Peace Day: an opportunity to advance peacebuilding in Colombia
With different events, the International Day of Peace was celebrated in Colombia. Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu opened the day with a joint message with the Ambassador of Colombia to the UN, Leonor Zalabata, in…
Women former combatants launch first community shop in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca
On 19 September, a group of 10 women former combatants inaugurated in the municipality of Santander de Quilichao a community shop that sells products made by various cooperatives of former FARC combatants, indigenous…
DPPA’s virtual reality film “Pathways Colombia” screened in Dabeiba and Mutatá
On 28 and 29 September, with the participation of former FARC combatants and more than 200 children from three reintegration areas and five surrounding villages in the municipalities of Dabeiba and Mutatá, in Antioquia…
Colombia cartoonist “Matador” presents cartoons on the Colombian Peace Agreement
The famous Colombian cartoonist Julio Cesar Gonzalez Quiceno, known as Matador, presented 27 cartoons and an interactive video for children. The objective was to educate the community on the Colombian Peace Agreement within…
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Press release on the quarterly Report of the UN Secretary-General on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia S/2022/715
Bogota, 03 October 2022. In his latest report on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, covering the period from 28 June to 26 September 2022, United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, acknowledges that recent…
Lenses for Peace in Anorí
A delegation led by the Ambassador of the European Union in Colombia, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Director of Reintegration of the United Nations Verification Mission…
Portraits of Peace
With photographs by Federico Ríos, this is what peace looks like from behind the lens of those who, through their images, tell the story of Colombia’s transition from the armed conflict. Some are recognized photographers…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Colombia
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Colombia Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General New York, 04 October 2022. The Secretary-General strongly commends the decision…
Colombia to restart peace talks with ELN
On 4 October, in Caracas, Venezuela, the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced the re-establishment of negotiations after more than four years of suspension. In a statement issued by his…
UK delegation supports the peace process in Colombia
On 4 October, the Political Counselor of the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom, Matilda O'Kelly, visited Icononzo, Tolima Department with representatives of the UK Embassy in Colombia and the UN Verification Mission…
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Briefing by Carlos Ruiz Massieu, SRSG and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Security Council Meeting
Briefing by Carlos Ruiz Massieu, SRSG and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Security Council Meeting Thank you, Mr. President Mr. President, I thank you very much for the opportunity to present the most recent…
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“‘Total peace’ is anchored to the comprehensive implementation of the Final Agreement”: Carlos Ruiz Massieu
Press release of the presentation of the latest Secretary-General’s Report on Colombia to the United Nations Security Council. New York, 12 October 2022. — “Colombia is going through a moment of renewed expectations, as a…