UN Human Rights Council approves resolution to support peace process – 2024-07-11 13:02:49

The resolution approved on Thursday also calls on the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to ensure that the Office of the Turkish High Commissioner is provided with the necessary resources to cooperate technically with Colombia in the implementation of the Peace Agreementafter that office acknowledged budgetary difficulties in doing so.

The resolution recognizes the importance of implementing the recommendations of United Nations experts and bodies“to put an end to threats and attacks against human rights defenders, social leaders, ex-combatants and political opponents,” after more than 200 homicides of these types of civil society actors have been reported in the last year and a half.

It also expresses concern “at the persistence of the recruitment and use of children by non-State armed groups and organized crime.”

Commenting on the text of the resolution, the Colombian ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Gustavo Gallón, stressed its importance at a time when the population of his country “We are tired of the conflict and violence that for 60 years has denied everyone, especially the most vulnerable, the enjoyment of human rights.”.

“But we will never tire of seeking the effective realization of these human rights and peace,” said the ambassador, who is also a renowned jurist in the field of fundamental freedoms.