Security Council Resolution 2261 (2016) [on Establishment of a Political Mission in Colombia Tasked with Monitoring, Verifying Ceasefire and Cessation of Hostilities Between Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (Farc-Ep) for a Period of 12 Months]

S/RES/2261 (2016)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 302 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), published in 2016.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2016–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	S/2017/539	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Colombia	S/RES/2261 (2016)
2017	S/2017/252	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Colombia	S/RES/2261 (2016)
2016	S/2016/729	Report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the United Nations Mission in Colombia	S/RES/2261 (2016)

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Ceasefires Colombia Internal Security Special Missions Truce Supervision

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Decides to establish a political mission to participate for a period of 12 months, as the international component and coordinator of the above-mentioned tripartite mechanism (the Mission), headed by a special representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations;

Decides further that the Mission will be a political mission of unarmed international observers, responsible for the monitoring and verification of the laying down of arms, and a part of the tripartite mechanism that will monitor and verify the definitive bilateral ceasefire and cessation of hostilities, consistent with the Joint Communiqué, beginning all monitoring and verification activities, which will commence the 12 month period, following the signing of the Final Peace Agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP;

Requests the Secretary-General to initiate preparations now, including on the ground, and to present detailed recommendations to the Security Council for its consideration and approval regarding the size and operational aspects and mandate of the Mission, consistent with the Joint Communiqué, as soon as possible and then within 30 days of the signature of the ceasefire agreement by the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP, in light of its provisions;

Looks forward to the contributions of Member States of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to the Mission;

Further requests the Secretary-General, based on the reporting of the special representative to the Secretary-General, to report to the Security Council on the implementation of the Mission’s mandate every 90 days after the start of its monitoring and verification activities and on completion of the Mission;

Expresses its willingness to consider extending the Mission upon the joint request of the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP.

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