
Victims of kidnapping demand truth as former combatants appear before the JEP and acknowledge their responsibility for crimes committed in northern Huila, Tolima and Quindío
Former members of the Central Joint Command of the extinct FARC-EP acknowledged their responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity before 29 of their victims during the first regional acknowledgement hearing held…

Departmental Council for Reintegration inaugurated in Antioquia
The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia praised this body’s importance in advancing the implementation of the Peace Agreement in the region. Enrique Sánchez, Head of the Medellín Regional Office of the United…

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024 On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we reaffirm our commitment to the protection and promotion of the collective rights of Indigenous Peoples…

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Peace through the lens of girls, boys, adolescents and peace signatories in reintegration territories
Girls, boys and adolescents from five spaces for reintegration have received training in photography and multimedia to tell the stories of their territory from their perspectives. The goal is to tell the stories of more than…

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Message by SRSG Carlos Ruiz Massieu on the occasion of the International Day of Peace 2024
This year's commemoration of the International Day of Peace is dedicated to Cultivating a Culture of Peace.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the renewed efforts for the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the renewed efforts for the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement He trusts that the rapid response plan to accelerate the implementation of the Agreement will translate into…

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Briefing by Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Security Council Meeting
Briefing by Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Security Council Meeting Madam President, distinguished members of the Security Council, I…

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Security Council Press Statement on the situation in Colombia following the UNSC session 15 October 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…

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SRSG Carlos Ruiz Massieu's message on UN Day 2024
Seventy-nine years ago, the international community pledged to maintain international peace and security, foster friendly relations.

Colombia’s peacebuilding process through the eyes of former combatants and their communities
Ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Colombian Peace Agreement later this month, the exhibition ‘Seeds of Peace’ gathers the photographs taken by peace signatories, their families and community members, showing their…

The new reintegration landscape, eight years after the Final Peace Agreement signature
Eight years after the 2016 Peace Agreement was signed, the landscape of the reintegration process has changed: 10,265 signatories live outside the Territorial Areas for Training and Reintegration (TATRs), in more than 600…

Secretary-General reiterates his support and hope that in 2025 colombians decisively advance on the path to peace
Bogotá, 13 January 2025. – In his most recent report on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia to the Security Council, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed that, in commemorating eight years since the signing of…