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9 February 2024. The United Nations Security Council continued its visit to Colombia today, stopping at the former Territorial Area for Training and Reintegration (TATR) of Agua Bonita, in the municipality of La Montañita, Caquetá, where around 500 people live, including peace signatories and local…

Buenaventura, 10 February 2024. On the final day of their agenda in the visit to Colombia, the spotlight was on the voice of those deeply affected by the conflict and who yearn to decisively boost their role in peacebuilding. Accompanied by the Vice-President of Colombia, Francia Márquez, the…

Today, 8 March, commemorating International Women’s Day, the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia joins the global campaign whose motto this year is: Fund women’s rights, accelerate equality. In a world facing multiple crises that disproportionately affect women and girls, the task of…

Message From the UN Secretary-General on suspension of the cease-fire between the Government and EMC. The Secretary-General takes note of President Gustavo Petro's decision to suspend the bilateral ceasefire between the Government and the armed group known as EMC in several departments in Colombia…

Message from SRSG, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, on the International Landmine Awareness Day 2024 Today, on the International Day for Mine Awareness, I would like to express my solidarity with victims of mines and their families, as well as to reaffirm the United Nations’ commitment to endeavours that will…

Bogotá, 7 April 2024. – In his most recent report on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, covering the period from 27 December 2023 to 26 March 2024, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, applauds the courage and the persistence that Colombians have demonstrated in…

Briefing by Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Security Council Meeting Thank you, Madam President, I appreciate this opportunity to brief the Security Council on this symbolic day in Colombia dedicated each year…

The security measures of the Peace Agreement and the ceasefires need to be implemented in a complementary manner for the benefit of the security situation of communities New York, 9 April 2024. At the presentation of the UN Secretary-General’s most recent report on Colombia, covering the period from…

New York, 15 April 2024. The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia. They stressed the importance of ensuring the comprehensive implementation of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement and expressed appreciation to the Government of…

The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia spoke in Bogotá and Leticia on Thursday and Friday, highlighting that the first stage of the participation process is successfully concluding, despite challenges at the dialogue table with the ELN. Bogotá, 18 May 2024. This week, in…

The agreement will benefit about 1,280 peace signatories, who count for about 70% of the 1,884 people in the process of reintegration who recognize themselves as disabled. A framework agreement signed this Monday, 20 May, between the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defense, the "Colombia en Paz"…

In a Bogotá used to the sound of buses, cars’ horns, and bicycle engines, a batucada full of Colombian flavour would be in charge of interrupting the monotonous noise with music to sing the great news: that Friday in April, the PaZate Fair opened its doors at the San Martín Shopping Center to market…