United Nations S/2017/776

Security Council Provisional

13 September 2017

Original: English

16002 (E)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

draft resolution

The Security Council,

Welcoming the major accomplishments achieved, with the support of the
United Nations Mission in Colombia, in the laying down of arms process, as called
for in the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and
Lasting Peace (the Final Agreement) (S/2017/272) between the Government of
Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC -EP), signed in
Bogot, Colombia, on 24 November 2016, and adopted by the Colombian Congress
on 30 November 2016,
Recalling resolution 2366 (2017) which established a second political mission
in Colombia (the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia) to verify
implementation by the Government of Colombia and FARC-EP of sections 3.2 and
3.4 of the Final Agreement as called for in section 6.3.3 of the Final Agreement,
Welcoming the announcement by the Government of Colombia and the
National Liberation Army (ELN) of 4 September 2017 that they will enter in to a
temporary bilateral ceasefire from 1 October until 12 January 2018,
Having considered the Secretary-Generals report of 30 August 2017 to the
Security Council (S/2017/745),
1. Welcomes the Secretary-Generals report S/2017/745 and approves the
recommendations therein regarding the size, operational aspects and mandate of the
United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.

17-16002 (E)