares
will remain uncultivated. To this day, 18 thousand tons
of maize have not been produced.
In the Highlands of Chiapas there has never been an
armed conflict. What has been happening since January
1994 is "a paper war" aroused by interests other than the
solution of indigenous problems, assured generals Mario
Ren n Castillo and Alonso Hern ndez Morales, Commander of
the 7th Military Region and Charg of attention to
displaced groups, respectively. According to Ren n
Castillo, the self-named EZLN had two purposes: to cause
a revolt aimed at a change in power, or a spectacular
coup to benefit from the election year. "In my opinion,
the second one was the objective of Zapatistas".
March 26, 1995
The Bishop of San Crist"bal de las Casas, Samuel Ruiz
Garc!a, mentioned that the peace process in Chiapas is a
long-term objective that must be accompanied by the
solution of indigenous demands.
Around one thousand trucks practically paralyzed
activities in the cities of Tuxtla Gutirrez, Comit n,
Tapachula, Tonal , Arriaga and Pichucalco, blocking the
main avenues in protest against the lack of response of
the Federal Government to their demand of reducing the
price of gasoline and the Value Added Tax.
Political and social disintegration which Chiapas is
undergoing has resulted in the violent renewal of two-
thirds of the members of City Halls of that state.
Municipal Councils have been elected or, plebiscites have
been made to elect authorities. Chiapas is confronting a
situation where 34 City Halls -out of 110 in that state-
are headed by municipal councils, whereas other two
(Villa Corzo and Tila) are awaiting for plebiscites to
elect new authorities. The state government, the local
congress and the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD)
reached agreements to solve the demands of the
municipalities of San Fernando and Tila, asking for the
destitution of mayors, whereas a plebiscite will be hold
in Villa Corzo. In San Fernando, the commitment was to
audit the municipal management and to offer the PRD
public spaces in the City Hall.
March 27, 1995
The Brazilian Bishop Pedro Casald liga affirmed that the
congregation of San Crist"bal de las Casas and of Chiapas
represent for Mexico, the Americas and the world "an area
for political, social, cultural and religious rescue". He
added that the struggle and revindication of Chiapas'
indigenous peoples belongs "to God's kingdom", and that
the voices that come from the mountain have raised a
praiseworthy Evangelic claim: everything for all the
children of the Lord". The South American bishop said
this during the mass celebrated for the closing of the
pilgrimage to commemorate the arrival at San Crist"bal,
450 years ago, of Father Bartolom de las Casas, and in
support of Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garc!a. Without an explicit
mention, Bishop Casald liga referred to the recent
declarations of the Bishop of Zacatecas, Javier Lozano
Barrag n, that there is no such thing as an "indigenous
theology"... "If there were no indigenous theology, the
peoples of Amerindia would not believe in God, the true
and only God of all peoples, all cultures and all
individuals".
An indigenous person sent the following message to
the priests during the celebration of the 450 years of
the congregation of San Crist"bal de las Casas. Father
Bishops: all of us here are believers in faith and hope.
We have come from far away, and left behind our families,
lands and work to join Don Samuel. Tatic: we recognize
your prophetic gifts, because that is what you are, a
pursued prophet who has received death threats from
people who follow the example of those who killed Jesus.
We come to tell you that you are not alone, and also to
beg for our brother Jorge Santiago Santiago who is not
here now but will always be in our hearts".
In the surroundings of towns, military quarters in
the jungle have practically sieged the communities who
are subject to the constant revision of their belongings
-particularly of the support they receive from civil
society-, suffer strict time restrictions for their
agricultural activities, and surveyance that verges on
spying. Alongside the new counterinsurgent technology
came prostitution and alcoholism, which are beginning to
proliferate in those towns with larger concentrations of
Mexican Army soldiers.
The congregation of Zamora demanded the cessation of
the "dirty, fierce and cruel" campaign against the Bishop
of San Crist"bal de las Casas, Samuel Ruiz Garc!a, as
these actions deepen the divisions among the society of
Chiapas and impedes the progress of the peace process.
