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Bogotá, 27 April 2020. On 23 March, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for a global ceasefire and to put the armed conflict on lockdown to focus attention on the Covid-19 pandemic. In Colombia, the National Liberation Army (ELN) responded to that call and declared a…

More than 40 women ex-combatants and social leaders met on 7th-8th December at the former Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration (TATR) in Brisas, Carmen del Darién, to talk about their experiences of life in the post-conflict. These were moments filled with feelings of sadness, joy, and…

A ritual of forgiveness was held by Embera indigenous communities and former FARC combatants in a municipality in western Antioquia. Event supported by the government, political parties, and the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. 36 indigenous Embera communities participated in the Forgiveness…

The concern about the spread of COVID-19 is also present in the reintegration areas. They are facing challenges and have closed their borders. The virtual world and isolation have also become part of the daily life of the 24 former Territorial Areas for Training and Reintegration (TART) housing…

The willingness of national and local authorities, FARC and the community to address the situation in Ituango and the former Santa Lucía TATR in terms of protection, safety, and support for the reintegration process, was one of the main messages highlighted by the Head of the UN Verification Mission…

Bogotá, 9 May 2020 - The UN Verification Mission in Colombia condemns the murder of Wilder Daniel Marín Alarcón, a member of the Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Common (FARC) party, occurred on 7 May in the municipality of Bello, Antioquia. With Wilder, there are already 24 cases of murders…

A commission composed of the governor's office, the Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital, the CNR-FARC and the Agency for Reintegration and Normalization (ARN) visited the former TATR of Llano Grande, Dabeiba, at the invitation of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. The Llano Grande family…

The UN Verification Mission in Colombia was invited to present a report on its work in the region. Reintegration in Antioquia and the scope of the work of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia were presented this Thursday, 6 February, in the plenary session of the Council of Medellin, by the…

Since the establishment of the Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration in Carrizal, Remedios, Antioquia, former FARC combatants began efforts to protect the environment. Three tree plant-a-thons have already taken place, and 10.000 more trees will be planted gradually. —Why do we plant trees…

The UN Verification Mission in Colombia and the UN Development Program support these initiatives. Fourteen workshops of people in the reintegration process: 10 of them in the former Territorial Areas for ​​Training and Reintegration (TATR) and four led by women in Cali city, plus several women…

The challenge of producing food amidst a pandemic. Ricardo is 47 years old. He is short and seen working all the time. When he is not in the banana crop, he is feeding the pigs, cleaning, selling essential products in his little convenience store, and now, during the pandemic, attending virtual…

Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council: Thank you for the opportunity to present the latest report of the Secretary-General on Colombia, in the company of Foreign Minister Claudia Blum. I am particularly pleased with today’s participation in this session by Ms. Clemencia Carabalí, whose…