Chocó: Women, Peace and Security.
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…
Soccer for reconciliation: Peace takes over Timba soccer pitches in Cauca.
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…
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Press Release - UN Verification Mission in Colombia
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…
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Statement to the Security Council by SRSG Jean Arnault Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.
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…
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Security Council Press Statement on Colombia.
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…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on security incidents on the border between Ecuador and Colombia.
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…
Remedios goes all in for reconciliation
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…
Forging the future with education
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…
“We have to educate to reconcile us”
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…
'A coffee for peace': The seed that gave rise to “Café de La Esperanza” in Cauca, Colombia
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…
Former FARC-EP members produce fruits for school feeding programme
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…
“We have all the will to continue building peace”
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…