{"id":7337,"date":"2016-10-13T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T20:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T17:07:22","slug":"un-ban-welcomes-announcement-of-talks-between-government-of-colombia-and-national-liberation-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7337","title":{"rendered":"UN: Ban welcomes announcement of talks between Government of Colombia and National Liberation Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; width: 46%;\">\n<p>FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION<\/p>\n<p>An article from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=55279#.V_9qjpMrLfY\">UN News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Welcoming the announcement that formal negotiations between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin later this month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today [October 12] expressed hope that the two sides will reach a sustainable peace agreement as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/eln-un.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/eln-un-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"eln-un\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/eln-un-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/eln-un.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\nSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during the signing ceremony of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia \u2013 People\u2019s Army (FARC-EP), in Cartagena. UN Photo\/Rick Bajornas<\/ul>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secretary-General welcomes the announcement that the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin formal negotiations [\u2026], following more than two years of exploratory conversations,\u201d Mr. Ban\u2019s spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a source of encouragement to the Colombian people and all those involved in supporting a peaceful and comprehensive end to conflict,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secretary-General hopes the Government and the ELN will work with determination to reach a sustainable peace agreement as soon as possible,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the talks to begin on 27 October, in Quito, Ecuador, comes after Colombian voters last week narrowly rejected the historic peace agreement signed by the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People\u2019s Army (FARC-EP), the largest rebel group in the South American country.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the outcome of the referendum, Mr. Ban has encouraged the Government and FARC-EP to stay the course for peace with a view to end Colombia\u2019s 50-year conflict.<\/p>\n<p>(Click <a href=\"http:\/\/spanish.cpnn-world.org\/?p=6413\">here for a Spanish version of this article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">Question related to this article:<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=6862\">What is happening in Colombia, Is peace possible?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION An article from the UN News Centre Welcoming the announcement that formal negotiations between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will begin later this month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today [October 12] expressed hope that the two sides will reach a sustainable peace agreement as soon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7337\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UN: Ban welcomes announcement of talks between Government of Colombia and National Liberation Army<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,77],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-7337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","category-latin-america","tag-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38546,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions\/38546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}