Declaration of Sitges

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Date	December 1957

Topics

Colombia government National Front Emancipation Proclamation Fourteen Points Balfour Declaration Tennis Court Oath Proclamation of 1763 Atlantic Charter Declaration of Sentiments Potsdam Declaration Charter Oath Pacification of Ghent

Key People

Laureano Eleuterio Gómez

Laureano Eleuterio Gómez

president of Colombia