News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Bogotá. July 26, 2017. Good afternoon, to all press correspondents and mass media present here, as well as all people who are accompanying us with the live broadcast by social networks. To all of you, thank you very much for joining us today. I would like to begin with the present statement of the…

Bogota, 28 July 2017 - Pursuant to Security Council resolution 2366 (2017) on July 10th, which grants the United Nations Mission in Colombia the task of beginning the verification of the FARC-EP members reincorporation into civilian life process. The Mission welcomes the Government's decision to…

Bogota 31 July 2017 – The process of extracting the armament, handed over by the FARC-EP, which has been stored in the camps, as well as that collected from the weapons caches began today. The first place in which this activity began was in the PTN of Monterredondo, in the Department of Cauca. In…

Pondores, La Guajira - 15 August 2017. I am pleased to report about the balance of operations and activities related to the laying down of arms process: Container removal To date, August 15, concluded the process of extracting all the armament and scrap ammunition in the 26 camps of the FARC-EP, as…

Bogotá, 18 august, 2017. The United Nations Mission in Colombia deeply regrets the death of our Chilean observer colleague, Guillermo Andrés Saavedra Juárez, and sends his deepest condolences and solidarity to all his family, friends, compatriots and co-workers. During his period worked with the…

Bogotá, September 1 - 2017 – In accordance with the decision taken by the Government and the FARC-EP yesterday, August 31, to extend until September 15 the deadline for extraction of arms caches, the UN Mission confirms that it will continue with its verification operations of the process. This…

Bogotá, September 4, 2017 – The UN Mission and the United Nations System in Colombia celebrate the agreement reached between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) to implement a bilateral and temporary ceasefire, announced today by the Public Table of Conversations of…

Bogotá, 6 September 2017. The UN Mission in Colombia deeply regrets the death in a road accident of Dr. Ángela Rendón and nurse Katherine Quiroz of the San Juan de Dios Hospital de Ituango, who were assigned to the Local Office serving the Santa Lucia Territorial Area for Training and…

New York, 5 September 2017. The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement by the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) of a temporary bilateral cease-fire from 1 October 2017 to 12 January 2018. The Secretary-General expresses the hope that the agreement, announced…

New York, 6 September 2017. Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Council, I am grateful for the opportunity to brief you on the implementation of your resolution 2366 of 10 July 2017 that decided to establish, at the request of the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP, the United Nations…

Bogotá, 15 September 2017. The United Nations Mission in Colombia informs that it its operations to clear weapons and destroy ammunition and unstable material from FARC-EP arms caches have been completed, in keeping with the roadmap established by the parties in their joint communique 19 of 29 May…

Bogota, 19 September 2017 - The UN Mission in Colombia deeply regrets the death of Doctor Juan Manuel Mora who were assigned to the Local Office serving the Playa Rica Territorial Area for Training and Reincorporation (TATR) located in La Macarena in the department of Meta. The UN Mission…