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Statement by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu

Bogotá, 27 April 2020.  On 23 March, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for a global ceasefire and to put the armed conflict on lockdown to focus attention on the Covid-19 pandemic. In Colombia, the National Liberation Army (ELN) responded to that call and declared a unilateral active ceasefire for one month starting 1 April.

A few days before the end of the ELN's declared ceasefire, various voices, including the Conflict Analysis...