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URGENCY OF REMOVING THE OBSTACLES PREVENTING COMPLIANCE WITH JUSTICE-RELATED COMMITMENTS Bogotá, 26 June 2018. The Colombian peace process is notable for the emphasis it places on ensuring that the transition from an armed conflict to peace is accompanied by truth, justice, reparation for the…

Bogotá, 5 July 2018 - The United Nations Organization in Colombia vehemently rejects and condemns the killings of human rights defenders and community and social leaders. The upsurge in violence imperils the conditions for a true stable and lasting peace. The inhabitants of the regions most affected…

The program "Forging the Education" that aims to teach primary and secondary education to the former FARC combatants and the population of the communities near the Territorial Areas for Training and Reintegration – TATR, has been implemented since August 2017. According to figures from the Ministry…

Victims, FARC-EP, AUC and ELN ex-combatants, members of the Security Public Forces, community, film directors, artists, and Colombian professional football, lived the reconciliation through a friendly match in Dabeiba, Antioquia. Moment of the Colombia-Japan draw goal, Russia 2018 World Cup. Photo…

Bogotá, 20 July 2018 - The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the United Nations System in Colombia celebrate the installation today of the Colombian Congress resulting from the most participative and peaceful legislative elections in decades. The inclusion in the Senate and House…

In the Territorial Area of Training and Reintegration – TATR of Filipinas, Arauca, 56 former FARC combatants carry out a productive project from the Sacha Inchi´s fruit that seeks to establish a self-sustaining business model as a source of economic support for the ex-combatants that are doing their…

STATEMENT FROM JEAN ARNAULT, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS VERIFICATION MISSION IN COLOMBIA, TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL. Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Council, Thank you for this opportunity to present to you the report of the Secretary…

Bogotá, 25 July 2018. In his third report to the United Nations Security Council on the Verification Mission in Colombia, the UN Secretary-General provides an assessment of progress in the implementation of points 3.2 and 3.4 of the Peace Agreement, as well as lessons learned and recommendations on…

27 JULY 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 20 July 2018 report on the work of the United Nations Verification Mission. The members of the Security…

Women and men former FARC combatants lead a fish farming project that will benefit 35 families and surrounding communities of the NRP in Santa Cecilia, Risaralda. Between the border of Chocó and Risaralda there is a place that opened its doors to reconciliation; a mountainous paradise, with green…

Bogotá, August 1, 2018 - The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia takes note of the Political Declaration of the National Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), including the parties' assessment that they were not able to reach full agreements on social participation and the…

Ten former combatants, from the Territorial Area for Trainning and Reintegration of La Plancha, in Anorí, Antioquia, participate as research assistants in the Anorí bio expedition, in which 50 scientists advance in the discovery of new animal and botanical species. The UN Verification Mission…