UN congratulates Colombia over peace talks restart
UN congratulates Colombia over peace talks restart
Dec 5, 2014 posted by Piotr Wojciak
The United Nations mission in Colombia on Thursday praised the government and the FARC guerrilla for their decision to resume the peace talks in Havana next week.
In a statement, the UN encouraged both sides to move forward with greater determination to successfully conclude the negotiations after overcoming the crisis in recent days.
“We salute the decision of the parties involved to prioritize the search for an agreement to relive the conflict. Such measures are urgent at this point in the process, both in alleviating the great suffering the war causes in Colombia every day and in generating more public confidence in the peace talks,” reads the statement published by the organization on Thursday.
In the statement, the intergovernmental organization also informed that during the next round of negotiations, the fifth an the last victims’ delegation will pay a visit to Havana. It will be the first delegation made of women’s organizations.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/un-congratulates-colombia-peace-talks-restart/
