United Nations, October 28: The UN Security Council on Thursday decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia for another year, until Oct. 31, 2023.
Unanimously adopting resolution 2655, the 15-member council expressed its willingness to work with the government of Colombia on further extension, based on mutual agreement.
In the resolution, the council reaffirmed its full commitment to the peace process in Colombia.
The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) struck a peace deal in August 2016 after four years of negotiations in Havana, Cuba. The Security Council in July 2017 approved the establishment of the Verification Mission to verify the political, economic and social reintegration of former FARC combatants as well as security guarantees.
The Verification Mission succeeded a UN mission of unarmed observers tasked by the Security Council in January 2016 to monitor and verify the laying down of arms, and to help monitor and verify the cease-fire following the signing of a peace agreement.
Source: Xinhua