- Press Releases
Declaration of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.
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…
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The UN rejects and condemns the killings of human rights defenders and leaders in Colombia
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…
Photo: Jorge Quintero / UN Verification Mission in Colombia.
Former FARC-EP members are transforming their lives with education.
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…
Llano Grande won the football match for reconciliation
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…
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United Nations celebrates installation of new congress
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…
In Arauca the commitment to reconciliation is the Sacha Inchi’ fruit.
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…
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Statement from Jean Arnault, Head Of The United Nations Verification Mission In Colombia, to the Security Council.
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…
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Press release Third Report of The Secretary-General to the Security Council on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia.
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…
- Security Council Press Statements
- Press statements
UN Security Council Press Statement on Colombia
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…
Fish farming, a reconciliation project that grows between Chocó and Risaralda departments.
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…
- Press statements
Statement by the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia on the peace process between the Government of Colombia and the ELN
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…
Photo: Diego Calderón-Franco @diegocolombiabirding
Bio Anorí: a reconciliation’ expedition
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…