"The Council will show its support for the peace process of Colombians": President of the UN Security Council.
Bogotá. May 2, 2017. At the beginning of his term as President of the UN Security Council for the month of May, Uruguay's ambassador to the United Nations, Elbio Rosselli, indicated the objective of the three-day visit to Colombia starting this Wednesday with all members of the Council. "The Council…
UN Security Council begins historic visit to Colombia.
Bogotá May 3 / 2017 - Under the leadership of Uruguay and the United Kingdom, tonight begins the first visit to Colombia in the history of the United Nations Security Council. Elbio Roselli, Uruguayan Ambassador and President of the UN Security Council for the month of May and the visit´s co-leader…
UN Mission in Colombia Press Release
Bogotá May 4, 2017 – Tomorrow, May 5, the UN Mission in Colombia will have received and stored in its containers 1,000 weapons from FARC-EP combatants that are concentrated in the camps. This number corresponds to the group of members of the Farc-EP that will fulfil tasks of the implementation of…
"The American Continent is the only area of the world where there is no active conflict": President of the UN Security Council
Bogotá. May 4, 2017. On the first day of their visit to Colombia, the UN Security Council held a meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos, Chancellor María Ángela Holguín, Ambassador María Emma Mejía, and the post-conflict cabinet members. The Security Council gave a clear message of support to the…
Security Council highlights the cooperative work between the parties at the Zone of Normalization in the Department of Meta
La Reforma, Meta, May 5, 2017. The 15 ambassadors from the UN Security Council, and the Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission in Colombia have arrived at the Zone of Normalization (ZVTN acronyms in Spanish) La Reforma, in the department of Meta. The main objective of the…
At the end of its visit to Colombia, the UN Security Council have full confidence in the peace process.
La Reforma, Meta. May 5, 2017. At the close of the UN Security Council visit to Colombia, its actual President, the Uruguayan Ambassador Elbio Roselli stated “Our absolute confidence in Colombian people who are desperately seeking to confirm their peace process." "It is expected to meet the D +180…
Statement by the President of the UN Security Council
New York, May 11/ 2017. During its visit to Colombia from 3 to 5 May 2017, the Security Council welcomed the opportunity to engage in dialogue with President Santos and senior representatives of the Government of Colombia, leaders of the FARC-EP, members of Congress representing the spectrum of…
UN Mission delivers first arms lay-down certificates.
Bogotá, May 12, 2017. - A first group of 12 members of FARC-EP received this Friday from the UN Mission the certificate of the individual arms laydown process ending, which allows them to formally begin their reincorporation to civilian life. In turn, the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace…
After decades without seeing each other, members of guerrilla and their family reunited in Colombia.
La Paz, Cesar, May 21, 2107. “It is time for us to establish ties of reconciliation, times for friendship between us; it is the time to hug each other. It is the moment of everything!” says with broke voice and tears on her eyes the sister of a FARC-EP member who stopped seeing him 21 or 22 years…
UN Mission ready to meet new deadlines for the laying down of weapon
Bogotá, June 1, 2017. The UN Mission in Colombia is ready with all its logistical deployment and is in intense preparations to accomplish the commitments of the new deadlines agreed between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP. The Mission has a total of 44 containers and 8 storage located in…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Colombia
New York, 8 June 2017. The Secretary-General is encouraged by the progress in the implementation of the peace accord in Colombia and in particular, the completion yesterday of the delivery to the United Nations Mission of the first 30 per cent of the arms of the FARC-EP. The Secretary-General…
The UN Mission in Colombia has stored in its containers 30% of FARC-EP weapons
Bogota, 8 June 2017. Yesterday, the timeline for the laying down of arms process, agreed between the National Government and the FARC-EP on 29 May, was complied with in the 19 Transitional Local Zones for Normalization (TLZN) and 7 Transitional Local Points for Normalization. In accordance with this…