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150 people, including ex-combatants and inhabitants of the communities surrounding the TATRs located in Chocó region, have validated their elementary and high school studies. The Norwegian Refugee Council – NRC, the National…

Let’s meet for reconciliation - 1 40 victims and 25 former FARC and AUC combatants met at the coliseum in the Municipality of Remedios, northeast of Antioquia to make progress in building territorial peace, coexistence and…

A female five-a-side tournament was held on 24 and 25 March 2018 in Timba, Cauca Department, and has found its way in the hearts of its participants. For the first time ever, former combatants, members from the police forces…

The Quibdó Regional Office team was in a dialogue with the representatives of women's organizations of Chocó Department that make up the "Women, Peace and Security Table". In the event, the UN Mission presented the final…

Part of the food to provide school meals in 43 rural schools in the department of La Guajira will now be released right from where the last container with arms of the then-FARC-EP left in its laying down of arms process. The…

On Sunday 11 March, Colombia saw the most peaceful elections in the last decades, with the lowest number of violent incidents. All ranks of Former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) combatants and senior leaders of…

On February 1 and 2, a commission of representatives from 20 sponsoring countries from the United Nations Department of Political Affairs -UN DPA- visited Colombia with the objective of obtaining first-hand knowledge of the…

Last February 1 and 2, a commission comprised of 20 sponsoring countries from the United Nations Department of Political Affairs –UN DPA- visited Colombia with the purpose of getting first-hand knowledge of the Peace…

On February 1 and 2, a commission made up 20 sponsoring countries from the United Nations Department of Political Affairs – UN DPA – visited Colombia to obtain first-hand knowledge of the implementation of the Peace Agreement…

Bogota, 15 November 2017. Good afternoon. I wanted to make a few remarks publicly as I conclude this visit, which is the fifth time that I have been to Colombia over the past two and half years. As always, I appreciate the…

Bogota, October 6, 2017. The UN Verification Mission in Colombia is ready to undertake its verification tasks relating to the Temporary, Bilateral, and National Ceasefire (TBNC) between the Government of Colombia State and…

This is the final report on the implementation of the mandated of the United Nations Mission in Colombia that ended on 25 September 2017. On this report it is reviewed the major events in the last 90-day period, from 24 June…