18 Mar 2025 - This year, the United Nations and the Verification Mission commemorate International Women's Day with the theme “For women and girls in ALL their diversity: Rights, equality and empowerment”.
Sustainable peace is only possible with the active participation of women at every...
13 Jan 2025 - 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 the Final Agreement, Colombia achieves a significant...
21 Oct 2024 -
Security Council Press Statement on the situation in Colombia following the UNSC session 15 October 2024
New York, 21 October 2024. The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia. They stressed the importance...
09 Oct 2024 -
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 tangible results for communities.
He calls upon...
11 Jul 2024 - Remarks of SRSG Carlos Ruiz MassieuPeacebuilding Commission Ambassadorial-Level Meeting on Colombia11 July 2024
As delivered
Mr. Chairman, and distinguished members.
Agradezco la oportunidad de participar en esta importante reunión.
Es un honor particular hacerlo en una...
09 Jul 2024 -
Although the implementation of the Agreement is far from complete, it has yielded significant results and laid the foundations for consolidating peace in the country.
The Secretary-General stressed the importance of strengthening civilian protection commitments and...
28 Jun 2024 - Message from the SRSG, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, on the occasion of the 2024 International LGBTIQ+ Pride Day
“Ensuring the effective enjoyment of human rights and freedoms for all, leaving no one behind, is at the heart of the United Nations mission worldwide. This is why today, 28...
26 Jun 2024 - Message from SRSG Carlos Ruiz Massieu on the second anniversary of the Truth Commission's Final Report
“On the second anniversary of the presentation of the Truth Comission’s Final Report, I would like to reaffirm the importance of implementing its recommendations, which are...
09 Apr 2024 -
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...
07 Apr 2024 - 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...