Colombia’s New Government: 2016 Deal with Rebel Group Has Not Brought Peace — but 132,000 Killings
Foreign Minister Omar Bula said 132,930 people were killed and illegal armed groups nearly doubled as drug trafficking and extortion spread.
- On Monday, The Special Representative Miroslav Jen told the Security Council that Colombia's 2016 peace accord requires full implementation with proper funding, better institutional coordination, and protection for former combatants.
- Government data shows illegal armed groups grew from around 15,000 members in 2022 to approximately 28,000 today, fueling violence in conflict-affected regions with limited public services.
- Despite these challenges, more than 11,000 former FARC-EP members remain committed to reintegration, developing around 6,000 productive projects and 300 cooperatives in agriculture, tourism, and textiles.
- Miroslav Jen condemned the 1 September killings of civil society leaders Ovidia Palechor and James Flor in Cauca, while admitting implementation has had "many shortcomings."
- Colombia has entered "a new political chapter, with wide ranging challenges ahead," Miroslav Jen said, as the Verification Mission stands ready to support the Government in overcoming remaining obstacles.
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Colombia’s new government: 2016 deal with rebel group has not brought peace — but 132,000 killings
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombia’s new government told the United Nations on Monday that over 132,000 people have been killed and armed group membership has increased from 6,000 to almost 30,000 in the decade since the country signed a highly touted peace agreement with its largest rebel group. Addressing the Security Council for the first...
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Colombia's new government: 2016 deal with rebel group has not brought peace — but 132,000 killings
Colombia’s new government says over 132,000 people have been killed, and armed group membership has increased from 6,000 to almost 30,000, in the decade since the country signed a highly touted peace agreement with its largest rebel group.
He pointed out this in the UN Security Council, in which the Peace Verification Mission presented its quarterly report. He proposed that the Mission continue to verify the reintegration and security guarantees of ex-combatants, but that it stop verifying the Comprehensive Rural Reform, which joined the [...] The post Chancellor Bula asked to remove Comprehensive Rural Reform from Verification Mission appeared first on La Silla Empty.
Bogota proposes narrower verification mandate focusing strictly on security and former combatant reintegration
The Government seeks to maintain verification of the reintegration of ex-combatants and security, while rural reform will be carried out by national institutions
Colombian Foreign Minister Bula stated in the UN Security Council that the government has the right to monitor the outcomes of the peace agreement signed with FARC. Bula noted that the use of children in armed groups has increased by 300 percent in the last five years.
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