The Bylaw for Dignified Dialogue, Conciliation and Peace
in Chiapas is anticonstitutional because it breaks the
legal order established by articles six and thirteen of
the Mexican Constitution in referring to one sole state
and trying to force dialogue among one group of society,
said Ignacio Burgoa Orihuela, Professor Emeritus of the
UNAM.
March 28, 1995
Public security members of the state, allegedly
accompanied by white guards of the municipality of
Venustiano Carranza, killed two members of the Peasant
Coordination of Popular Struggles (CCLP) and hurt other
four, when they attempted to recover three land plots
granted to them through a 1985 presidential decree.
The "Fray Bartolom de las Casas" Center for Human
Rights informed that the five international observers
"arrested" by indigenous persons at the municipality of
Tumbal were set free. The observers remained all night
at the mayor's office as the allegedly priista peasants
refused to let them go.
The Conai affirmed that the dialogue met "serious
difficulties" among Zapatista leaders who "delayed
deadlines" for the negotiations. The agency headed by
Bishop Samuel Ruiz held that the Clandestine
Revolutionary Indigenous Committee-Commander General of
the EZLN is analyzing a proposal for its submission to
the Ministry of the Interior by means of the Conai. This
is the background document for dialogue and negotiation
about places for an eventual direct meeting.
The Minister of the Interior, Esteban Moctezuma said
to the entrepreneurs of Chiapas last February 15 that the
Mexican government would ask the Vatican for the
dismissal of Bishop Samuel Ruiz. It was made clear that
such action would take place once the difficulties in
Chiapas are overcome, as the priest plays a basic role in
the peace process. The next day, the representatives of
the entrepreneurial elite met with Vatican representative
Girolamo Prigione to explain the need for Bishop Ruiz "to
be removed from the state". In this sense, they commented
that the Vatican representative told them "he would see,
because the petition was unanimous as his pastoral work
was degenerating".
A bus of the International Peace Caravan was held up
by a group of 10 individuals who shot against the vehicle
that transported 48 members who were robbed of
approximately 10 thousand pesos. This occurred at the
Ocosingo road. The representatives of the Caravan, Diego
Garc!a, transportation coordinator, Nuria Fern ndez,
national link coordinator and Tom Hansen, director of
Peace Priests, considered that the aggression constitutes
"a terrorist act aimed at intimidating civil society
members who head for the conflict area with 180 tons of
foodstuffs, medicines, blankets and clothing for
distribution among indigenous communities".
MEDIA MONITORING
March 20-24, 1995
The analysis of contents of four television news programs
effected between March 20 and 24, 1995, reveals that the
time devoted to covering the Chiapas' conflict was kept
at a minimum. The Chiapas issue occupied the third place
after Mexico's economic situation and the Colosio case.
The main findings of this monitoring of 24 Horas of
Televisa, Hechos of Televisi"n Azteca, Para usted of
Multivision(1), and Enlace of Channel 11 of the National
Polytechnic Institute, are shown below.
The time obtained by the four subjects considered in
this analysis -Chiapas, the economic situation, the
Colosio case and the Jos Francisco Ruiz Massieu case-
totalled five hours, 23 minutes, 47 seconds, similar to
that registered the previous week (five hours, 48
minutes, 44 seconds). Once again, information about the
country's economic situation obtained more time in the
four news programs: three hours, 32 minutes, 44 seconds.
On the other hand, March 23 was the first anniversary of
the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio, former PRI's
presidential candidate. The analyzed news programs
devoted a long time to information related to this fact:
one hour, 21 minutes, 48 seconds.
Conversely, the coverage of the Chiapas' conflict
between March 20 and 24 took scarcely 21 minutes, 20
seconds, less than half the time recorded during the week
from March 13 to 17: 57 minutes, 33 seconds. The daily
average time that news programs devoted to the Chiapas
issue was less than four minutes, well below that of
previous weeks. Time devoted to the Jos Francisco Ruiz
Massieu case was even more reduced: 7 minutes, 55
seconds.
