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Arnault

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first: 2004-05-27
most recent: 2018-10-10
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“Thankfully, over the past months the peace process between the Government and FARC-EP has slowly but steadily tipped the scales in favour of hope. We trust that the presence of the United Nations, the work of the United Nations system and the support of the Security Council can and should shore up further the confidence of Colombian society in the stable peace to which its citizens so ardently aspire.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“The agreement provides that the United Nations would assist with the verification of the commitments made. I met with both heads of delegations who have confirmed their interest in the United Nations involvement and members of the Mission have already engaged with the technical commitmentission on the ceasefire. Further discussions starting this week will hopefully enable the Secretary-General to make recommendations to the Council in the very near future. In the past few days, before millions of Colombians assembled in several cities, Pope Francis delivered a very strong message in favour of reconciliation, forgiveness and confidence in the future to a society that bears the scars of decades of conflict and struggles to imagine a Colombia free from ubiquitous, relentless violence.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“One pending issue is the settlement of accounts deriving from the cost-sharing arrangements between the United Nations and the Government of Colombia related to the operation of the tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism. In cooperation with the Colombian Government, United Nations Headquarters and the Mission are working hard towards resolving outstanding issues before the completion of our Mission's mandate. As the Council is aware, last week, on 4 September, the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army reached agreement on a temporary ceasefire that would start on 1 October and end on 12 January 2018. The ceasefire should be accompanied by a series of measures aimed at improving the humanitarian situation of communities in the conflict areas.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“In addition, a request was made to United Nations Headquarters for a series of exemptions and measures to facilitate the smooth transition between the two Missions. Finally, in response to the Council's call for coordination with the United Nations system, we have already put in place the joint working groups on reintegration and security guarantees between the Mission and the United Nations country team to ensure full consistency between the implementation and the verification sides of the United Nations in Colombia. In summary, although the time frame was tight, the sum total of these efforts carried out under the Council's authority have put us on track to start the Verification Mission on time. It will be in a position to fulfil its mandate on day one.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“In doing so, we have placed special emphasis on retaining women observers with both military and police background. This will ensure an unprecedented percentage of women among the observers of the Verification Mission. A deployment plan has also been finalized that ensures an appropriate skill set, geographical distribution and gender balance at the local, regional and national levels. Reconnaissance visits have taken place to all prospective team sites and sub-offices, in particular with a View to identifying possible areas of collocation with the United Nations country team. Potential logistics contractors have been contacted in connection with the new Mission's transport and accommodation needs.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“Allow me therefore to supplement the Secretary-General's report (S/2017/745) on the size, operational aspects and mandate of the new mission with a summary of the measures taken since 10 July to fulfil the Council's request. These include the establishment at all levels - local, regional and national - of transitional teams with civilian personnel and observers, who have begun verification related to the new Mission's mandate; the identification of staffing needs for the next Mission and the advertisement ofpriority positions pending approval of the Secretary-General's report by the Security Council, and the decisions of the General Assembly; and the careful selection of observers from the current Mission who would be retained for the upcoming mission so as to ensure adequate representation of current contributing countries.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“This gives us a measure of the momentous developments that have taken place in the past 12 months and of the intense political will that was required from both sides to drive this process forward. The resolution requested that the current mission should begin provisional verification activities anticipated by the Verification Mission, and the Council will soon receive, together with the Mission's last report, our initial verification of the FARC's reintegration and the implementation of security guarantees in the areas hardest hit by the armed conflict. The Council also requested that we initiate preparations now, including on the ground, to ensure the smoothest possible transition to the Verification Mission.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“But prior to doing so, let me underline what is, politically speaking, the culmination of the ceasefire, cessation-of-hostilities and weapons laydown process that has unfolded since the signing of the Final Peace Agreement on 24 November of last year, namely, the formal transformation, after 53 years of armed conflict, of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army into a political party, whose founding congress took place in Bogota two weeks ago. The Congress, which elected the party's new leadership and executive secretariat and adopted its political platform, took place exactly one year after the declaration of the bilateral and definitive ceasefire, on 29 August 2016.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“Mr. Arnault: I am grateful for the opportunity to brief the Council on the implementation of its resolution 2366 (2017), of 10 July 2017, in which it which decided to establish, at the request of the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP), the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, to begin its activities in two weeks, on 26 September.”
