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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cartagena, Colombia. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Delivered in Cartagena, Colombia Excelentísimo Señor Presidente Juan Manuel Santos: Señor Timoleón Jiménez, Comandante de las FARC-EP: Distinguidos invitados y miembros de la comunidad internacional: Excelencias: Señoras y…
The Security Council met to consider the recent peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia--People’s Army (FARC-EP). UN Photo/Amanda Voisard
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, REMARKS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON COLOMBIA It is a pleasure to welcome President Santos to this chamber today and to share the good news he brings. After more than four years of arduous negotiations…
Government of Colombia, the FARC-EP and the UN Mission in Colombia announce wrapping up seven-day training session for 80 women and men to take part in tripartite mechanism in charge of monitoring and verifying bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia
The United Nations Security Council today approved the Secretary-General’s recommendations regarding the size, operational aspects and mandate of the UN Mission in Colombia, including the deployment of 450 unarmed observers…
Colombia: El Consejo de Seguridad define el tamaño y mandato de la @MisionONUCol https://t.co/DjiMFZR9tr pic.twitter.com/HwgdP8FAN5 — Naciones Unidas (@ONU_es) September 13, 2016
Mission Planning team carries out its first regional visit. UN Photo
Ban Ki-moon reports to the UN Security Council on Mission’s scope and action timeframe following the final peace agreement United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed satisfaction at the UN Mission in Colombia’s…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard
Four years ago, the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP set out to resolve through dialogue one of the world’s oldest armed conflicts. Today, they announced they have concluded their negotiations and will deliver to the…
Secretary-General Attends Ceremony for Colombian Ceasefire Agreement, Havana.UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Congratulating the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP) on reaching a deal to end more than 50 years of conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged the…
Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, briefs journalists at a press conference in Bogotá. Photo: UNIC Bogotá
The head of the new United Nations political mission in Colombia today pledged the world body’s steadfast support for the full implementation of the accord reached by the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed…
Women farmers near Santander, Colombia. Photo: Charlotte Kes
Two senior United Nations officials today underscored that the centrality of women to the Colombian peace process, as shown by the 'historic commitment' by the Government and Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
Secretary-General Attends Ceremony for Colombian Ceasefire Agreement, Havana.UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
In Havana, Cuba, today to witness the signing of a bilateral ceasefire agreement and laying down of weapons between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP), United…
A mother carries her baby through the winding, steep streets of the settlement of Altos de la Florida, Soacha, Colombia. The majority of people in the settlement have been displaced from other areas of Colombia because of fighting and threats by various armed factions. Photo: UNHCR/S. Rich
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed today's announcement of the launching of peace talks between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN), following the signing of an agreement…
Internally displaced children, victims of conflict in Colombia. UN Photo/Mark Garten
19 March 2016 – Hostilities in Colombia have disrupted the lives of more than a quarter of a million children since peace talks began three years ago, the United Nations children's agency today reported. Of that figure…