Thirty-seventh Report of the Secretary General to the Permanent Council on the Mission of the Organization of American States to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS)

Excerpt:  “Report 37 highlights some of the achievements of peace initiatives and processes during the first half of 2024, such as the signing of immediate implementation agreements with territorial impact at the peace dialogue tables and the renewal of the ‘Total Peace’ policy approach, resuming the possibility of advancing peace initiatives with all armed groups. … In addition, the Report reports on the continuity and emergence of scenarios of territorial dispute between armed groups, the fragmentation within their structures and the intensification of the armed conflict in some regions of the country, directly affecting the life, freedom, integrity, security and property of the civilian population. Actions by armed groups such as forced recruitment, use, exploitation and sexual violence against minors persisted; the contamination of territories with improvised explosive devices; the obstruction of the development of institutional work; the imposition of restrictions on communities in terms of citizen coexistence, mobility and the autonomous exercise of political rights, especially against civil authorities, leaders and social and ethnic organizations.”