E/CN.4/1995/111 page 39 situation. It is clear that the Government will encounter resistance from various powerful quarters defending their interests. The Special Rapporteurs believe that the international community should support the Government’s efforts to translate its expressed political willingness into practice. The advisory services and technical assistance programme of the Centre for Human Rights, under the guidance of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, should consider any request from the Government of Colombia to help it to put the above recommendations into effect. The involvement in this process of the United Nations Development Programme (which already provides assistance to the Government on human rights issues) would be welcome. In this context, the Special Rapporteurs wish to emphasize the importance of the role of non-governmental human rights organizations and the need to strengthen them and provide them with adequate protection. Their participation in human rights assistance programmes is essential. 132. The Commission on Human Rights should keep the human rights situation in Colombia under particular close scrutiny, with a view to the appointment, unless the situation improves radically in the near future, of a Special Rapporteur who could ensure permanent monitoring of and reporting on the human rights situation and who could cooperate closely with the technical assistance programme. Notes 1/ See the report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. P. Kooijmans (E/CN.4/1988/17/Add.1, paras. 8-12). 2/ E/CN.4/1989/18/Add.1. 3/ "Paramilitarism" is a term widely used to refer to the activities of the groups described in paragraphs 36-40. The authorities, however, including the President of the Republic, more often refer to them as "private justice groups". 4/ E/CN.4/1990/22/Add.1, paragraph 5. 5/ The denomination "militias" is used for armed wings of the guerrilla groups operating mainly in urban areas. 6/ During their mission, the Special Rapporteurs were repeatedly told that incidents of torture were often not denounced, particularly when preceding enforced disappearances or extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. It may therefore be presumed that its incidence is much higher than the figures published by Justicia y Paz. 7/ See report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (E/CN.4/1995/36), paragraphs 126-136.