Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Colombia
The Secretary-General welcomes the launch on 7 February in Quito, Ecuador, of formal peace talks between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Resolving this conflict is essential to achieving a…
MVM’s Report on Farc-Ep transfer operation into zones and points where the laying down of arms will take place
Bogotá, February 10, 2017 - The National Direction of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) presents the progress of activities carried out from January 28 to February 10, 2017, related to the movements of FARC-EP…
Press Release about the situation in Norte Santander and FARC-EP movements
Bogotá February 14, 2016 - The UN Mission in Colombia hails the completion of almost all FARC-EP movements to the Zones where the laying down of arms will take place, with the recent entry of the members of the 33rd Front…
Nearly 7000 FARC-EP members arrive at zones where UN Mission will verify laying down of arms
Bogotá, Colombia, 19 February 2017 - Around 300 men and women arrived on 18 February at the zone of Agua Bonita, in the department of Caquetá, central Colombia, where the UN Mission will verify the laying down of arms. This…
Colombia: Working day and night to finish a camp where the UN Mission will verify the laying down of arms
La Pradera, Putumayo, 23 January, 2017 – FARC-EP women and men have been working hand-in-hand with Government engineers and civilian workers in La Pradera department of Putumayo in southern Colombia to finish camps where the…
Press release on the installation of the National Commission of security guarantees
UN MISSION & UN COUNTRY TEAM JOINT PRESS RELEASE Bogotá February 24, 2017 - The United Nations Mission and the UN Country Team in Colombia welcome the installation of the National Security Guarantees Commission held yesterday…
UN Mission kick starts laying down of arms verification tomorrow
Bogota, February 28, 2017 – The UN Mission will begin to verify the FARC-EP’s laying down of arms tomorrow, 1 March. The process should conclude on May 29, as agreed by the parties, 180 days after the Final Agreement came…
Statement of the Chief of Observers of the UN Mission in Colombia - Laying down of arms.
Bogotá, March 2, 2017 - Yesterday, March 1, according to the statements of the representatives of the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP, which were welcomed by the UN Mission in Colombia, we began the process of…
UN mission receives 140 weapons from FARC-EP members in the tripartite Mechanism
Bogotá, March 17, 2017 - As a first step in the process of gradual stockpiling of weapons, the UN Mission in Colombia has received 140 individual arms of men and women from the FARC-EP who are part of the ceasefire and…
UN Mission in Colombia has 85% of registration of arms from FARC - EP
During a press conference, the head of the UN Mission in Colombia, Jean Arnault, highlighted the figures regarding the FARC-EP's lay down of arms process, monitored by the Mission. "As for registration, we are at 85% of the…
Building solid foundation for peace in Colombia needs 'consistent vigilance' – UN envoy
5 April 2017 – While the first phase in implementing the recently agreed peace deal between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) remains largely on track, the “relatively short…
Security Council´s visit: A commitment to peace in Colombia": Jean Arnault. Head of the UN Mission.
Bogotá. April 28 / 2017. The Security Council in full, with the Ambassadors of its 15 Member States, arrives next Wednesday in Colombia for the first time. The visit represents support for the peace process in Colombia and a…