Geopolitics

Colombia: Reintegrating 14,000 ex-combatants remains a challenge, Security Council told

New York, Jan 11 (JEN): Colombia's peace efforts remain challenged by the task of reintegrating 14,000 former rebel combatants, the top United Nations official in the country said Wednesday as he also reported to the Security Council that the UN will 'closely follow' reports of a just-broken ceasefire between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Colombian Government. more

In Colombia, UN political chief urges parties to ‘stay the course’ set out in peace accord

New York, Nov 17(Just Earth News): More must be done to ensure that the remarkable gains of the first phase of Colombia’s peace process are maintained, the top United Nations politi ...

Colombia: New UN Mission begins operation; focus on reintegrating ex-fighters

New York, Sept 28(Just Earth News): The second post-conflict United Nations mission in Colombia has started its operations, succeeding the UN entity which was mandated to verify the implemen ...

Colombia: UN welcomes ceasefire pact between Government and ELN rebels

New York, Sept 6(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday welcomed the announcement by the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN ...

Colombia: Security Council authorizes UN mission to monitor reintegration of FARC-EP

New York, July 11(Just Earth News): The Security Council on Monday decided to establish a new United Nations political mission in Colombia that will succeed the current one and will shift fr ...

Colombia: With arms laid down, focus now on reintegration, UN envoy tells Security Council

New York, July 1(Just Earth News): Highlighting progress in the Colombian peace process, especially the completion of the laying down of arms by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (F ...

In Colombia's central Meta region, Security Council witnesses first-hand progress on peace deal

New York, May 6(Just Earth News): While touring the Amazon region of Colombia where one of the monitoring mechanism facilities was set up under a historic peace agreement, a delegation from ...

Colombia: UN chief Guterres welcomes start of peace talks with ELN

New York, Feb 9 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General AntÃ³nio Guterres has welcomed yesterdayâ€™s launch of formal peace talks between the Government of Colombia and th ...

Marching towards peace, FARC-EP begins turning in arms – UN Mission in Colombia

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News): More than 200 men and women of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) marched on Thursday to demobilization camps, two months a ...

Colombia: UN Mission, Government and FARC-EP to start joint ceasefire monitoring and verification

New York, Nov 7 (Just Earth News): The tripartite Mechanism coordinated by the UN Mission in Colombia, with the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC- ...