Security Council resolution 2704 (2023) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia until 31 Oct. 2024]
Symbol: S/RES/2704 (2023)
Date: 2023-10-30
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/ X Identical letters dated 19 January 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2016/53).
S/78 [302] COLOMBIA--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Subjects: UN Verification Mission in Colombia|Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace in Colombia (2016)|COLOMBIA|VERIFICATION|PEACE AGREEMENTS|SPECIAL MISSIONS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ALBANIA
vote: yes
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GABON
vote: yes
country: GHANA
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MALTA
vote: yes
country: MOZAMBIQUE
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SWITZERLAND
vote: yes
country: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/2704 (2023)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                30 October 2023




               Resolution 2704 (2023)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 9461st meeting, on
               30 October 2023

                    The Security Council,
                   Reaffirming its full commitment to the peace process in the Republic of
               Colombia,
                    Recalling all its resolutions and Presidential and press statements regarding the
               peace process in Colombia,
                     Welcoming the progress made towards peace across Colombia since the adoption
               of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting
               Peace (the Final Agreement), urging the parties, with the support of relevant state
               institutions and security forces, as well as civil society including youth , to work
               together to continue building upon this progress and address ongoing challenges, in
               particular the continued violence in conflict-affected areas, through comprehensive
               implementation of the Final Agreement, including rural reform, inclusive polit ical
               participation, its ethnic and gender provisions, and countering illicit drugs including
               through crop substitution programmes, and recalling the disproportionate impact of
               the conflict on women and its effects on persons belonging to indigenous and Afr o-Colombian communities,
                     Taking note of the engagement of the Peacebuilding Commission with the
               Government of Colombia and looking forward to further cooperation, including with
               the relevant UN agencies, in order to ensure an integrated and coherent appro ach to
               the comprehensive implementation of the Final Agreement,
                     Recalling in particular its resolution 2366 (2017) which established the United
               Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (the Verification Mission) to verify
               implementation by the Government of Colombia and Revolutionary Armed Forces of
               Colombia (FARC-EP) of sections 3.2 and 3.4 of the Final Agreement as called for in
               section 6.3.3 of the Final Agreement, and recalling the positive role played by the
               Verification Mission in that regard, emphasising the efforts of the UN Verification
               Mission in Colombia to continue to integrate a gender perspective as a cross -cutting
               issue into its planning, verification and reporting, and recognising the importance of
               other perspectives including development, and ensuring adequate gender expertise as
               appropriate,
                     Recalling also its resolution 2574 (2021) which expanded the mandate of the
               Verification Mission to include the additional task of verifying compliance with and




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               implementation of the sentences to be issued by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace
               (SJP), and welcoming the ongoing preparations being made by the Verification
               Mission, working with the SJP, in this regard,
                     Noting that, under the terms of the Final Agreement, the sentences of the SJP
               will have the overall aim of realising the rights of victims and consolidating peace,
               and will need to have the greatest restorative and reparative function in relation to the
               harm caused,
                     Recognising the contribution the Verification Mission could make to buildin g
               confidence in the Comprehensive System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and
               Non-Repetition established under the Final Agreement, which is integral to the
               success of the peace process and the fulfilment of the rights of the victims of the
               conflict,
                     Recalling its resolution 2673 (2023) which expanded the mandate of the
               Verification Mission to include the additional task of monitoring the implementation
               of section 1 on comprehensive rural reform and section 6.2 on the Ethnic Chapter of
               the Final Agreement,
                     Recalling also its resolution 2694 (2023) which expanded the mandate of the
               Verification Mission to monitor and verify the implementation of the ceasefire as
               outlined in the Second Cuba Agreement between the Government of Colombia and
               the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN); and expressing its willingness consider
               mandating the Verification Mission to monitor and verify the implementation of a
               ceasefire agreement between the Government of Colombia and the armed group that
               calls itself Estado Mayor Central (EMC) when the Secretary-General confirms a
               ceasefire including appropriate verification protocols has been reached, and taking
               into account an update from the Secretary-General on the progress of implementation
               of resolution 2694 (2023),
                    1.    Decides to extend the mandate of the Verification Mission until 31 October
               2024;
                    2.    Expresses its willingness to work with the Government of Colombia on
               the further extension of the mandate of the Verification Mission on the basis of
               agreement between the parties.




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