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STORY: UN / COLOMBIA
TRT: 03:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 JANUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
11 JANUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Colombia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Álvaro Leyva Durán,
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“As we saw recently during the observances of the 7th anniversary of the Final Peace Agreement, there are obstacles to overcome but also ingredients for success in the case of Colombia that would be an example for conflict settings elsewhere around the world.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“Without a doubt, building upon the progress made and prioritizing those areas which have been left behind will be fundamental in meeting the expectations of millions of Colombian people, and in bolstering the legitimacy and credibility of the Agreement, which are preconditions for the successful achievement of other peace efforts currently underway.”
7. Wide shot, Council
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“I trust that the determination demonstrated thus far will bear further fruit during the next round of negotiations to be held in Cuba, including through the extension and strengthening of the ceasefire between the parties, inter alia, through the explicit prohibition of ramson kidnapping, formalizing important commitments agreed upon in Mexico.”
9. Wide shot, Council
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“In this regard, I wish to echo the call by the Secretary-General to all armed actors to give tangible evidence of a genuine will to work towards peace, contributing to a de-escalation of violence throughout the country, bringing an end to confrontations between them and respecting civilians.”
11. Wide shot, Leyva Durán speaking
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Álvaro Leyva Durán, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colombia:
“You, excellencies are guarantors of peace. The world is in a complicated situation, and you are that reference points for agreement and understanding. Colombia has shown that it is committed to peace, with you on our side. We are brothers along this path. Let us light up that part of humanity most of whom we are sure, tirelessly searches for solutions.”
13. Wide shot, end of briefing
14. Zoom in, Leyva Durán at stakeout podium
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Álvaro Leyva Durán, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Colombia:
“An invitation was sent to the Security Council to visit Colombia. It has been agreed that the visit will take place soon, in February. They will visit Colombia, possibly meeting at two different sites. They will be there for three full days, which is great news for us, for Colombia’s President, and for Colombians in general as it means that the Security Council is taking very seriously the idea of total peace.”
15. Pan right, Leyva Durán walks away
The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), Carlos Ruiz Massieu, today (11 Jan) said seven years after the signing of the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia, “there are obstacles to overcome but also ingredients for success in the case of Colombia that would be an example for conflict settings elsewhere around the world.”
Ruiz Massieu told the Security Council that “building upon the progress made and prioritizing those areas which have been left behind will be fundamental in meeting the expectations of millions of Colombian people, and in bolstering the legitimacy and credibility of the Agreement, which are preconditions for the successful achievement of other peace efforts currently underway.”
He said, “the determination demonstrated thus far will bear further fruit during the next round of negotiations to be held in Cuba, including through the extension and strengthening of the ceasefire between the parties, inter alia, through the explicit prohibition of ramson kidnapping, formalizing important commitments agreed upon in Mexico.”
Ruiz Massieu, who is also the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Colombia, echoed his call “to all armed actors to give tangible evidence of a genuine will to work towards peace, contributing to a de-escalation of violence throughout the country, bringing an end to confrontations between them and respecting civilians.”
In his address to the Council, Colombia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Álvaro Leyva Durán, said, “an invitation was sent to the Security Council to visit Colombia. It has been agreed that the visit will take place soon, in February. They will visit Colombia, possibly meeting at two different sites. They will be there for three full days, which is great news for us, for Colombia’s President, and for Colombians in general as it means that the Security Council is taking very seriously the idea of total peace.”
The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia is a Special Political Mission established in 2016 by the UN Security Council to verify the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement and to assist Colombia in its commitment to ending the conflict and building peace.
The Mission verifies the implementation of five points of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP. The UN Mission supports Colombians' efforts to resolve conflicts through dialogue and, in that framework, verifies the implementation of the ceasefire between the Government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional-ELN, also mandated by the Security Council.