2017-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8041 (2017) · source
“Across political divides, and the current polarized atmosphere notwithstanding, the Security Council remains a highly significant factor for confidence in the midst of the misgivings and uncertainties that are the inevitable sequels to such a protracted and painful conflict. As the peace process in Colombia enters a new phase, beyond the laying down of weapons, the Council's commitment to the peace process and the determination it expressed in its presidential statement S/PRST/2017/6, following its Visit to Colombia in early May, to support the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement Will remain an invaluable contribution to the long-term success of this unique endeavour.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“Like the first mission, the second will be as much about fostering cooperation and building confidence as about verification as such. In that regard, we believe that the trust that has been established between the Mission, the two parties, the State institutions and civil society can help to ensure the success of the second mandate. The Security Council's decision in January 2016 to back the implementation of the agreement on a ceasefire and a laying down of arms by establishing the United Nations Mission in Colombia was widely regarded across Colombian society as a guarantee that the commitments made in Havana would be duly implemented at home.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“We welcome the fact that, together with reintegration, these were precisely the priorities that the Government indicated to the Peacebuilding Fund, and we urge the international community to support these goals. We are honoured by the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP's request that we establish a second verification mission, focused on reintegration and wider security guarantees, to begin operating as soon as possible. As I have indicated, that is Where some of the most immediate and pressing challenges to the consolidation of peace lie. We believe that the terms of reference indicated in President Santos's letter to the Secretary-General and the Security Council (S/2016/53, annex) represent a good basis for a credible and effective verification mandate.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“One of the merits of the 29 May road map is that it clearly lays out a number of priorities relating to the legal, physical and socioecomic security of FARC-EP members. No effort should be spared in promptly implementing that agenda. Beyond the reintegration of combatants, the peace process must also respond to the needs and expectations of the more vulnerable sectors of Colombian society. We fully agree with the three priority areas identified by the Government - deploying security forces to protect communities and establish the rule of law in the areas most affected by the war; mobilizing national and local institutions to bring goods and services to rural areas long outside their reach; and implementing the new peace jurisdiction as quickly as possible so as to deliver on the promise ofjustice for the Victims of the conflict.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“While the completion of the laying down of individual weapons has created new opportunities, it has also emphasized the urgency of moving forward quickly with the implementation of the peace agenda. The first and most urgent challenge is undoubtedly the reintegration of the 10,000 FARC-EP combatants and militias, among whom there is a deep sense of uncertainty about their physical security in the wake of disarmament and about their socioeconomic future. As the reports of the Secretary-General have stressed, reintegration is a particularly daunting endeavour against a backdrop of entrenched illegal economies, the spread of armed groups - including organized crime and FARC dissidents - into areas formerly controlled by the FARC-EP, and a pattern of violence against social leaders.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“So far, 81 arms caches have been Visited and a large amount of explosives destroyed. Plans are ongoing with the FARC and the Government to extract another 380 in the coming weeks, with more to follow. Disposing of arms caches is undoubtedly a difficult process, but we are encouraged by the willingness of the FARC- EP and the armed forces to move forward, and we are confident that at least a very high percentage of the caches, if not all, can be dealt with by 1 September, when the Mission's verification of the caches ends and responsibility switches to the Government. The past few days have brought good, encouraging news to Colombia and the world, and it is perfectly all right to celebrate these advances, even if there is clearly no reason to pause and no room for complacency.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“Incidentally, eight months after the Mechanism began operating, we think that the merits of its tripartite approach - whereby the two parties participate directly in verifying each other's compliance, with United Nations support and coordination - have been well established. While the Mechanism's success owes much to the confidence fostered between the warring parties at the negotiating table, the Council might wish to consider whether it could usefully be applied to other peace processes. With the storing of individual weapons in United Nations containers, the Mission and the FARC-EP, with the support of the armed forces and the police, can now devote their full attention to disposing of hundreds of arms caches, collecting the weapons in them and destroying explosives and unstable armaments.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“Indeed, while in the past nine months there have been a number of failures to observe the rules of the ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities, none have showed a pattern of deliberate violation or any involvement of high- level decision-makers on either side. We therefore believe that as the FARC-EP lays down its weapons, the ceasefire has been consolidated. It will nevertheless be important to ensure that the tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism continues to operate for some time after 1 August, when the current zones and points are due to disappear. It has been an effective tool for maintaining and strengthening confidence between the parties to the conflict, and its presence at the local level will help to ensure that any incidents that may occur in the next few weeks and months can still be dealt with cooperatively.