Thank you very much for the question.
In fact, I'm glad those were the thoughts that came to Mr. Emerson's mind after visiting Colombia. The situation is not resolved, but what satisfies us is the progress made.
Now, you've asked us how have we progressed. I can tell you that concern for human rights has been ongoing or constant. I would like to reiterate that we're still a country undergoing a serious conflict, but for a long time we have tried to improve the situation. As a cooperative mechanism, the United Nations Human Rights Commission has rapporteurs who work according to their speciality and visit places where serious violations of human rights have occurred. We have always thought the issue of human rights is something that has to have priority over everything else. That's why we have maintained an open attitude, an open approach, and have allowed international monitoring for very many years at this point in time.
As the reports presented by the rapporteurs were prepared in a relatively short period of time, they might not have got to the crux of the problem of the Colombian situation, which, although it might been seen as similar to the situation in other countries, is really very different. So Colombia asked the UN Human Rights Commission—and maybe it's the only country that has so far done so—to allow somebody from our country to accompany these missions, who would be able to understand the situation and propose viable solutions. The commission accepted this, and with the assistance of several countries, but mostly financed by Colombia, we established an office in 1995 during the term of President Uribe. The mandate has been renewed, and has to be renewed every year. The Government of Colombia in fact has been renewing these groups for four-year periods. This office, an observer office, allows us to adopt measures.
What are the measures that have been adopted? Firstly, violations against human rights and the presentation of these cases before international human rights commissions are the result of the impunity. The president agreed to judicial reform. We went from an inquiry system to a verbal accusatory system, and this allowed us to progress at a rate of 75%. The justice area has been strengthened. A lot remains to be done, mainly with funds and professional resources.