News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

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…

New York, July 11/ 2017. The Secretary-General welcomes the establishment of a new United Nations political mission in Colombia tasked with verifying the commitments in the Peace Agreement relating to the reintegration of FARC-EP and the implementation of security guarantees for the group and…

Bogota, 10 July 2017. The United Nations Security Council decided today to establish a second United Nations Mission in Colombia, with a mandate to verify the reincorporation of the FARC EP into civilian life and the implementation of personal and collective security guarantees in the regions most…

New York, 30 June 2017 – Following the presentation of the report of the Secretary-General, Members of the Council expressed their support to the current mission, as well as to the establishment of a second Mission, which was requested earlier this month by the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel…

Bogota. September 26, 2017. Today marks the officially beginning of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, the second special UN political mission supporting the Colombian peace process. The Mission is mandated to verify the commitments on the reintegration of former FARC-EP members…

This is the final report on the implementation of the mandated of the United Nations Mission in Colombia that ended on 25 September 2017. On this report it is reviewed the major events in the last 90-day period, from 24 June to25 September and the activities carried out during the mandate of the…

Quito, Ecuador. 29 September 2017 – On Friday, September 29, the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) made a joint request to the Security Council to authorise the UN Verification Mission in Colombia to participate in the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism established to…

Bogota, October 6, 2017. The UN Verification Mission in Colombia is ready to undertake its verification tasks relating to the Temporary, Bilateral, and National Ceasefire (TBNC) between the Government of Colombia State and the National Liberation Army (ELN). "The Security Council authorized us to…

Tumaco, October 9, 2017. On Sunday, 8 October, a Humanitarian Mission including participants from the office of the Governor of Nariño, the municipal ombudsman of Tumaco, the Diocese of Tumaco, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human rights (OHCHR), the UN Verification Mission in Colombia…

Bogotá. 11 October 2017. Within the framework of the Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the Temporary, Bilateral, and National ceasefire effective from 1 October 2017 to 9 January 2018, the members of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM…

Bogotá. 13 October 2017. The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia informs that today it has formally delivered to Colombian Government: 69,034 kilograms of material resulting from the deactivation and destruction of all FARC-EP armaments and ammunition that were stored in the UN Mission…

Bogotá, 27 October 2017. The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia joins the Security Council of the United Nations in commemorating the 17th anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, which highlights the importance of the participation of women in an…