MVM Press Release: Tripartite mechanism verifies possible incident in Caquetá
Bogotá - The Regional Office of the tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism in Florencia, department of Caquetá, is advancing the verification of possible clashes between two armed groups that took place in the…
Special Representative for Colombia Jean Arnault briefs the Security Council. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Security Council’s ‘encouraging voice’ very important to Colombian peace process
New York – Highlighting that the Colombian peace process faced and continues to face a range of challenges but also offers “solid” opportunities, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country today…
Tania Patriota of Brazil appointed Deputy Special Representative for Colombia
New York - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Tania Patriota of Brazil as his Deputy Special Representative for Colombia and Deputy Head of the United Nations Mission in…
Secretary-General Appoints Member of Selection Mechanism for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace in Colombia
New York, 27 January 2017 / United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has designated Diego García-Sayán of Peru as member of the Selection Mechanism mandated to select judges and other officials for the Special…
Presidents Hollande and Santos visit the local site for the Tripartite Mechanism in Cauca
Bogotá, January 24, 2017 - Presidents Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia and François Hollande of France visited the local site for the Tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) in Caldono, Cauca to take stock of the…
More than 6,000 FARC-EP members mobilize towards points and zones for the transition to civilian life
Colombian authorities, FARC-EP leader and Deputy Chief of Observers of the UN Mission in Colombia received members of the FARC in La Guajira La Guajira, Colombia, February 1, 2017 -More than 200 men and women of the FARC-EP…
Report of the Tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) on a verification process, three breaches and two cease fire violations
Bogotá, February 03, 2017 - The National Direction of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) presents the progress of a verification as well as the conclusions of three breaches and two violations of the Bilateral…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Colombia
The Secretary-General welcomes the launch on 7 February in Quito, Ecuador, of formal peace talks between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Resolving this conflict is essential to achieving a…
MVM’s Report on Farc-Ep transfer operation into zones and points where the laying down of arms will take place
Bogotá, February 10, 2017 - The National Direction of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) presents the progress of activities carried out from January 28 to February 10, 2017, related to the movements of FARC-EP…
Press Release about the situation in Norte Santander and FARC-EP movements
Bogotá February 14, 2016 - The UN Mission in Colombia hails the completion of almost all FARC-EP movements to the Zones where the laying down of arms will take place, with the recent entry of the members of the 33rd Front…
Nearly 7000 FARC-EP members arrive at zones where UN Mission will verify laying down of arms
Bogotá, Colombia, 19 February 2017 - Around 300 men and women arrived on 18 February at the zone of Agua Bonita, in the department of Caquetá, central Colombia, where the UN Mission will verify the laying down of arms. This…
Colombia: Working day and night to finish a camp where the UN Mission will verify the laying down of arms
La Pradera, Putumayo, 23 January, 2017 – FARC-EP women and men have been working hand-in-hand with Government engineers and civilian workers in La Pradera department of Putumayo in southern Colombia to finish camps where the…