Colombian Government Begins A Six-Month Cease-Fire With National Liberation Army 'ELN'

Colombian Government Begins A Six-Month Cease-Fire With National Liberation Army 'ELN'

(Left to Right) Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary-General, Monsignor Hector Henao, and National Liberation Army leader Israel Ramirez, alias 'Pablo Beltran' during a ceremony to begin a six-month cease-fire as part of a process to begin a permanent peace between the ELN and the government in Bogota, Colombia on August 3, 2023. Photo by: Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-COLOMBIA-MEETING

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-COLOMBIA-MEETING

(220714) -- UNITED NATIONS, July 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Carlos Ruiz Massieu (Front), the UN secretary-general's special representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, speaks at a UN Security Council meeting on Colombia at the UN headquarters in New York, on July 14, 2022. The top UN envoy for Colombia on Thursday hailed the encouraging political developments in Colombia and warned against persistent violence as an obstacle to the consolidation of peace in the country. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-COLOMBIA

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-COLOMBIA

(220412) -- UNITED NATIONS, April 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows a view of a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Colombia, at the UN headquarters in New York. The top UN envoy for Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, on Tuesday hailed peace dividends in Colombia and warned against violence as a major threat to the peace process in the country. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-COLOMBIA

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-MEETING-COLOMBIA

(220412) -- UNITED NATIONS, April 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Carlos Ruiz Massieu (Front), the UN secretary-general's special representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, speaks at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Colombia, at the UN headquarters in New York, on April 12, 2022. The top UN envoy for Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, on Tuesday hailed peace dividends in Colombia and warned against violence as a major threat to the peace process in the country. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-COLOMBIA

UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-COLOMBIA

(220121) -- UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Carlos Ruiz Massieu, UN secretary-general's special representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, briefs the UN Security Council on the situation in Colombia, at the UN headquarters in New York on Jan. 20, 2022. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)