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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 comprehensive peace in Colombia, to saving lives and to advancing…

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 members from the Temporal Pre-grouping Points (PPT) to the zones and points…

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 into the Zone of Caño Indio, in the Municipality of Tibú, department of Norte…

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 movement completes the arrival of around 6,900 FARC-EP men and women, some…

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 group will live while they transition to civilian life—and where the UN…

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 in the city of Popayán, in the southwestern department of Cauca. The UN…

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 into force. Despite the logistical challenges that continue to hamper the…

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 verifying the FARC-EP’s laying down of arms. This process should be concluded, as…

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 cessation of hostilities tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism. This…

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 weapons in the camps. This weekend we will reach a figure of approximately 7…

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 window of opportunity” to build a solid foundation for peace requires…

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 reaffirmation of the commitment made by the Council in authorizing the…