▁sp ok esp erson ▁Y ves ▁H eller ▁stated ▁in ▁Bog ot á , ▁Colombia ▁that ▁" part ies ▁to ▁the ▁conflict ▁must ▁respect ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁em blem ▁at ▁all ▁times ▁and ▁under ▁all ▁circumstances ." ▁ ▁In ▁Gene va , ▁Switzerland , ▁Red ▁Cross ▁sp okes man ▁Flor ian ▁West phal ▁declared ▁that ▁" it ▁was ▁important ▁for ▁us ▁that ▁this ▁clar ification ▁was ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁authorities ▁at ▁the ▁highest ▁level " ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁international ▁organization ▁accepted ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁government ' s ▁explanation . ▁ ▁Un author ized ▁use ▁of ▁real ▁N GO ▁information ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Colomb ian ▁news week ly ▁Rev ista ▁Sem ana ▁published ▁an ▁online ▁article ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁International ▁Human itar ian ▁Mission ▁N GO ▁didn ' t ▁exist , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁military ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁carrying ▁out ▁the ▁rescue ▁operation , ▁and ▁that ▁its ▁website ▁used ▁information ▁from ▁a ▁real ▁Barcelona - based ▁organization , ▁Global ▁Human itar ia . ▁ ▁Sem ana ▁c ited ▁a ▁sp ok esp erson ▁for ▁the ▁Justice ▁Department ▁of ▁Catalunya , ▁Spain , ▁who ▁said ▁that ▁International ▁Human itar ian ▁Mission ▁was ▁never ▁part ▁of ▁Catalunya ' s ▁central ▁register ▁of ▁legal ▁entities . ▁According ▁to ▁Sem ana ' s ▁investigation , ▁the ▁official ▁registry ▁number ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁cre ators ▁of ▁the ▁fake ▁organization ' s ▁website ▁had ▁been ▁copied ▁from ▁the ▁site ▁for