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Every 28 June since 1970, cities around the globe hold parades to commemorate the riots at a New York club a year earlier, which led to several nights of unrest by citizens protesting against police brutality. Thus…
The communications programme “Semillas de Paz” visited the rural area of Tumaco, Nariño, to teach a group of young people and adults of the former ETCR La Variante and the neighboring communities how to contribute to peace…
In Cauca, Indigenous Mapuche women from the Araucanía region in Chile, Nasa and Misak women from Colombia and local women leaders shared their experiences as part of the International Conference of Women Mediators for…
More than 200 people, including peace signatories and residents of corregimiento La Trinidad in Convención, Norte de Santander, participated in a sports day where football was the star of the ‘Let’s Play for Peace’ match.…
Armel Caracas was the only peace signatory in the country elected in the 2023 regional elections. For the last six months, he has been mayor of Cumaribo, Vichada, one of Colombia’s largest and most remote municipalities…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
UNVMC Commission visited the Alto Sinú indigenous reservation to verify and coordinate aid for the health and security crisis Between June 12 and 16, the UN Verification Mission in Colombia organized an inter-institutional…
UN and partners review former combatant's projects in the southwest of Colombia. On May 30, the UN Verification Mission visited, together with national and local entities as well as with WeEffect, productive projects led by…