Security Council resolution 2574 (2021) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia until 31 Oct. 2021]
Symbol: S/RES/2574 (2021)
Date: 2021-05-11
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/76 [302] COLOMBIA--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
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).
Subjects: UN Verification Mission in Colombia|Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace in Colombia (2016)|SPECIAL MISSIONS|PEACE AGREEMENTS|VERIFICATION|COLOMBIA
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: ESTONIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: IRELAND
vote: yes
country: KENYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: NIGER
vote: yes
country: NORWAY
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/2574 (2021)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                11 May 2021




               Resolution 2574 (2021)
               Adopted by the Security Council on 11 May 2021

                    The Security Council,
                   Reaffirming its full commitment to the peace process in the Republic of
               Colombia,
                    Recalling all its resolutions and statements of its President 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) and urging the parties, with the support of relevant state
               institutions and security forces, as well as civil society, to work together to sustain
               progress and address challenges, in particular the continued violence in conflict -
               affected areas, through comprehensive implementation of the Final Agreement, and
               recalling in this regard the five priorities for 2021 recommended by the Secretary -
               General in his report S/2020/1301,
                     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,
                     Acknowledging the letter dated 13 January 2021 from the President of Colombia,
               on behalf of the Government of Colombia and with the agreement of the party of the
               former FARC-EP (S/2021/147), requesting the addition to the mandate of the
               Verification Mission of the task of verifying compliance with the sentences of the
               Special Jurisdiction for Peace, as envisaged in the Final Agreement, and taking note
               of the coordinating role of the Office of the Presidential Counsellor for Stabilisation
               and Consolidation specified in the letter,
                     Noting that, under the terms of the Final Agreement, the sentences of the Special
               Jurisdiction for Peace 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 building
               confidence in the Comprehensive System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and
               Non-Repetition established under the Final Agreement, which is integral t o the



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               success of the peace process and the fulfilment of the rights of the victims of the
               conflict,
                   Having considered the Secretary-General’s letter to the President of the Security
               Council of 24 February 2021 (S/2021/186),
                     1.   Decides, following the request of the Government of Colombia and to
               support the comprehensive implementation of the Final Agreement, that the
               Verification Mission shall, in addition to the provisions of its existing mandate as
               most recently extended by resolution 2545 (2020), verify compliance with and
               implementation of the sentences issued by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP) to
               individuals the SJP determines to have acknowledged detailed and complete truth,
               and responsibility before the Judicial Panel for Acknowledgement o f Truth,
               Responsibility and Determination of Facts and Conduct as per the sentencing
               framework established under section 5.1.2 of the Final Agreement;
                     2.    Decides further that the tasks of the Verification Mission in this regard
               shall be those described in the Secretary-General’s letter S/2021/186, including
               verifying the fulfilment by sentenced persons of the terms of their sentences as well
               as the establishment by Colombian state authorities of the conditions necessary for
               this, and that the Verification Mission shall adopt a strategic and inclusive approach
               to such verification, as described in the Secretary-General’s letter, noting the proposal
               therein to focus monitoring on overall trends in compliance and select individual
               cases;
                     3.    Welcomes the Secretary-General’s proposal to incorporate reporting with
               respect to the verification of compliance with the sentences referred to in paragraph
               1 of this resolution within the existing reporting cycle for the Verification Mission,
               and to keep the Council fully informed of the preparations of the Verification Mission
               and the progress, assessment, and eventual results of the verification;
                    4.    Decides to extend the mandate of the Verification Mission until 31 October
               2021;
                     5.    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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