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“He acknowledged the historic significance of the FARC- EP's fulfilment of its commitment to laying down its weapons and affirmed his own commitment to implementing the Final Peace Agreement, as he said, to the last comma. At the ceremony, religious leaders, including the President of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia, acted as witnesses of honour for the final stage of the laying down of weapons. The conviction expressed by both leaders - that half a century of war is now over - has been borne out by the Mission's review of the ceasefire that has been in place since the end of August 2016.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“At the "farewell to arms, farewell to war" ceremony held on 27 June in a FARC-EP camp in a region that has been at the epicentre of the war, President Santos and the head of the FARC-EP secretariat, Timoleen Jimenez, sent strong and moving messages to a Colombian society often doubtful ofthe promises ofthe peace process. Mr. Jimenez announced that, with the laying down of its weapons, the FARC-EP was formally marking the end of the 53-year armed insurgency and the beginning of an unarmed, peaceful and democratic movement. I can only quote President Santos Calderon when he said that reaching and living that day had made his presidency of Colombia worthwhile.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“Mr. Arnault: I am pleased to supplement the Secretary-General's report to the Council dated 23 June (S/20l7/539) and to inform the Council that three days ago, on 27 June, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP) met its obligations under the 29 May road map agreement by handing over to the United Nations Mission in Colombia the remaining 40 per cent of the individual weapons registered by the Mission in March. A number of weapons will remain at the disposal of FARC-EP to provide security for the camps and the United Nations weapons-laydown team sites therein until 1 August, on which date the containers will be removed from the camps, and the current zones where the FARC-EP are assembled will be turned into training and reintegration areas secured by the Colombian police and armed forces.”
2017-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7995 (2017) · source
“Indeed, this is precisely the juncture at which the international community, and this Council in particular, should voice its interest, its encouragement, and its support for the efforts of the parties and all those involved in the building of peace in Colombia.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“Like the parties themselves, we believe that while the consolidation ofpeace will be a long-term process, there is a relatively small window of opportunity to establish solid foundations for it through the laying down of weapons, the reintegration of FARC combatants, and the delivery of peace dividends to the most affected people and areas. Let me end by expressing our full support for the planned visit of the Security Council to Colombia next month. Since the beginning of its involvement in January of last year, the unanimous support of the Security Council has been perceived in Colombia as a guarantee of success. Its visit will provide further assurance to that effect.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“While these developments confirm that the implementation of the peace agreement is a very dynamic process, there have been concerns with regard to the slow pace of implementation in a number of sensitive areas mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General. These concerns relate in particular to the construction and equipment of FARC camps, the implementation of the amnesty law, the implementation of security guarantees and the plans for the reintegration of FARC combatants. In that respect, at a meeting on 25 and 26 March in Cartagena to take stock of implementation 100 days after the signing of the peace agreement, the parties made important and detailed commitments to accelerating implementation precisely in those areas and in the adoption of the legislative agenda of the peace agreement. We welcome those commitments.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“Numbering about 1,000, those members are involved in the tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism, training for security functions, crop substitution, humanitarian demining, and peace education. The next step for the Mission is the collection of weapons and the destruction of unstable armaments in a considerable number of arms and ammunition caches spread throughout vast, difficult-to-access areas. Several such caches have already been visited, and some explosives have been destroyed. However, now that FARC combatants are assembled in the 26 zones, that operation can be carried out at full scale. The Mission met with the FARC today in Bogota to work on a detailed plan for systematic access to the caches, and in meetings this week the Colombian army has pledged its full support for this endeavour.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“His stated focus will be on the implementation of the peace agreement, security, counter-narcotics and the protection of community leaders and human rights defenders who have been victims of a pattern of killings and threats - a trend that has seen an increase in recent months. All of these issues are clearly interlinked and deserve this kind of sustained attention at the highest level of Government. In direct relation to the Mission's mandate, the weapons laydown process has moved forward in the past 15 days. Since 24 March, the Mission has identified, marked and registered the weapons that FARC combatants brought to the camps. This exercise is nearly completed. In addition, we expect to store very shortly in the Mission's containers the weapons of all those FARC members that will participate in the implementation of the peace agreement.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“In that context, the Colombian Government and the FARC agreed in January on a package of incentives to farmers willing to proceed with voluntary eradication. To date, through negotiations with communities, more than 55,000 families have volunteered to enter the crop- substitution programme. The Government is currently working on putting together the two-year package of incentives, including monthly payments to farmers; food security; productive projects; and technical support and monitoring. Delivery of the package is to begin in June. Another significant development is the assumption of the vice-presidency by retired National Police of Colombia General Oscar Naranjo, who was also a member of the Government's peace negotiating team.