Colombia - Security Council, 9903rd meeting

Eight years on, significant obstacles remain to implementing Colombia’s historic peace accord, Special Representative tells Security Council, warning of resurging violence.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:37:58
• Production Date: 22 April 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: CARLOS RUIZ MASSIEU
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS VERIFICATION MISSION IN COLOMBIA - UNVMC
• Subject Topical: PEACE PROCESS; VERIFICATION; PEACE AGREEMENTS; TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE; ARMED GROUPS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS; CHILD SOLDIERS; VIOLENCE; REINTEGRATION; DRUG PRODUCTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; JUSTICE; POVERTY MITIGATION
• Geographic Subject: COLOMBIA
• MAMS Id: 3363449
• Parent Id: 3363123

Description

Eight years after the signing of Colombia’s peace accords, significant challenges remain, the Head of the United Nations special political mission in the country told the Security Council today, warning that violence is resurging in some areas. 

“In places like Catatumbo, Cauca, or Chocó, continued violence, insecurity, poverty, and illicit economies continue to underscore how important it is to continue to advance the Peace Agreement,” Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative for the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Vierfication Mission in Colombia, told the 15-member Council. 

Despite the challenges, Colombia is a different country now than it was before the 2016 Final Peace Agreement was signed, he also said, adding: “The Agreement brought to an end the largest insurgency in the country, which spanned decades.” 

• Briefer: Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia 
• Briefer: Ms. Hilda Beatriz Molano Casas, Coordinator, Technical Secretariat, Coalition against the involvement of children and young people in the armed conflict in Colombia (COALICO) 
• Statements: All Council members, with Guyana speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia 
• Statement: Her Excellency Laura Camila Sarabia Torres, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colombia

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