We are carefully considering all possible options for achieving this objective before the 2004 EP elections. My right hon. Recently on 8 March in London, I hosted a round table on Colombia with UK NGOs, Padre de Roux and the Presidential Counsellor for Security and Alternative Development. My right hon. We value all these contacts and will continue this substantial dialogue.
Human rights are central to the work of the embassy in Bogota.
A considerable proportion of the time of several embassy staff is devoted to human rights work. Assistance through the EU of 105 million euro will support human rights, long-term economic and social development, and an end to violence. No expenditure is planned by the UK Government to support Plan Colombia. The delegation has also included representatives from the UK missions to the UN in Geneva and New York, as well as from the Human Rights Policy Department and the Global Issues Research Group of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.