The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has said that the Colombian state and paramilitaries are culpable for 16,000 forced disappearances in the country over the last three decades, Spanish…
A statement issued Tuesday by a U.N. conference on disaster management fiercely criticized Colombia’s dealing with natural disasters. According to the statement, disaster prevention is “not a real priority” for…
The UN has said the sentence handed down to a retired general for the disappearance of 11 people in the 1985 Palace of Justice siege represents a positive step in…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Colombia in June to evaluate U.N. programs in the country, local media report. In the secretary-general’s first visit to Colombia, he will meet…
Good Friday, April 22, will be a “Day of Prayer for the Victims of Violence” announced the secretary general of Colombia’s bishop’s conference. Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba said during an…
President Juan Manuel Santos presided over his first UN Security Council meeting Wednesday, which was on the topic of Haiti, and called for a more concerted international effort in the…
Speculation is growing that news over the stalled U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement is imminent with the Wall Street Journal, Reuters and New York Times sources reporting an agreement could be announced…
Colombia has assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council with the reconstruction of Haiti topping the agenda. The Colombian ambassador to the UN, Nestor Osorio, will chair the…
The cities of Medellin and Villavicencio constitute 40% of Colombia’s forced disappearance cases currently being investigated, according to the U.N. Medellin, in the north-west department of Antioquia, and Villavicencio, in…