UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The UN Security Council will visit Colombia in July to express its commitment to the peace process and to assess the UN mission in that country, they announced in UN headquarters on Wednesday.
Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Peru’s permanent representative to the UN, told the press that the 15-member body will be able to verify the objectives of the implementation phases of the peace process.
During the visit, to be held on July 11-14 and led by Peru and the United Kingdom, the Council will meet with government officials, political parties, civil society representatives and members of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia.
According to Colombia’s mission to the United Nations, this visit by the Security Council responds to an invitation made by Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo.
That representation also stated that members of the 15-member body are expected to meet with President Ivan Duque, other senior Government officials, Senate peace committees and political parties.
The visit is part of the usual tasks arising from the establishment of a peace mission or a UN special political mission (as in the case of Colombia): the members of the Council must travel to the ground to see the progress and challenges reached by the work of these teams.
The Security Council already visited Colombia in May 2017. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
