UN / COLOMBIA
12-Apr-2022
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The President of Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez, told the Security Council on Tuesday that his country “wants to continue its transition to a peace with legality.” UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 12 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY
TRT: 3:59
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY
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RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
12 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“As the Secretary General has said, with the Final Peace Agreement and its implementation, Colombia reminds the world that even an armed conflict of more than five decades with a painful toll of millions of victims can be resolved through dialogue, establishing the bases for reconciliation and non-repetition.”
4. Med shot, Security Council President
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“As the Council is also aware, the recent Congressional elections featured for the first time the opportunity for Colombians to elect representatives of 16 new electoral districts established under the Peace Agreement, in conflict-affected regions. Despite a range of difficulties that constrained campaigning, Colombia’s democracy will no doubt be enriched by the increased voice of victims in Congress.”
6. Med shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“Throughout the countryside and in many cities, those who laid down their arms are building productive new lives through a myriad of projects that also benefit communities and foster reconciliation. The vast majority of the more than 13,000 accredited former combatants remain engaged with the peace process, and almost two-thirds of all former members of the FARC-EP are now taking part in collective and individual income-generating initiatives.”
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
9. Med shot, Security Council President
“The peace of Colombia is invaluable. It must continue to be built and protected in order to ensure its success – for the good of Colombia and for the example it offers to the world. I quote what the Secretary-General said during his visit to Colombia in November: “In a world of geopolitical divisions, wars endless and multiplication of conflicts, Colombia sends a clear message: it is time to invest in peace.”
10. Med shot, Security Council President
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia:
“Not even the pandemic stopped Colombia of advancing in this process, not even the biggest migration crisis faced by a Latin American country, not even a category 5 hurricane, not even the social and economic damages from the pandemic have stopped us from getting the achievements that are today shared in the report by the Verification Mission.”
12. Med shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia:
“Today, Colombia wants to continue its transition to a peace with legality. That also demands that the cases of recruitment of minors, the violence against women, the attacks against the security forces, and the consequences of the drug trafficking be addressed by the transitional justice. And from the start, it’s very important that Colombia keeps giving assurances about the performance of its public forces.”
14. Med shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia:
“Today, Colombia introduces itself to the world with visible results, unquestionable, but knowing that there are challenges ahead, that we don’t want to hide, and should guide our nation in its purpose.”
16. Med shot, Security Council
17. Wide shot, UN headquarters
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
12 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“As the Secretary General has said, with the Final Peace Agreement and its implementation, Colombia reminds the world that even an armed conflict of more than five decades with a painful toll of millions of victims can be resolved through dialogue, establishing the bases for reconciliation and non-repetition.”
4. Med shot, Security Council President
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“As the Council is also aware, the recent Congressional elections featured for the first time the opportunity for Colombians to elect representatives of 16 new electoral districts established under the Peace Agreement, in conflict-affected regions. Despite a range of difficulties that constrained campaigning, Colombia’s democracy will no doubt be enriched by the increased voice of victims in Congress.”
6. Med shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
“Throughout the countryside and in many cities, those who laid down their arms are building productive new lives through a myriad of projects that also benefit communities and foster reconciliation. The vast majority of the more than 13,000 accredited former combatants remain engaged with the peace process, and almost two-thirds of all former members of the FARC-EP are now taking part in collective and individual income-generating initiatives.”
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia:
9. Med shot, Security Council President
“The peace of Colombia is invaluable. It must continue to be built and protected in order to ensure its success – for the good of Colombia and for the example it offers to the world. I quote what the Secretary-General said during his visit to Colombia in November: “In a world of geopolitical divisions, wars endless and multiplication of conflicts, Colombia sends a clear message: it is time to invest in peace.”
10. Med shot, Security Council President
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia:
“Not even the pandemic stopped Colombia of advancing in this process, not even the biggest migration crisis faced by a Latin American country, not even a category 5 hurricane, not even the social and economic damages from the pandemic have stopped us from getting the achievements that are today shared in the report by the Verification Mission.”
12. Med shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia:
“Today, Colombia wants to continue its transition to a peace with legality. That also demands that the cases of recruitment of minors, the violence against women, the attacks against the security forces, and the consequences of the drug trafficking be addressed by the transitional justice. And from the start, it’s very important that Colombia keeps giving assurances about the performance of its public forces.”
14. Med shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Iván Duque Márquez, President of Colombia:
“Today, Colombia introduces itself to the world with visible results, unquestionable, but knowing that there are challenges ahead, that we don’t want to hide, and should guide our nation in its purpose.”
