The U.N. calls for Colombia to criminalize discrimination against Afro-Colombians on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Spanish news agency EFE reported. “Unfortunately racial discrimination is a reality…
Colombian Congress President Armando Benedetti has met with Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Behrouz Kamalvandi to discuss improving ties between the two countries, Iranian state channel Press TV reported Saturday. Most…
On International Women’s Day, the United Nations warns about abuses carried out against women in Colombia by neo-paramilitary gangs, and launches the Colombia branch of U.N. Women. According to a…
Colombia’s state intelligence agency DAS wiretapped representatives of the United Nations (U.N. in the country, newspaper El Tiempo reported Thursday. According to the newspaper, Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has a number…
Colombia’s upcoming presidency of the United Nations Security Council will be a liability if the ambassador’s public blunders are a reflection of his competency.
Colombia is the first country to sign the Nagoya Protocol on biodiversity at an environmental conference at the UN headquarters in New York, Spanish newspaper ABC reports. The environmental treaty, which…
The Colombian government and the U.N. agree on measures to protect displaced people and ensure that armed groups do not interfere with the process of land restitution, El Espectador reported…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosts a meeting in Bogota for counter-terrorism experts from across the globe to discuss tactics and share experiences. It is the…
Palestine should have its own state, said Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations Thursday. “The position of Colombia is the recognition of the State of Israel but also that Palestinians…