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“As of 2 April, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, 57 minors had been separated, in compliance with the commitment made by the group in May 2016. Yesterday the Government announced that the FARC had formally presented it with a list of its armed members gathered in the zones, who number 6,804, as well as a first list of 1,541 militia members. I should make special mention of developments relating to the agreement concluded between the Government of Colombia and the FARC on the control of illegal drugs. I should recall here that the drug economy helped to sustain the Colombia conflict for decades, and that in turn the peace process has real potential for helping to combat it.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“It commits Government officials to complying effectively with the provisions of the Peace Agreement. A number of other steps that are provided for in the Agreement were also taken, including the transmittal of the Final Peace Agreement to the Council and the appointment of Felipe Gonzalez Marquez, former Prime Minister of Spain, and Jose Mujica, former President of Uruguay, who will constitute the international verification component of the Peace Implementation Commission. They are supported by a secretariat made up of two very competent Colombian non-governmental organizations and backed by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies of the University of Notre Dame. There has been some progress, which we expect will continue, on the separation of minors from the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“On 22 March the legislation on an integral justice, truth, reparation and non-repetition system was passed. It is of course a critical part of the Peace Agreement and at the core of efforts to reconcile the rights of the victims with the requirements of the transition from war to peace. A ceremony took place in Bogota today at which the President signed decrees establishing a Truth Commission, a special unit to search for persons who disappeared as a result of the conflict and a selection committee for designating the magistrates of the Special Peace Jurisdiction, the members of the Truth Commission and the head of the special unit. The day before yesterday, a law intended to contribute to the legal security and stability of the implementation process was also passed.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“Mr. Arnault: I would like to thank the Security Council for allowing me to provide an update on developments in the implementation of the Colombia Final Peace Agreement and the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Colombia since the period covered by the Secretary-General's report (S/2017/252). At the outset, however, I would like to convey to Ambassador Maria Emma Mejia Velez the deepest sympathy of the United Nations in the wake of the tragedy in Mocoa, in the Putumayo department. I would also like to commend the quick and effective response of the national disaster management system, under the leadership of President Santos Calderon, and to reaffirm the willingness of the United Nations to support the national efforts to rescue and rebuild. Several significant developments have taken place in the past two weeks.”
2017-04-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7916 (2017) · source
“Finally, I would like to recall that almost exactly one year ago, on 19 January, the parties invited the Council to oversee the United Nations monitoring of the ceasefire and weapons lay-down process. In Colombia, across political lines, that was widely viewed as a guarantee of success. As the process of implementation of the Peace Agreement gets under way, the Council's attention and unanimous support to the peace process, and its encouraging voice, will continue to be a very important source of confidence and strength.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“In the first place, it has the resolve of the Colombian Government and the FARC leadership to persevere in spite of difficulties, and the overwhelming support and aspiration of the people of Colombia for bringing one of the world's longest armed conflicts to an end. The support of the region and the broader international community will also continue to be a very significant success factor. I want to once again thank the countries that are contributing observers, and the Governments and the organizations that have responded to the parties' call for assistance in implementing the Peace Agreement provisions. I would also like to acknowledge the united effort of United Nations agencies and programmes in Colombia to bring help to the people and areas most affected by the conflict.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“Fast-tracking the ceasefire process alongside fast-tracking of the legislative agenda makes sense. Even with determination on all sides, it will not be impossible to accomplish that objective. Among other things, there is room to review the timelines once the logistical imperatives have been met. Some of the more complex processes, such as the destruction of unstable ammunition, could begin right away and extend beyond the very short deadline originally specified in the Peace Agreement. The timetable for storing weapons under United Nations monitoring could also be adjusted. Such flexible adjustments could be made without extending the overall 180-day time frame. The Colombian peace process has faced, and still faces, a host of challenges, many of which are mentioned in the Secretary-General's report. But it also has very solid assets.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“For a number of reasons, including the logistical issues I just mentioned, it has proved impossible to meet the first benchmark of the ceasefire timeline, which was achieving the full concentration of FARC combatants and militias in the zones by 1 January. I must also confess that it will hardly be possible to meet the 30 January deadline for the destruction of all the unstable ammunition that is spread in caches around the country. In spite of that setback, last week President Santos Calderon and the FARC secretariat reaffirmed their determination to do everything possible to meet the original goal of a comprehensive lay-down of weapons by early June. We share the perception that an overly protracted process and a loss of momentum would be in nobody's interest.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“At yesterday's meeting of the Council of Ministers, he emphasized the urgency of that endeavour and tasked the Cabinet with prioritizing implementation in the zones. That is an important decision and will hopefully allow the arms lay-down process to begin in the next few weeks. As the Council is aware, the United Nations Mission bears responsibility for verifying that process, and observers will be deployed permanently in all FARC camps for that purpose. In anticipation of the operation's start, the equipment required for the initial storing, marking, recording and monitoring of weapons is being distributed to the Mission's regional and local offices.