- UN Secretary-General visit to Colombia
Statement by the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres.
Bogotá. 13 January 2018. Dear President, thank you very much for your generous remarks about solidarity, and wonderful hospitality, as always in Colombia. If you allow me, my address will be in "portunol". Portunol is not a…
- UN Secretary-General visit to Colombia
“Peace is the only answer”: António Guterres
Bogotá. 13 January 2018. On the first day of his official visit to Colombia, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, expressed the UN's “solidarity and commitment" to Colombia The Secretary-General met…
- UN Secretary-General visit to Colombia
“I urge the cessation of armed activities and the resumption of a serious and constructive dialogue”: The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres upon finalizing his visit to Colombia.
Bogotá, 14 January, 2018. Before concluding a two-day visit to Colombia, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres called upon the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN in Spanish) to “resume efforts…
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Statement of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia.
Bogotá, 16 January 2018. The UN Verification Mission in Colombia profoundly regrets the events which occurred today in Quibdó, Chocó, in which a child died and another was wounded after they were hit by a Mission vehicle as…
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UN Verification Mission in Colombia condemns assassination of two members of the FARC political party in Antioquia
Bogotá, 17 January 2018. The UN Verification Mission in Colombia condemns murder of Wilman Asprilla Allim and Ansel Montoya Ibarra, FARC political party members that were participating in electoral activities in the…
UN Department of Political Affairs Partners visit Vistahermosa, Meta.
On February 1 and 2, a commission made up 20 sponsoring countries from the United Nations Department of Political Affairs – UN DPA – visited Colombia to obtain first-hand knowledge of the implementation of the Peace Agreement…
In La Plancha: both the Community and FARC related their story
Last February 1 and 2, a commission comprised of 20 sponsoring countries from the United Nations Department of Political Affairs –UN DPA- visited Colombia with the purpose of getting first-hand knowledge of the Peace…
Delegates joined Pondores Communities to witness the process of reincorporation.
On February 1 and 2, a commission of representatives from 20 sponsoring countries from the United Nations Department of Political Affairs -UN DPA- visited Colombia with the objective of obtaining first-hand knowledge of the…
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Remarks by Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia during his meeting with social organizations in Cúcuta.
Cúcuta, 1 March 2018. "Good morning. Please allow me to start by thanking the Mesa Social por la Paz (Social Committee for Peace), all the organizing parties of this “ Encuentro Nacional de la Paz” (National Conference on…
Photo: Freya Morales/PNUD
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Secretary-General Appoints Jessica Faieta Of Ecuador as his Deputy Special Representative for Colombia.
New York, 2 March 2018. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced today the appointment of Jessica Faieta of Ecuador as his new Deputy Special Representative and Deputy Head of the United Nations…
Photo: Registraduría.
Exercising citizenship rights for the first time in 50 years.
On Sunday 11 March, Colombia saw the most peaceful elections in the last decades, with the lowest number of violent incidents. All ranks of Former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) combatants and senior leaders of…
Alliance in Pondores will allow to deliver food in 43 schools of La Guajira.
Part of the food to provide school meals in 43 rural schools in the department of La Guajira will now be released right from where the last container with arms of the then-FARC-EP left in its laying down of arms process. The…