News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The Quibdó Regional Office team was in a dialogue with the representatives of women's organizations of Chocó Department that make up the "Women, Peace and Security Table". In the event, the UN Mission presented the final results of the Laying-Down of Arms from FARC-EP and the role the Mission now…

A female five-a-side tournament was held on 24 and 25 March 2018 in Timba, Cauca Department, and has found its way in the hearts of its participants. For the first time ever, former combatants, members from the police forces and women from the community participated in a joint sports activity. The…

Bogotá, 09 April 2018. The UN Verification Mission in Colombia is following closely the latest events regarding the detention of Mr. Seuxis Paucis Hernández Solarte, known as Jesús Santrich, as well as reactions to these events in the Territorial Areas for Training and Reintegration where FARC…

Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Council, Permettez-moi d’adresser mes condoléances personnelles au Gouvernement et à la Mission Permanente de la Côte d’Ivoire à l’occasion du décès de l’Ambassadeur Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoué. Son appui résolu à notre travail a été une grande source d…

19 April 2018 - The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia and shared the assessment of the Secretary-General set out in his 29 March 2018 report on the work of the United Nations Verification Mission. The members of the Security…

New York, 20 April 2018. The Secretary-General condemns the kidnapping and killing of three media workers, confirmed on 13 April, as well as the subsequent kidnapping of two other Ecuadorian nationals. He expresses his condolences to the families of the victims, and his sympathy and solidarity to…

Let’s meet for reconciliation - 1 40 victims and 25 former FARC and AUC combatants met at the coliseum in the Municipality of Remedios, northeast of Antioquia to make progress in building territorial peace, coexistence and prevention of stigmatization within the framework of “ Encontrémonos por la…

150 people, including ex-combatants and inhabitants of the communities surrounding the TATRs located in Chocó region, have validated their elementary and high school studies. The Norwegian Refugee Council – NRC, the National Open and Distance University – UNAD and the Colombian Foundation of ex…

Mariela López, teacher of the local community of Llano Grande in Dabeiba, leads a reconciliation process from the classroom where 80 children including children of former Farc combatants take classes. A year ago, at the “Madre Laura Montoya” Educational Institution in the local community of Llano…

Former Farc EP combatants will sell their coffee production to the Italian company Illycaffe, which assured a fixed price and the purchase of at least 100,000 kilos of parchment coffee. Illycaffe, one of the six most representative multinationals of the coffee market in the world, now has among its…

Former combatants are now selling the fruits and vegetables that they grow on a farm in Conejo in the department of La Guajira. Their produce goes to schools in other parts of the department where WFP is supporting the Government School Food Programme (PAE by its acronym in Spanish). Children from…

Adinael Ascanio, spoke of his time in the guerrillas of the ELN and Farc-EP. Also, when he was in the military service and how now is transforming his life, working on a farm in the department of Cesar. "When I was 11 years old, the ELN guerrillas would pass my father’s farm at least once a month…