The comparison among times devoted by each news
program to the economic situation, the Colosio case and
the Chiapas' conflict is significant. 24 Horas offered 56
minutes to the economic issue, which represents almost
three out of four minutes of coverage. The Colosio case
amounted 15 minutes and Chiapas received ony 6 minutes,
20 seconds. On the other hand, Hechos devoted one hour,
35 minutes, 15 seconds to the economic situation, 16
minutes, 2 seconds to the Colosio case, and 5 minutes 40
seconds to Chiapas. In Para usted, the economic situation
was granted 32 minutes 57 seconds; the Colosio case, 40
minutes, 38 seconds, and the Chiapas issue received 2
minutes, 36 seconds. Finally, Enlace gave the economic
situation 29 minutes, 24 seconds, the Colosio case 10
minutes, 10 seconds, and Chiapas 6 minutes, 44 seconds.
CHIAPAS
With respect to Chiapas, news programs reproduced the
opinions of representatives who form part of the
Commission for Concorde and Peace in Chiapas (Cocopa), as
well as those of other representatives and senators in
reference to the progress of negotiations between the
government and the Zapatista Army for National Liberation
(EZLN). Additionally, information generated by the
Minister of the Interior, Esteban Moctezuma, was also
covered. Minister Moctezuma affirmed that the government
is committed to finding a political solution to the
Chiapas' conflict. Also, there was information about the
declarations of a radio broadcasting station of Honduras,
that the EZLN would be receiving AK-47 guns from
Nicaragua, and reference was made to the declaration made
by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) affirming that
there is no proof that the Zapatistas are receiving guns
from Central America. Little time was given to the
bishops' meeting held at El Salvador, where Samuel Ruiz
Garc!a, Bishop of San Crist"bal de las Casas
participated.
It is worth indicating that 24 Horas did not mention
either the declaration of the SRE or the speech made by
the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Casta$eda,
about Chiapas. Conversely, Televisa's news program
presented a note from El Salvador, "confirming" Central
American gun traffic for the EZLN.
The recently created Commission for Concorde and
Peace in Chiapas received the longest time: 6 minutes, 17
seconds. The representatives that integrate Cocopa
emphasized that the resumption of the dialogue depends on
the EZLN's prompt reply, as conditions are given. In
Hechos and Enlace, Cocopa left behind all other actors,
as it recorded 2 minutes, 23 seconds, and 2 minutes, 59
seconds, respectively. In Para usted, this Commission
obtained 55 seconds, and 24 Horas did not give any time
to this actor.
The variable "Other authorities" (Ministry of Public
Education and Government of Chiapas, among others)
obtained 4 minutes, 53 seconds, mainly due to the
coverage that 24 Horas made of the tour effected by the
Minister of Public Education, Miguel Lim"n Rojas to the
conflict area. The Ministry of the Interior was the
second governmental actor that received longest time: 1
minute, 20 seconds. Actors such as President Zedillo, the
Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR) and
the Mexican Army did not get any time. Political parties
registered the shortest times: the PRI, 1 minute, 33
seconds, and the PRD 1 minute, 4 seconds. Neither the PAN
nor the PT received any coverage.
The EZLN obtained 1 minute, 9 seconds of the total
time, and Conai got 54 seconds. It is worth pointing out
that times given to these actors were recorded totally in
Enlace, news program that presented a story about one of
the demands of the EZLN and the Conai: indigenous
autonomy.
With respect to effective voice and image time,
Cocopa registered 1 minute, 36 seconds; other authorites,
1 minute, 25 seconds, and the PRI 55 seconds.
THE ECONOMY
As already mentioned, the four news programs maintained
the trend of giving a long time to information about the
country's economic situation, in detriment of the
Chiapas' conflict coverage. Leaving "other actors" aside,
the variable "other authorities" accrued the longest
time: 34 minutes, 50 seconds. This was due to the fact
that several State Ministries received attention for
their participation in the event organized by the British
journal The Economist, to talk about Mexico's economic
perspectives, that received broad coverage from 24 Horas.
