Jean-Pierre Gontard
Jean-Pierre Gontard (born September 14, 1941 in France ) is a French diplomat.
Life
Gontard was a professor at the University Institute for International Studies and Development (IHEID) at the University of Geneva . He was then an envoy from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).
In 2001 he mediated between FARC and the Colombian government in the armed conflict in Colombia . In the summer of 2008, Gontard's mediating role, who, according to emails intercepted by Colombian intelligence services, failed to keep any distance from the FARC, came under fire. The alleged ransom payment to the rebels for the release of abducted Swiss Novartis employees led to an investigation by the Colombian Ministry of Justice. He was suspected of participating in the delivery of the $ 500,000 ransom to the FARC in Costa Rica in 2001.
The allegations were denied in a film documentary by the western Swiss television TSR.
Web links
- Andreas Jahn: "The FARC will continue their fight". Jean-Pierre Gontard on the future of the Colombian guerrilla movement. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 11, 2011, accessed on November 11, 2011 (interview with Gontard on the occasion of the death of Alfonso Cano ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Don Quichotte de la médiation , Le Temps , February 16, 2009, accessed November 12, 2011.
- ↑ Weltwoche No. 27/2008 http://www.weltwoche.ch/kosten/2008-27/artikel-2008-27-im-dienst-der-me.html
- ↑ Weltwoche No. 28/2008 http://www.weltwoche.ch/kosten/2008-28/artikel-2008-28-calmy-reys-willi.html
- ↑ http://www.weltwoche.ch/lösungen/2008-33/artikel-2008-33-politik-des-sele.html
- ↑ http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/FarcAffaere-DokFilm-entlastet-CalmyReys-Mann-in-Kolumbien/story/22253511?print=yes
- ↑ http://www.weltwoche.ch/expenses/2009-07/artikel-2009-07-farc-guerilla-im.html
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gontard, Jean-Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | France |