16. Med shot, Security Council
17. Wide shot, UN headquarters
STORYLINE
The President of Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez, told the Security Council on Tuesday that his country “wants to continue its transition to a peace with legality.”
Listing all the achievements since the Peace Agreement, signed over five years ago, Duque said, "not even the pandemic stopped Colombia of advancing in this process, not even the biggest migration crisis faced by a Latin American country, not even a category 5 hurricane, not even the social and economic damages from the pandemic have stopped us from getting the achievements that are today shared in the report by the Observer Mission.”
According to the Colombian President, to continue the journey to peace, some issues have to be addressed, such as recruitment of minors, violence against women, attacks against the security forces, and consequences drug trafficking.
“And from the start, it’s very important that Colombia keeps giving assurances about the performance of its public forces,” said Duque.
“Today, Colombia introduces itself to the world with visible results, unquestionable,” he said, “but knowing that there are challenges ahead, that we don’t want to hide, and should guide our nation in its purpose.”
The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), Carlos Ruiz Massieu told Member States that, as the Secretary General noted before, “Colombia reminds the world that even an armed conflict of more than five decades with a painful toll of millions of victims can be resolved through dialogue, establishing the bases for reconciliation and non-repetition.”
Massieu, who also acts as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, noted the recent Congressional elections, which featured for the first time the opportunity for Colombians to elect representatives of 16 new electoral districts established under the Peace Agreement, in conflict-affected regions.
According to Massieu, “despite a range of difficulties that constrained campaigning, Colombia’s democracy will no doubt be enriched by the increased voice of victims in Congress.”
The Special Representative also said that “throughout the countryside and in many cities, those who laid down their arms are building productive new lives through a myriad of projects that also benefit communities and foster reconciliation.”
According to him, the vast majority of the more than 13,000 accredited former combatants remain engaged with the peace process, and almost two-thirds of all former members of the FARC-EP are now taking part in collective and individual income-generating initiatives.
For Massieu, “the peace of Colombia is invaluable.”
“It must continue to be built and protected in order to ensure its success – for the good of Colombia and for the example it offers to the world. I quote what the Secretary-General said during his visit to Colombia in November: “In a world of geopolitical divisions, wars endless and multiplication of conflicts, Colombia sends a clear message: it is time to invest in peace,” he said.
Listing all the achievements since the Peace Agreement, signed over five years ago, Duque said, "not even the pandemic stopped Colombia of advancing in this process, not even the biggest migration crisis faced by a Latin American country, not even a category 5 hurricane, not even the social and economic damages from the pandemic have stopped us from getting the achievements that are today shared in the report by the Observer Mission.”
According to the Colombian President, to continue the journey to peace, some issues have to be addressed, such as recruitment of minors, violence against women, attacks against the security forces, and consequences drug trafficking.
“And from the start, it’s very important that Colombia keeps giving assurances about the performance of its public forces,” said Duque.
“Today, Colombia introduces itself to the world with visible results, unquestionable,” he said, “but knowing that there are challenges ahead, that we don’t want to hide, and should guide our nation in its purpose.”
The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), Carlos Ruiz Massieu told Member States that, as the Secretary General noted before, “Colombia reminds the world that even an armed conflict of more than five decades with a painful toll of millions of victims can be resolved through dialogue, establishing the bases for reconciliation and non-repetition.”
Massieu, who also acts as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, noted the recent Congressional elections, which featured for the first time the opportunity for Colombians to elect representatives of 16 new electoral districts established under the Peace Agreement, in conflict-affected regions.
According to Massieu, “despite a range of difficulties that constrained campaigning, Colombia’s democracy will no doubt be enriched by the increased voice of victims in Congress.”
The Special Representative also said that “throughout the countryside and in many cities, those who laid down their arms are building productive new lives through a myriad of projects that also benefit communities and foster reconciliation.”
According to him, the vast majority of the more than 13,000 accredited former combatants remain engaged with the peace process, and almost two-thirds of all former members of the FARC-EP are now taking part in collective and individual income-generating initiatives.
For Massieu, “the peace of Colombia is invaluable.”
“It must continue to be built and protected in order to ensure its success – for the good of Colombia and for the example it offers to the world. I quote what the Secretary-General said during his visit to Colombia in November: “In a world of geopolitical divisions, wars endless and multiplication of conflicts, Colombia sends a clear message: it is time to invest in peace,” he said.
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