Press release on the installation of the National Commission of security guarantees
UN MISSION & UN COUNTRY TEAM JOINT PRESS RELEASE Bogotá February 24, 2017 - The United Nations Mission and the UN Country Team in Colombia welcome the installation of the National Security Guarantees Commission held yesterday…
UN Mission kick starts laying down of arms verification tomorrow
Bogota, February 28, 2017 – The UN Mission will begin to verify the FARC-EP’s laying down of arms tomorrow, 1 March. The process should conclude on May 29, as agreed by the parties, 180 days after the Final Agreement came…
Statement of the Chief of Observers of the UN Mission in Colombia - Laying down of arms.
Bogotá, March 2, 2017 - Yesterday, March 1, according to the statements of the representatives of the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP, which were welcomed by the UN Mission in Colombia, we began the process of…
UN mission receives 140 weapons from FARC-EP members in the tripartite Mechanism
Bogotá, March 17, 2017 - As a first step in the process of gradual stockpiling of weapons, the UN Mission in Colombia has received 140 individual arms of men and women from the FARC-EP who are part of the ceasefire and…
UN Mission in Colombia has 85% of registration of arms from FARC - EP
During a press conference, the head of the UN Mission in Colombia, Jean Arnault, highlighted the figures regarding the FARC-EP's lay down of arms process, monitored by the Mission. "As for registration, we are at 85% of the…
Building solid foundation for peace in Colombia needs 'consistent vigilance' – UN envoy
5 April 2017 – While the first phase in implementing the recently agreed peace deal between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) remains largely on track, the “relatively short…
Security Council´s visit: A commitment to peace in Colombia": Jean Arnault. Head of the UN Mission.
Bogotá. April 28 / 2017. The Security Council in full, with the Ambassadors of its 15 Member States, arrives next Wednesday in Colombia for the first time. The visit represents support for the peace process in Colombia and a…
"The Council will show its support for the peace process of Colombians": President of the UN Security Council.
Bogotá. May 2, 2017. At the beginning of his term as President of the UN Security Council for the month of May, Uruguay's ambassador to the United Nations, Elbio Rosselli, indicated the objective of the three-day visit to…
UN Security Council begins historic visit to Colombia.
Bogotá May 3 / 2017 - Under the leadership of Uruguay and the United Kingdom, tonight begins the first visit to Colombia in the history of the United Nations Security Council. Elbio Roselli, Uruguayan Ambassador and President…
UN Mission in Colombia Press Release
Bogotá May 4, 2017 – Tomorrow, May 5, the UN Mission in Colombia will have received and stored in its containers 1,000 weapons from FARC-EP combatants that are concentrated in the camps. This number corresponds to the group…
"The American Continent is the only area of the world where there is no active conflict": President of the UN Security Council
Bogotá. May 4, 2017. On the first day of their visit to Colombia, the UN Security Council held a meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos, Chancellor María Ángela Holguín, Ambassador María Emma Mejía, and the post-conflict…
Security Council highlights the cooperative work between the parties at the Zone of Normalization in the Department of Meta
La Reforma, Meta, May 5, 2017. The 15 ambassadors from the UN Security Council, and the Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission in Colombia have arrived at the Zone of Normalization (ZVTN acronyms…