Press Releases
- 22 Sep 2017 - Bogota, 22 September 2017. The United Nations Mission in Colombia informs that, in accordance with the Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP, the activities related to the laying down of weapons from the FARC-EP have finalized. These activities...
- 19 Sep 2017 - Bogota, 19 September 2017 - The UN Mission in Colombia deeply regrets the death of Doctor Juan Manuel Mora who were assigned to the Local Office serving the Playa Rica Territorial Area for Training and Reincorporation (TATR) located in La Macarena in the department of Meta. The...
- 15 Sep 2017 - Bogotá, 15 September 2017. The United Nations Mission in Colombia informs that it its operations to clear weapons and destroy ammunition and unstable material from FARC-EP arms caches have been completed, in keeping with the roadmap established by the parties in their joint...
- 11 Sep 2017 - New York, 6 September 2017. Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Council, I am grateful for the opportunity to brief you on the implementation of your resolution 2366 of 10 July 2017 that decided to establish, at the request of the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP,...
- 06 Sep 2017 - Bogotá, 6 September 2017. The UN Mission in Colombia deeply regrets the death in a road accident of Dr. Ángela Rendón and nurse Katherine Quiroz of the San Juan de Dios Hospital de Ituango, who were assigned to the Local Office serving the Santa Lucia Territorial Area for...
- 04 Sep 2017 - Bogotá, September 4, 2017 – The UN Mission and the United Nations System in Colombia celebrate the agreement reached between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) to implement a bilateral and temporary ceasefire, announced today by the Public Table...
- 01 Sep 2017 - Bogotá, September 1 - 2017 – In accordance with the decision taken by the Government and the FARC-EP yesterday, August 31, to extend until September 15 the deadline for extraction of arms caches, the UN Mission confirms that it will continue with its verification operations of...
- 18 Aug 2017 - Bogotá, 18 august, 2017. The United Nations Mission in Colombia deeply regrets the death of our Chilean observer colleague, Guillermo Andrés Saavedra Juárez, and sends his deepest condolences and solidarity to all his family, friends, compatriots and co-workers. During his...
- 15 Aug 2017 - Pondores, La Guajira - 15 August 2017. I am pleased to report about the balance of operations and activities related to the laying down of arms process: Container removal To date, August 15, concluded the process of extracting all the armament and scrap ammunition in the 26...
- 31 Jul 2017 - Bogota 31 July 2017 – The process of extracting the armament, handed over by the FARC-EP, which has been stored in the camps, as well as that collected from the weapons caches began today. The first place in which this activity began was in the PTN of Monterredondo, in the...