On the other hand, entrepreneurs obtained 26
minutes, 55 seconds during the four news programs. A
large share of this time, 18 minutes, 29 seconds, was
granted by Hechos, program that interviewed Carlos
Abascal, President of COPARMEX, and Juan Antonio Dorado
and Eduardo Barroso, respectively President and Director
of the National Tourist Entrepreneurial Council. It is
worth mentioning that Hechos has given considerable space
to the critical actors of the Action Program for
Strengthening the Unity Agreement to Overcome Economic
Emergency.
The PRI accrued 25 minutes, 27 seconds. Hechos
devoted 17 minutes to this party's representatives and
senators who explained the reasons why they accepted the
increase to the Value Added Tax. In this sense
representative Oscar Levin Coppel, Coordinator of PRI
representatives in the Federal District was interviewed.
The PAN registered 14 minutes, 31 seconds, and the PRD 4
minutes, 31 seconds. Consequently, the PRI left behind
the PAN by a ratio of 2 to 1 and the PRD by a ratio of 6
to 1.
All other governmental actors obtained the following
times: Ministry of the Finance, 16 minutes, 39 seconds;
President Ernesto Zedillo, 13 minutes, 48 seconds, and
Mexico's Central Bank accounted only 9 minutes, 19
seconds.
As far as effective image and voice time is
concerned, entrepreneurs obtained 12 minutes, 41 seconds;
the PRI totalled 11 minutes, and the PAN accrued 8
minutes, 39 seconds. These times were mainly due to
interviews made to both entrepreneurs, and PAN and PRI
members during the Hechos news program.
The conclusion of this analysis of contents is that
television news programs largely disregarded the Chiapas
issue. This lack of interest on the subject is explained
by the aggravation of the economic situation and the
commemoration of the first anniversary of the
assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio. However, it is
equally true that the media were not interested in
developing information notes about the Chiapas' conflict,
beyond those that emerged from governmental sources. The
exception was once again Enlace, who presented a story on
indigenous autonomy, one of the proposals of the EZLN and
the Conai.
NGO'S FORUM
THE DIALOGUE OF CIVIL SOCIETY
The "Everything for Everyone" Mexican Caravan is inviting
to the meeting on The Dialogue of Civil Society, which
will be held on Wednesday, March 29, at Aguascalientes,
Chiapas. This summon is for all citizens who wish to
contribute to the "peaceful solution of the major
problems that our society is confronting", from both an
international and a national perspective.
General characteristics of the meeting:
- To present the proposals of the different members of
civil society (previously discussed by the different
participating groups).
- To establish a system of adherence to the different
proposals, similar to the procedure by means of which
nations integrate, sign or ratify international
agreements. Both individuals and organizations can join
this effort.
- To prevent the establishment of a voting or consensus
system for resolutions.
These criteria will help to generate three major
documents:
- The "Universal Social Convention", based on the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International
Convention on Civil and Political Rights, and the
proposals emerging from society, of a harmonious and
basic nature for mankind. This document will include all
those proposals signed by participants.
- The "New Mexican Social Agreement", based on the
original spirit of the Mexican Political Constitution,
and on the proposals made by the Mexican society,
particularly those derived from the Civil Poll conducted
on August 26, 1994. This document will include the
proposals signed by all participants of the different
states of the Republic.
- The "Complementary Protocols", to be integrated by the
proposals of the different groups of society that are not
signed by all participants. The complementary proposals
supported by a group must be coherent with more general
ones.
Aside the above documents of intention, others will
be prepared to carry into effect the mentioned
agreements. A plan of action for both the national and
the international levels will be elaborated, following
the same procedures as those already mentioned. The
commitments derived from the meeting at the Lacandona
Jungle will contribute to make coherent the activities
undertaken by the civil society.
"Everything for Everyone" Mexican Caravan
Tabasco 262-501
Col. Roma, Mxico, D.F.
