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<p>Our Embassy in Bogota has raised the situation in Choco with the Colombian authorities.</p><p>In
September 2017, members of our Embassy in Bogota accompanied a UK delegation including
the honourable Lady, on a visit to Choco, organised by the NGO ABColombia. Since then,
Embassy staff have visited the region twice.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
worked closely with NGOs in preparation for Colombia's Universal Periodic Review at
Geneva in May, raising concerns about violence against human rights defenders and
conflict related sexual violence.</p>
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