Colombia rejects reports on UN refugee figures
Colombia on Tuesday rejected media reports that U.N. refugee agency UNHCR claims that the country has the world’s largest number of people displaced by violence. According to Accion Social, the…
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Colombia has most displaced in world: UN
Colombia counts 3.7 million internally displaced people and 380,000 refugees abroad, making it the country with the most people displaced by violence in the world, the United Nations said Monday.…
Wayuu indigenous group to join UNESCO list
Colombia’s Wayuu indigenous group will be officially added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list on November 15 in Nairobi, Kenya, El Informador reports. The Wayuu are being recognized by UNESCO,…
UN: 1,500 displaced Colombians killed in three years
The United Nations (U.N.) says that 1,500 displaced people in Colombia have been killed in the last three years, and that many victims of displacement are still too afraid to…
Padilla: Colombia is model in fight against crime
Colombian ambassador to Austria Freddy Padilla told the United Nations (U.N.) that Colombia should be seen as a “model” in the worldwide fight against organized crime. Padilla, who under Alvaro…
Colombia addresses UN on drug trade
Colombia’s deputy justice minister addressed the U.N. conference of the parties to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and sets out progress on eradicating coca. According to Pablo Felipe Robledo,…
Colombia has 50,000 disappeared: Official
Colombia has one of the highest number of forcibly disappeared people in the world, with 50,000 individuals missing, the Ombudsman’s National Search Commission coordinator Andres Peña told EFE on Wednesday.…
Colombia is world leader in seizing criminal assets: Government
Colombia is at the forefront of the world fight against money laundering and has seized more than 75,000 illegally obtained assets over the last ten years, according to Deputy Justice…
6.65 million hectares of land abandoned due to armed conflict
A recent study shows that 6.65 million hectares of land has been abandoned or seized due to armed conflict in Colombia, making the land problem more extensive than originally thought.…