Mr Santos's rejoinder was that recognising the existence of a conflict did not amount to giving the FARC, the main guerrilla force, belligerent status.
Those talks immediately deadlocked, not on the substance of how to end the war but on whether the Vietcong guerrillas should have the same status at the table as the government of South Vietnam.
The status of the guerrilla forces which Lord Carrington finally accepted as "lawful forces," while at the same time refusing to accord them an equal status with the white Rhodesian ones.
A reputed Iraqi Kurd guerrilla leader who has refugee status in Norway and has been linked by some Americans to Al Qaeda has been detained in Amsterdam, according to Norwegian and Dutch officials.
Ms Agattón bemoans a lack of cash: Colombians haven't given a peso, so the movement relies on foreign donations.Since her kidnap two years ago by the FARC guerrillas, Ms Betancourt has achieved mythical status in several European countries.
Meanwhile he was cementing Libya's rogue-state status by bankrolling terrorist and guerrilla organizations, including Abu Nidal, the radical Palestinian organization, and the violent Red Army Faction in Europe.
Now militants are beginning to return with combat experience, guerrilla-war skills, ideological fervor and leadership status, European and U.S. officials say.
Mullah Saduddin Burhany, the current chief judge of Kunduz, said that Mullah Akka was educated and articulate, and achieved social status when he fought as a guerrilla against the Soviet Union during the 1980's.
Ukrainians in particular had tried to establish an autonomous status under the Nazis, and they persisted in guerrilla activity against the Soviets until 1947.
Among the investors in Mvela are a company representing former political prisoners, a group of veterans of the African National Congress's guerrilla force and a development bank dedicated to improving the economic status of women.
