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Press releases
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UN Special Representative of the Secretary General and Chief of the United Nations Mission in Colombia Jean Arnault. UN Photo
19 Oct 2016 - New York – UN Special Representative of the Secretary General and Chief of the United Nations Mission in Colombia Jean Arnault joined a press briefing today at the UN headquarters and reiterated Colombians´ consensus around the ceasefire, with an important UN Mission role to coordinate, monitor and verify its compliance. -
Press conference on 10 October 2016. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia
10 Oct 2016 - Leaders of the UN Mission and the UN System in Colombia reiterate their support and optimism towards the ceasefire and the peace process Bogota, Colombia - The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission in Colombia Jean Arnault said today in a press conference that faced with the post-plebiscite questions, Colombian society is responding with maturity. -
03 Oct 2016 - Llanos del Yari, Colombia - The UN Mission in Colombia verified today the destruction of 620 kg of explosives, detonators, gunpowder, grenades, mines, and bomb making components by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP). The destruction was carried out in the Yari plains, Meta department, under the observation of experts and international observers from the UN Mission in the country.
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Monitoring and Verification Mechanism: Marco León Calarcá, FARC-EP, Rear Admiral Orlando Romero, Government of Colombia, and Major General Perez Aquino, Un Mission in Colombia. Photo: Un Mission in Colombia
30 Sep 2016 - Bogota - Nine representatives of the Government of Colombia, an equal number of members from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army (FARC-EP) and 18 international observers from the UN Mission in the country have started working together at the joint Monitoring and Verification Mechanism HQ, in Bogota. -
Government of Colombia, FARC-EP and the UN Mission in Colombia meet in Yari. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia
16 Sep 2016 - Today, in the Llanos (grassy planes) of Yari, the High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo, the Commander of the Strategic Transition Command (COET, in the Spanish acronym) General Javier Florez met with members of the FARC-EP Secretariat, accompanied by the chief of the UN Mission in Colombia Jean Arnault and his team. The following was agreed: -
Mission Planning team. UN Photo
15 Sep 2016 - Mission will be ready for ceasefire monitoring and verification on 26 September Bogotá –Following the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous support to the UN Mission in Colombia for the second time, the Mission is ready to begin verifying and monitoring the bilateral ceasefire and laying down of arms once the peace agreement is signed on 26 September. -
Practical exercise part of the Government of Colombia, FARC-EP, UN Mission training to monitor and verify the bilateral ceasefire. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia
06 Sep 2016 - Popayan, Cauca, Colombia - The Government of Colombia, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the United Nations Mission in the country have wrapped up a seven-day training session for 80 women and men who will take part in the tripartite mechanism in charge of monitoring and verifying the bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities. -
Member of the FARC-EP take part in the traning with the Government of Colombia and the UN Mission. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia
31 Aug 2016 - Popayan, Cauca, Colombia – The Government of Colombia, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the UN Mission in the country kicked off a seven-day training session for 80 women and men taking part in the joint mechanism to monitor and verify the implementation of the bilateral ceasefire.