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Informal comments to the media by Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, on the situation in Colombia Venezuela, following the Security Council's 8879th meeting.

The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, said, "Preserving what has been achieved, making headway on the outstanding tasks, and overcoming the challenges of implementation will hinge to a great extent on the parties' ability to implement each and every element" of the peace agreement. UNIFEED

Mixed security picture in Colombia ahead of peace agreement’s fifth anniversary, senior officials, civil society leaders tell Security Council.

Five years after the signing of the Peace Accord, the Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu said, “we are confident that in the 10 years that we have left, at least in the initial landscape, we can get a success story at the end of the day.” UNIFEED

Colombian Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramírez De Rincón said it was “important to have clarity about what happened” in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and “why there are some former members of the Colombian Armed Forces” involved in the operation. UNIFEED

Special Representative outlines priority areas for progress in Colombia, as Security Council members share concern over continuing deadly attacks.

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, told the Security Council that “there have been historic and undeniable achievements” in the implementation of the Colombia Peace Agreement, “but enormous challenges still remain.” UNIFEED

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, unanimously adopting resolution 2545.

During the first in-person meeting of the Security Council since March, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu said, “the pandemic has demonstrated once again the vulnerable situation of roughly two thirds of accredited former combatants who currently reside outside the former territorial areas for training and reintegration.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regretted the announcement made by Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN), that it will not extend its unilateral ceasefire past the end of April, “after several weeks in which it was having a positive effect,” his spokesperson said. UNIFEED