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UN envoy says gaps in Colombia peace implementation fuel violence and child recruitment
Summary
Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Special Representative for Colombia, told the UN Security Council that incomplete implementation of the 2016 peace agreement has left territories such as Catatumbo, Cauca and Chocó vulnerable to renewed violence, illicit economies and child recruitment, and called for combined security and development responses.
Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the UN Secretary‑General for Colombia and head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, told the UN Security Council that gaps in implementing the 2016 final peace agreement have contributed to renewed violence in areas including Catatumbo, Cauca and Chocó.
Ruiz Massieu summarized the secretary‑general’s recent report on peace implementation and said the verification mission and the government must accelerate steps to consolidate gains while addressing failures that leave communities exposed to armed actors and illicit economies.
"Child recruitment is undoubtedly a matter of grave concern in Colombia," Ruiz Massieu said, noting an increase in recruitment of children in some territories. He told the council that, despite the peace agreement’s transformative potential, several long‑term…
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