Press Releases

  • Press conference on 10 October 2016. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia

    10 Oct 2016 - Leaders of the UN Mission and the UN System in Colombia reiterate their support and optimism towards the ceasefire and the peace process Bogota, Colombia - The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission in Colombia Jean Arnault said today in a...
  • 03 Oct 2016 - Llanos del Yari, Colombia - The UN Mission in Colombia verified today the destruction of 620 kg of explosives, detonators, gunpowder, grenades, mines, and bomb making components by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP). The destruction was carried...
  • Monitoring and Verification Mechanism: Marco León Calarcá, FARC-EP, Rear Admiral Orlando Romero, Government of Colombia, and Major General Perez Aquino, Un Mission in Colombia. Photo: Un Mission in Colombia

    30 Sep 2016 - Bogota - Nine representatives of the Government of Colombia, an equal number of members from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army (FARC-EP) and 18 international observers from the UN Mission in the country have started working together at the joint...
  • Government of Colombia, FARC-EP and the UN Mission in Colombia meet in Yari. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia

    16 Sep 2016 - Today, in the Llanos (grassy planes) of Yari, the High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo, the Commander of the Strategic Transition Command (COET, in the Spanish acronym) General Javier Florez met with members of the FARC-EP Secretariat, accompanied by the chief of the UN...
  • Mission Planning team. UN Photo

    15 Sep 2016 - Mission will be ready for ceasefire monitoring and verification on 26 September Bogotá –Following the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous support to the UN Mission in Colombia for the second time, the Mission is ready to begin verifying and monitoring the bilateral...
  • Practical exercise part of the Government of Colombia, FARC-EP, UN Mission training to monitor and verify the bilateral ceasefire. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia

    Practical exercise part of the Government of Colombia, FARC-EP, UN Mission training to monitor and verify the bilateral ceasefire. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia

    06 Sep 2016 - Popayan, Cauca, Colombia - The Government of Colombia, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the United Nations Mission in the country have wrapped up a seven-day training session for 80 women and men who will take part in the tripartite...
  • Member of the FARC-EP take part in the traning with the Government of Colombia and the UN Mission. Photo: UN Mission in Colombia

    31 Aug 2016 - Popayan, Cauca, Colombia – The Government of Colombia, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the UN Mission in the country kicked off a seven-day training session for 80 women and men taking part in the joint mechanism to monitor and verify the...

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