"COLOMBIA"

UN chief Antonio Guterres said his global ceasefire appeal is resonating across the world but noted that there is “huge distance between declarations and deeds” and stressed that to “silence the guns, we must raise the voices for peace.” UNIFEED

The Security Council will turn to technology in April to tackle the humanitarian crises in Yemen and Syria, address conflict-induced hunger, promote the youth, peace and security agenda, and respond to the threat of COVID-19, says its President for the month, José Singer Weisinger, Special Envoy from the Dominican Republic.

Ambassador José Singer of the Dominican Republic, President of the Security Council for the month of April, announced that the Council will begin holding open briefings via video teleconference (VTC), including a meeting on the issue of COVID-19, currently under discussion. UNIFEED

When Delsy fled Colombia 18 years ago for Panama, her dreams of working in fashion disappeared. But after taking part in a programme that helps put skilled refugees back to work, her hopes have been rekindled. UNHCR

Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia, briefs press on the situation in the country.

After meeting with Secretary-General António Guterres, Colombian President Iván Duque told reporters that Colombia and the United Nations have finalized negotiations on a framework working agreement for the period 2020 – 2023, based on “three central axes; peace with legality, attention to migrant populations, and the implementation in our country of the Sustainable Development Goals.” UNIFEED

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said the number of migrant children crossing the Darien Gap, a jungled portion of land separating Colombia from Central America, increased more than seven-fold to nearly 4,000 in 2019 from 522 the year before. UNICEF

To rebuild lives, suffering must be acknowledged, ‘justice done’, human rights High Commissioner says, as Security Council takes up transitional justice.

To rebuild lives, suffering must be acknowledged, ‘justice done’, human rights High Commissioner says, as Security Council takes up transitional justice.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said lasting peace is “interlinked with justice, development and respect for human rights” adding that for societies to move forward after conflicts “suffering needs to be acknowledged; confidence in State institutions restored; and justice done.” UNIFEED