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Colombia - Security Council, 9843rd meeting
Dialogue ‘Central Axis in Construction of Peace’ in Colombia, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Secretary-General's Quarterly Report on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2016/53)
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (S/2024/968).
Amid one of the deadliest waves of violence in Colombia since the signing of the 2016 Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace, speakers in the Security Council today underscored the urgency of implementing the accord’s security guarantees.
Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, said that the first days of 2025 have been marred by violence in the country. The bloodshed — the result of an attack by Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) in an area of presence of a rival armed group known as Estado Mayor de los Bloques y Frentes (EMBF) — is part of the ongoing confrontation between armed groups in various areas of the country with a limited State presence.
The success of the Ministry of the Interior’s rapid response plan, aimed at accelerating the implementation of the 2016 peace agreement, will depend directly upon the availability of resources.