Security Council resolution 2435 (2018) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia until 25 Sept. 2019]
Symbol: S/RES/2435 (2018)
Date: 2018-09-13
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/73 [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|SPECIAL MISSIONS|PEACE AGREEMENTS|VERIFICATION|COLOMBIA
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CÔTE D'IVOIRE
vote: yes
country: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
vote: yes
country: ETHIOPIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: KAZAKHSTAN
vote: yes
country: KUWAIT
vote: yes
country: NETHERLANDS
vote: yes
country: PERU
vote: yes
country: POLAND
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SWEDEN
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/2435 (2018)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               13 September 2018




               Resolution 2435 (2018)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8351st meeting, on
               13 September 2018

                    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 renew
               momentum behind 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,
                    Acknowledging the letter dated 30 August 2018 from the President of Colombia
               (S/2018/801) requesting an extension of the mandate of the Verification Mission as
               agreed by the Government of Colombia and the People ’s Alternative Revolutionary
               Force (FARC),
                    1.   Decides to extend, to 25 September 2019, the mandate of the Verification
               Mission and reporting requirements in accordance with its resolutions 2366 and 2377
               (2017), headed by a Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United
               Nations;
                     2.   Expresses its willingness to work with the Government of Colombia to
               further extend the mandate of the Verification Mission on the basis of agreement
               between the parties.




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