Colombia’s new government told the United Nations on Monday that over 132,000 people have been killed and armed group membership has increased from 6,000 to almost 30,000 in the decade since the country signed a highly touted peace agreement with its largest rebel group.
Addressing the Security Council for the first time, Foreign Minister Omar Bula said “the ideological and international promotion of the peace agreement as an exemplary event worthy of emulation is not borne out by the figures” — and said lasting peace remains elusive and a challenge for conservative President Abelardo de la Espriella, who was inaugurated in August.
The government's figures could not be independently verified.