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“With regard to health care for FARC members, an equally sensitive and urgent issue, progress has also been made in the past couple ofweeks; in fact, on 28 December, 2,500 FARC members became affiliated with the national subsidized health system. The main focus ofthe effort must now be on setting up the FARC camps. To date, construction has begun in one third of the zones and preparations are ongoing in another third, while the remainder still face difficulties. Last week, I accompanied President Santos Calderon on a visit to one of the zones in southern Colombia where he reviewed progress. He gave specific instructions on overcoming existing obstacles and redoubling efforts to enable the 26 camps to be ready as soon as possible.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“With the Mission and the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism now deployed at 21 local sites, the monitoring of the FARC camps, the army units in the vicinity and the 3 kilometre security zone between them has now intensified. Monitoring activities have tripled since early November. In that regard, I would like to stress the dedication and professionalism of the Mission's staff, both observers and civilians, who have been doing their work in the too-often precarious conditions of a start-up. Incidentally, I should add that we are delighted and relieved that an agreement was reached last night between the Government of Colombia and United Nations Headquarters on providing full casualty evacuation, medical evacuation and medical coverage to all observers.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“Let me note in passing that, at 15 per cent, the United Nations Mission in Colombia currently has the highest percentage of female observers of all our peace operations, that with the inclusion of civilian observers deployed at the local level, the number reaches 21 per cent, and that today women constitute 55 per cent of the Mission's substantive personnel. Among other things, that has enabled the Mission to develop close ties with women's organizations at national and local levels. Indeed, a special effort has been made to engage with women's groups in order to include their views and recommendations on the ceasefire process and the Mission's activities, and to establish the confidence required to prevent and deal with potential gender- based violence.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“As the Secretary-General's report mentions, in early December the tripartite monitoring mechanism pointed out the need to redouble efforts on the logistical front. Good progress has been made in the past three weeks with regard to setting up the mechanism's local headquarters. The Monitoring and Verification Mechanism is now deployed in 18 of the 26 headquarters at local level and has established a presence in another three temporary locations. Conditions are still spartan, of course, but there is enough accommodation available to enable the Mission to deploy around 350 of the 450 observers required for the full implementation of its mandate. The observers will be joined at local headquarters by 33 civilian staff before the end of the month.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“A national reincorporation council was established on 20 December, and has since held four meetings devoted primarily to reintegrating pardoned FARC members and preparing a socioeconomic census of FARC combatants. Unfortunately, some disagreement remains regarding attention to children, which we hope will be resolved soon. The logistical dimension of the implementation of the ceasefire and weapons lay-down agreement has posed perhaps the most difficult challenges so far, due in part to the political uncertainty surrounding the peace process in the wake of the October plebiscite, but also to the large number and remote location of the zones where the process of disarmament is to unfold.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“Congress will also consider the inclusion in the Constitution of a provisional article granting constitutional rank to provisions in the Agreement that are directly connected to international humanitarian law and the fundamental rights recognized in the Colombian Constitution. I would now like to say a few words about the implementation of the Agreement itself. A key dimension of that, of course, is the reintegration of FARC members into civilian life, which, as the Council can imagine, has a very direct relationship to the success of the process of laying down weapons. As the Secretary-General's report mentions, reintegration in Colombia faces some unique challenges, including those relating to the thriving illegal economy in conflict areas.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“That responded to a key request of the guerrilla organization, and besides paving the way for the release or conditional release of some 4,000 prisoners, it should facilitate the first major step towards the lay-down of weapons, which involves moving the members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) to the 26 zones where the lay-down will take place. Next week, on 16 January, Congress will take up two more critical pieces of legislation, a draft constitutional law that will enable the establishment of an integral system for truth, justice and reparation, including a special jurisdiction for peace, a truth commission and a missing persons search unit. According to the Colombian Government, approximately 20,000 cases may be brought before the special jurisdiction for peace.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“Mr. Arnault: I would like to thank the Security Council for this opportunity to brief it on the work of the United Nations Mission in Colombia and on developments in the implementation of the Colombian Final Peace Agreement since the end of the period covered in the Secretary-General's report (S/20l6/1095), dated 23 December. In spite of the holiday season, it was a short but very active period that has brought about some very encouraging results. I will begin with the legislative agenda. As the Council may recall, in early December Colombia's Constitutional Court empowered Congress to fast- track the adoption of laws deriving from the Peace Agreement. As a result, on 28 December Congress was able to pass an amnesty law - one that excluded serious crimes, however - which President Santos Calderon ratified two days later.”
