Focused implementation of the Final Agreement across all its sections must remain at the core of this eff ort and our support. At the same time, I commend the additional eff orts under way to expand the scope of peace through dialogue. - António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations / March 2023
About us
The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC) is a Special Political Mission established in 2016 by the United Nations Security Council to verify the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the former FARC-EP and assist Colombia in its efforts to ending the conflict and building peace.
Today, the mission verifies five sections of the Final Peace Agreement: Section 1 on Comprehensive Rural Reform; Section 3.2 on the Reintegration of former combatants of FARC-EP in economic, social, and political matters; Section 3.4 on Security guarantees for individuals in the process of reintegration and communities and organizations throughout the country; Section 5.1.2 on Restorative sentences imposed by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SPJ); and Section 6.2 on the Ethnic Chapter of the Final Peace Agreement.
The Mission also facilitates efforts to consolidate peace in Colombia. The Head of Mission, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, is also the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Colombia. In his role, he exercises the good offices of the Secretary-General and facilitates the ongoing peace talks with the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) and the self-proclaimed group EMC FARC-EP, as well as other peace efforts. In 2023, the United Nations Security Council tasked the Verification Mission with the mandate of verifying the Bilateral, National and Temporary Ceasefire agreed upon by the Government of Colombia and the ELN in the Peace Talks.