Public presentation of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism of the Temporary, Bilateral, National Ceasefire between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN).

11 Oct 2017

Public presentation of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism of the Temporary, Bilateral, National Ceasefire between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN).

Bogotá. 11 October 2017. Within the framework of the Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the Temporary, Bilateral, and National ceasefire effective from 1 October 2017 to 9 January 2018, the members of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) composed of the Government of Colombia, the National Liberation Army (ELN), the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC) and the Episcopal Conference of Colombia of the Catholic Church are hereby officially announced.

The persons participating in the Mechanism at the national level are:

For the Government of Colombia: General Alberto Rodríguez, Colonel Santiago Camelo and Alejandro Reyes Lozano.

For the National Liberation Army: Gustavo Martínez, Alejandro Montoya and Tomás García.

For the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia: General José Mauricio Villacorta and Jennifer Wright.

For the Catholic Episcopal Conference of Colombia: Padre Darío Echeverry.

This Mechanism serves a dual purpose of preventing and reporting upon any incidents related to the terms of the agreed Ceasefire, for which it has a national, regional and local presence.

The Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) express their appreciation to the United Nations Secretary-General and the Security Council for their swift and firm support for the peace dialogue process and the temporary ceasefire. The parties extend their appreciation as well to the Episcopal Conference of Colombia of the Catholic Church for its accompaniment of the peace dialogue process and its participation in the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism.

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