2017-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7859 (2017) · source
“I trust that the Security Council will lead the international community, as it did during the Bonn process, into a full and lasting commitment to that vision.”
2006-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5347 (2006) · source
“Coming as it did in the wake of the great achievement that was the completion of the Bonn agenda, the latest tragic news from Kandahar has served as a sad reminder of the magnitude of the outstanding tasks in the consolidation of peace in Afghanistan. But it should not distract us from one of the main facts of the Bonn process, namely that, in the past four years, Afghans have, as the draft compact points out, successfully defied violent extremism and hardship to lay the foundations for a democratic, peaceful, pluralistic and prosperous State. They deserve our confidence that, with undiminished assistance from the international community, they will be equally successful in the realization of the vision contained in the compact for Afghanistan.”
2006-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5347 (2006) · source
“The compact also establishes, as precisely as can be, key benchmarks and timelines with a view to facilitating cooperation and follow-up, and also to pacing popular expectation of what can be achieved in the coming years. It seeks to improve the delivery of assistance with detailed commitments to aid effectiveness. Finally, it provides for the establishment of a coordination mechanism that recognizes the leadership of the Afghan Government and also, to quote the Security Council presidential statement of 23 November, "the central and impartial role the United Nations continues to play for the consolidation of peace and stability in Afghanistan and coordination of the relevant international efforts" (S/PRST/2005/56, p. 1).”
2006-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5347 (2006) · source
“As a result, the document that is now in the last drafting stage is, we believe, a comprehensive and strong blueprint for what will be, in the next five years, an intensive exercise in peacebuilding. The compact addresses in an integrated manner the major challenges that confront Afghanistan: security; governance, human rights and the rule of law; development; and counter-narcotics as a major cross- cutting endeavour. It emphasizes the leadership that the Afghan State, strengthened by the democratic process that has unfolded in the past fours years, can and must take. It also establishes some key principles aimed at maximizing the impact of the peacebuilding process, including sustainability, capacity-building, gender- sensitive approaches, accountability and the key role to be played by regional cooperation.”
2006-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5347 (2006) · source
“2) and took note of the intention of the Secretary-General to hold consultations with the Government and all concerned international actors on a post-electoral agenda. Those consultations have been going on since September with a very wide range of actors, both Afghan and international, and we look forward to their outcome - the compact for Afghanistan - being launched in London on 31 January. The Afghan Government has taken the consultations very seriously and, over the past four months, under the leadership of President Karzai, senior ministers as well as staff from the President's office have been engaging the international community on a permanent basis. All diplomatic missions in Kabul, international organizations and NATO were consulted repeatedly on the contents of the compact and hundreds of proposals were made and discussed.”
2006-01-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5347 (2006) · source
“The unhappy news that I had to report on the security front should be taken for what it is - an indication that, while great gains have been made in the past four years in many areas, the challenges are still considerable and the job is far from clone. Mobilizing the resources of the newly established Afghan institutions and those of the international community remains, therefore, key to the consolidation of peace and stability in Afghanistan. In that respect, in August 2005 the Security Council welcomed "the desire of the international community and the Afghan Government to agree a new framework for international engagement beyond the completion of the Bohn process" (S/PRST/2005/40, p.”
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“On 8 December, NATO foreign ministers decided to expand the International Security Assistance Force by an additional 6,000 troops, which would bring the total from the current 9,200 to a little over 15,000. Firm guarantees of individual NATO member States to contribute additional troops for that expansion, however, are yet to be secured. As it expands to areas previously under coalition command, it is imperative that ISAF be provided with the means necessary to its credibility, particularly in the face of the unusually high number of attacks carried out against international military forces that I described earlier. That will require, in addition to a robust combat capability and coherence across national rules of engagement, a strong political will to stay the course.”
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