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Facatativa, June 12, 2017. This Monday, 305 members of the FARC-EP took a new step in their process of reintegration into civilian life upon receiving the certificate of the laying down of individual weapons by the General Javier Pérez Aquino, Chief of Observer of the United Nations Mission in…

La Elvira, Cauca. June 13, 2017. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN, Jean Arnault and Pablo Catatumbo, Member of the Secretariat of the FARC-EP, spearheaded the act of laying down of individual weapons in the zone for normalization, La Elvira - Cauca. Colombians and the…

PRESS RELEASE UN MISSION IN COLOMBIA – BALANCE OF THE LAYING DOWN OF WEAPONS PROCESS BY FARC-EP TO JUNE 14 Bogotá, June 14, 2017. The beginning of the second phase of the arms laydown process corresponding to an additional 30% took place yesterday, June 13, in the in the zone for normalization, La…

(Bogotá, June 16, 2017). The second phase of the laying down of Individual weapons by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC -EP), that began last Tuesday in La Elvira, in the department of Cauca, concluded today Friday in the 26 Transitional Local Zones for Normalization and…

New York, 19 June 2017. On Monday the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will begin a four-day trip to Colombia to visit the United Nations Mission in Colombia to learn first-hand about the progress and challenges of the peace process implementation and to demonstrate…

Pondores, La Guajira 20 June 2017. During his visit to Colombia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited the Transitional Point Pondores in La Guajira, accompanied by the Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in…

Medellin, 18 June 2017. — The Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia, Jean Arnault, visited Medellin in order to hear different opinions about the Peace Agreement and the laying down of weapons process. During the two-day visit, Arnault was able to…

Bogotá. 22 June 2017. At the end of his four-day trip to Colombia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman gave a message of support to the Government, the FARC-EP and all Colombians. “I was deeply impressed during this trip, in my discussions with the various…

Bogota, 26 June 2017. In compliance with with the Road Map that was approved on 29 May, on 20 June the third phase of the laying down of individual weapons of the FARC-EP combatants was initiated. The UN Mission in Colombia has been storing the arms in its weapons containers in the 26 Local Zones…

Mesetas, Meta - 27 June 2017. On the occasion of this ceremony to celebrate the conclusion of the laydown of individual weapons, it is my privilege to share with you an account of the verification of the Bilateral Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities and of the laying down of weapons undertaken by…

New York, 27 June 2017. The Secretary-General congratulates the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP) for reaching another historic milestone today in their peace process. The Secretary-General is pleased that the United Nations, through the…

New York - June 30, 2017. I am pleased to supplement the Secretary-General´s report to you of 23 June, and inform the Council that 3 days ago – on 27 June - the FARC-EP met its obligations under the 29 May Road Map agreement by handing over to the UN Mission the remaining 40% of the individual…