Press Releases

New York - June 30, 2017. I am pleased to supplement the Secretary-General´s report to you of 23 June, and inform the Council that 3 days ago – on 27 June - the FARC-EP met its obligations under the 29 May Road Map agreement…

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) confirms the safe return of UN staff to Tripoli following an attack on a UN convoy traveling from Surmon to the capital. All staff are safe and accounted for. UNSMIL reiterates its…

Mesetas, Meta - 27 June 2017. On the occasion of this ceremony to celebrate the conclusion of the laydown of individual weapons, it is my privilege to share with you an account of the verification of the Bilateral Ceasefire…

Bogota, 26 June 2017. In compliance with with the Road Map that was approved on 29 May, on 20 June the third phase of the laying down of individual weapons of the FARC-EP combatants was initiated. The UN Mission in Colombia…

Bogotá. 22 June 2017. At the end of his four-day trip to Colombia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman gave a message of support to the Government, the FARC-EP and all Colombians. “I…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Central African Republic (CAR), Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, has called for an immediate cessation of violence affecting certain regions in accordance with…

(Bogotá, June 16, 2017). The second phase of the laying down of Individual weapons by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC -EP), that began last Tuesday in La Elvira, in the department of Cauca…

PRESS RELEASE UN MISSION IN COLOMBIA – BALANCE OF THE LAYING DOWN OF WEAPONS PROCESS BY FARC-EP TO JUNE 14 Bogotá, June 14, 2017. The beginning of the second phase of the arms laydown process corresponding to an additional 30…

The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) of…