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The Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration (TATR) of Brisas, a local community in the municipality of Carmen del Darién, Chocó received the visit of the United Nation’s Secretary General’s Peacebuilding Fund and its partners in Colombia. The delegation counted with 16 representatives of…

New York, 10 December 2018. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Carlos Ruiz Massieu of Mexico as his Special Representative for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. Mr. Ruiz Massieu will succeed Jean Arnault of…

Bogotá, 31 December 2018. In his quarterly report to the Security Council on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, the UN Secretary-General offers an assessment of the progress made in implementation of the Peace Agreement with regard to economic, social and political reintegration of…

New York, 18 January 2019. The Secretary-General strongly condemns the car bombing at a police academy in Bogotá. He expresses his condolences to the families of the victims and wishes speedy recovery to the injured. The Colombian authorities have indicated that they have proof that this terrorist…

New York, 18 January 2019. The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack at the General Santander National Police Academy in Bogotá on 17 January 2019 which left several fatalities and dozens injured. The members of the Security Council expressed…

Sr. Presidente, Distinguidos miembros del Consejo de Seguridad, Estoy muy complacido por esta oportunidad de dirigirme a ustedes, por primera vez, con ocasión de su consideración del informe del Secretario General sobre la Misión de Verificación de Naciones Unidas en Colombia. Saludo la…

New York, 24 January 2019. 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 26 December 2018 report on the work of the United Nations Verification Mission. The members…

They develop productive projects in municipalities such as Ovejas, Chalán, Los Palmitos, Morroa, Sincelejo and Colosó. One of the projects, in which they work hand in hand with the community, is supported by the Verification Mission of the United Nations in Colombia. This is the first time Edwar…

- Midwives have helped in the delivery of dozens of boys and girls in the Mande forest, located in the municipality of Urrao, Antioquia where a group of former FARC-EP combatants is moving forward with reintegration. - Years ago, due to the armed conflict and lack of access roads many died before…

Five former FARC-EP guerrillas and three members from the Miravalle community in San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia were trained as rafting guides and are now running a productive project in the Pato River. In the Miravalle Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration - TATR, an emblematic region…

In the Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration of Carrizal, in the municipality of Remedios, Antioquia, community and former Farc-ep combatants paint about peace and protection of the environment. Photo gallery Several hands painted a wall regarding the impact of pollution on natural…

Twelve artists, nine of them Colombian, lived for ten days with former FARC-EP combatants in the TART of Pondores, La Guajira. Their work is exhibited at Espacio El Dorado gallery in Bogotá. “This was a life experience that went beyond artistic representation and expression to became something human…