RPR Peace Mail_May 23-29

Abstract

Over the weekend of May 27-28, President Juan Manuel Santos signed various decrees in order to advance the implementation of the peace accords, on topics ranging from land, education in conflict zones, rural electrification, demining, and the creation of the National Council for Peace. President Santos also announced on May 29th that the transitional zones would continue through August 1st. The Commission for Tracking, Impulse, and Verification of the Implementation of the Final Accord (CSIVI) released its 19th Joint Communiqué on May 29th. 124 FARC-EP have escaped transitional zones to join dissidents. GoC-ELN continue into their third week in the second round of talks in Quito.