UN / COLOMBIA PEACE AGREEMENT

Colombian Ambassador María Emma Mejía Vélez handed over an original copy of the peace agreement signed between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARCs) to Secretary-General António Guterres, to be deposited with the Security Council. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:58
• Production Date: 24 March 2017
• Asset Language: Spanish
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; MATTHEW RYCROFT
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AGREEMENTS; SECRETARY-GENERAL
• Geographic Subject: COLOMBIA
• MAMS Id: 1855799
• Parent Id: 1855799
• Alternate Title: unifeed170324g

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STORY: UN / COLOMBIA PEACE AGREEMENT
TRT: 00:58
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS

DATELINE: 24 MARCH 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

24 MARCH 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Colombian Ambassador María Emma Mejía Vélez, Secretary-General António Guterres, and UK Ambassador Matthew Rycroft walk in
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Emma Mejía Vélez, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations:
“Secretary-General Guterres, it is an honour and a privilege, in the name of President Juan Manuel Santos and the government of Colombia, to hand you this communication that refers to the final accord that puts an end to the conflict and establishes a durable peace, signed by the FARCs and the government of Colombia. It is an honour; to hand you this original copy that, though you, can be deposited with the Security-Council as established in the final agreement. Thank you very much.”
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Thank you very much. We live in a world in which, unfortunately, good news are rare. So, to receive a peace accord is something that has an extraordinary symbolic value.”
5. Wide shot, Mejía Vélez, Guterres, and Rycroft walk out

Storyline

Colombian Ambassador María Emma Mejía Vélez today (24 Mar) handed over an original copy of the peace agreement signed between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARCs) to Secretary-General António Guterres, to be deposited with the Security Council.

Mejía Vélez told the Secretary-General that it was “an honour” to hand-over the documents to be “deposited with the Security-Council as established in the final agreement.”

For his part, Guterres said that “in a world in which, unfortunately, good news are rare” to receive a peace accord was “something that has an extraordinary symbolic value.”

The historic agreement, signed last year, puts an end to half a century of civil conflict.