E/CN.4/2001/21 page 40 4. Dealing with the administrative problems connected with subsidies to the resguardos 128. The conflicts provoked by the use of resources which the State is transferring to indigenous communities - resources which form part of national recurrent income - are a concern for the Government and the communities alike. These problems stem from the novelty of the arrangements, both for the indigenous communities themselves and for the territorial bodies on which they are represented. Nevertheless, these difficulties should be resolved following the adoption of rules on indigenous territorial bodies, a task that is being addressed not only by the competent institutions but also by the representatives of these communities in the Congress of the Republic. The round tables and seminars which have been organized have helped to improve the suitability and implementation of the norms governing this question. 5. Development of awareness of human rights in the army and the police, with appropriate training 129. In the interests of autonomy, and in order to combine the political will to secure peace and the decision to safeguard and protect fundamental human rights, on 19 August 1999 the Government presented to the national and international community its “Policy for the promotion, observance and safeguarding of human rights and the application of international humanitarian law, 1998-2002”. This policy includes measures to intensify programmes designed to publicize human rights and international humanitarian law among law-enforcement personnel. 130. In army and police training establishments, training and information courses on human rights and the rules of international humanitarian law are provided for relevant personnel in order to acquaint them with basic principles in this area. 131. In addition, the Human Rights Office of the Vice-President of the Republic is organizing a long-term project to encourage law-enforcement officers to respect human rights and international humanitarian principles. The programme, launched in 1997, is the outcome of an agreement between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the President’s Office, the armed forces and the police. It aims to introduce a new teaching methodology, which goes beyond mere familiarization with human rights and international humanitarian principles and encourages the assimilation of these principles by law-enforcement personnel and their embodiment in specific conduct, in such a way as to inculcate an ingrained attitude in the personnel concerned and bring about an institutional transformation. 132. The teaching methodology is an ongoing process of interaction between school and institutional life, which aims to strengthen the internal human rights framework in the armed forces and the police and to place on a systematic footing the relationship between internal and external control bodies and institutions. Human rights and international humanitarian law are not just an optional extra; they are an integral part of all educational programmes. The teaching of human rights principles is pluridisciplinary, meaning that they are studied against the background of the specific actions of each force and in the context of the objectives of each level of instruction.