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RPR Peace Mail_July 25-31
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-07-31)
On Monday, July 31st, the process of arms extraction from the transitional zones began along with the collection of the weapons caches. On Tuesday, July 25th, the Senate approved the second of four debates on the current ...
RPR Peace Mail_April 11-17
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-04-17)
“Marco Calarcá” (an alias), a FARC-EP representative in the MM&V announced that the guerrilla group has not ruled out the possibility of staying in the transitional zones after they have laid down their arms. The UN, ...
RPR Peace Mail_January 10 to January 16
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-01-16)
On Tuesday, January 10th, a clash reportedly occurred between the Teófilo Foreo column of the FARC-EP and dissident members from the 14th Front of the same guerrilla in the hamlets of La Novia Celestial and Tailandia, ...
RPR Peace Mail_June 6-12
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-06-12)
Wednesday, June 7th marked the completion of the first phase of the FARC-EP process for laying down
their arms: 30% of all registered arms have now been handed over to the United Nations. As of Monday, June 12th, 305 ...
RPR Peace Mail_June 27-July 3
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-07-03)
On Tuesday June 27, the FARC officially ended its existence as an illegal armed group with the completion of the disarmament process. Next steps after the completion of the disarmament phase with the FARC include the ...
RPR Peace Mail_May 2-8
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-05-08)
UN Security Council visits rural Colombian community for first-hand view of peace process. FARC expected to lay down individually held arms by May 31 for UN collection, but not all arms. FARC to meet with ELN in Cuba.
RPR Peace Mail_May 16-22
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-05-22)
In terms of the process of laying down arms, 1,000 of the total personal arms of the FARC-EP registered with the United Nations are now housed in controlled U.N. containers. Constitutional Court overturns two key elements ...
RPR Peace Mail_June 20-26
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-06-26)
On Friday, June 23rd, the guerrilla had handed over 100% of their registered arms. President Juan Manuel Santos has written a formal request to the U.N. to launch a verification mission for the political, economic, and ...
RPR Peace Mail_April 18-24
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-04-24)
The Colombian Army discovered a sizeable weapons cache in the department of Putumayo, which is estimated to be one of 900 belonging to the FARC-EP throughout the country. Luis Alberto Ortiz Cabezas has the dubious distinction ...
RPR Peace Mail_June 13-19
(Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM-Misión Colombia), 2017-06-19)
By Saturday, June 17th, the U.N. announced they had advanced to controlling 60% of FARC-EP arms. By June 15th, 4,011 former FARC-EP and militia members had been accredited in the process of laying down their arms. One June ...