> Received: by uibero.uia.mx > (15.11/15.6) id AA06933; Thu, 9 Feb 95 22:15:01 cst > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 95 22:15:01 cst > From: list PAZ EN MEXICO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: solidarity > > MESSAGE TO THE NATION > MEXICO, D.F., 9th. February, 1995 > > 1. The efforts of the CONAI (National Mediation Commission) > have been constant and permanent in the fulfilment of its > responsibility, even before the meeting of the conflicting parties asked > the CONAI to assume the task of mediation. > 2. In the complex process of mediation, the CONAI is an actor > which cannot substitute for the conflicting parties, nor can it oblige > them to a rhythm and speed of communication and the reaching of > substantial accords towards a stable truce and achieving the > necessary conditions for dialogue and negotiation. > 3. In the last few days, the relations between the two parties, in > spite of the exhaustive efforts on the part of the CONAI, has been > placed in a dangerous impasse between official pressure and lack of > confidence on the part of the EZLN. > 4. Meanwhile, the declaration made this afternoon by the > President of the Republic, Dr. Ernesto Zedillo, along with the > dynamics of international events and the activation of local and > regional conflicts, can all seriously damage the immediate > possibilities of the peace process. > 5. For these reasons, we beg the parties of the conflict to > reflect on the merits of the proposal presented by the CONAI in the > early hours of today, the 9th of February, to proceed towards those > accords necessary to provide conditions for a stable cease-fire. We > ask that the conflicting parties heed the voice of those sectors of > society committed to the hope-filled tasks of seeing our country on the > way towards a juster, more democratic and more participative society. > 6. The CONAI calls all social and political forces, both local > and national, who are genuinely convinced of and involved in > avoiding war, to do all that is necessary to make the construction of a > PEACE WITH JUSTICE AND DIGNITY possible. We also ask them > to promote and put into practice all those participatory initiatives that > might smooth the path to establish those conditions which would > distance us from the danger of war and bring us closer to new modes > of use of the means of communication and of political negotiation as > the channels for reducing and resolving this serious conflict. > 7. It is important to note that not one effort of negotiation for a > political solution could possibly be more costly than the suffering and > destructive consequences for Chiapas and the whole country that a > military confrontation would produce. > 8. In this new context, the CONAI will continue to be available > to the conflicting parties in order to continue its task of mediation, > doing so as part of civil society. > For the CONAI > Samuel Ruiz Garc!a, Concepci"n Calvillo Vda. de Nava, Juana > Mar!a de Garc!a Robles, Pablo Gonz lez Casanova, Oscar Oliva, > Alberto Szkely, Juan Ba$uelos, Raymundo S nchez Barraza. > >