Tel.: 525-25-45
LINK, INFORMATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION SERVICE
One of the objectives of the Mexican Academy for
Human Rights is to promote research, analysis, training
and dissemination of human rights in Mexico. During 1994
an effort was made to systematize by means of a directory
the different non-governmental organizations involved
with human rights that exist at the different states.
The Mexican Academy for Human Rights hopes that this
1995 Directory of Human Rights NGOs will contribute to
the strengthening of a culture of human rights in Mexico.
Starting with this issue of the Chiapas' Special
Bulletin, the contents of the directory referred to will
be presented in alphabetical order of the different
states.
(1) The March 23 transmission of Para usted was
interrupted at minute 51 of the recording.
AGUASCALIENTES
Asociaci"n de Derechos Humanos de Aguascalientes, A.C.
Ignacio T. Ch vez No. 501-B, Col. Las Flores
C.P. 20200, Aguascalientes, Ags.
Tel. (49) 13-46-37
73-00-93
78-19-14
Asociaci"n para la Educaci"n en Derechos Humanos (AEDH)
Av. Universidad No. 2100
Aguascalientes, Ags.
Tel. (49) 12-33-45, ext. 308
Caballeros of Col"n, A.C.
Jes#s Contreras No. 109, Col. Centro
C.P. 02000, Aguascalientes, Ags.
Tel. (49) 15-55-11
Centro de Apoyo para la Organizaci"n de la Mujer, A.C.
Mar Mediterr neo No. 358, Fracc. Panorama
C.P. 20100, Aguascalientes, Ags.
Tel. (49) 70-22-55
14-62-83
Centro de Capacitaci"n para el Desarrollo Comunitario
Rep#blica de Per# No. 537, Fracc. Santa Elena
C.P. 20230, Aguascalientes, Ags.
Tel. (49) 78-06-60
Centro de Estudios Jur!dicos y Sociales "Padre Enrique
Gutirrez", A.C. (CEJyS)
Calle Col"n No. 433, Col. Barrio del Encino
C.P. 20000, Aguascalientes, Ags.
Tel. (49) 15-95-11
15-97-32
16-38-28
Mancomunidad Americana Ind!gena Solar (MAIS)
Mariano Abad No. 302, Fracc. Boulevares
C.P. 20280, Aguascalientes, Ags.
Tel. (49) 78-49-74
BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE
Almacn de Recursos, A.C., "Mujeres por un Mundo Mejor"
Marmoleros Sur. No. 1808 entre "J" y "K", Col. Libertad
C.P. 21030, Mexicali, B.C.
Tel. y fax (65) 54-43-95
54-42-95
Asociaci"n de Egresados de la Facultad de Derecho, Zona
Costa de la Universidad Aut"noma de B.C.
Calle 4a. No. 8150, Edif. Serena
C.P. 22000, Tijuana, B.C.
Tel. (66) 88-37-82
Fax 88-14-73
Centro de Apoyo al Trabajador Migrante, A.C. (COPROMEX)
Av. Prolongaci"n Zaragoza No. 6, casi esquina calle A,
Col. Jabonera
C.P. 21110, Mexicali, B.C.
Tel. (65) 53-48-82
54-60-45
Centro de Informaci"n y Estudios Migratorios de Tijuana
(CIEM)
Boulevard Agua Caliente No. 1440
C.P. 22000, Apto. 1531, Tijuana, B.C.
Tel. (66) 25-87-62
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Boulevard Abelardo L. Rodr!guez No. 2925, Zona del R!o.
Tijuana, B.C. (Correspondencia)
Km. 18 carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, San Antonio del Mar
Tijuana, B.C.
Tel. (66) 38-80-79
38-80-58
Fax 84-87-95
84-22-26
Federaci"n de Estudiantes de Tijuana
Av. de los Hroes No. 370, Col. Buenavista
C.P. 22370, Tijuana, B.C.
Tel. (66) 82-12-79
CAMPECHE
Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados de Campeche
Calle 10, No. 310, Paseo de los Hroes, Barrio de San
Rom n
C.P. 24040 Campeche, Campeche
Tel. (981) 6-44-54 y 1-03-32