The report, corresponding to the analysis of the progress of the implementation of the 2016 Final Peace Agreement carried out by the UN Verification Mission in the New Grenadine nation, covers the period between March 27 and June 26.

According to the text, “the transition to a new government is taking place at a critical moment for the peace process,” while indicating that its special representative in the South American country, Miroslav Jenča, will work with the new authorities to understand their priorities and to offer the Mission’s expertise and capabilities.

Guterres emphasized that a more complete implementation of the Final Peace Agreement’s provisions on reintegration, security guarantees and rural reform is vital in the current context.

“The areas where violence is most acute are precisely those in which implementation has been insufficient. Security policies and peace initiatives can harmoniously reinforce each other,’ he remarked.

He also stressed that it is essential to strengthen support for this process by providing security guarantees and sustainable socioeconomic opportunities, so that the more than 11,000 ex-combatants who have already been in this transition for a decade, can fully assume their role as citizens.

Regarding the Comprehensive Rural Reform, he noted the progress in formalization and land delivery, as well as a significant reduction of multidimensional rural poverty that fell from 38.66 percent in 2018 to 22.4 percent in 2025.

Guterres also expressed concern that since the signing of the peace agreement, 493 ex-combatants have been killed, including 12 women, 64 indigenous and 59 Afro-Colombians.

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