The United Nations is reducing its mission in Colombia under pressure from the United States
The UN Security Council on Friday agreed to reduce the UN mission in Colombia under pressure from the United States, which denounced the policies of President Gustavo Petro.
Twelve members voted in favor of a resolution extending the mission to support the peace agreement in Colombia, but with reduced measures to protect ethnic minorities there, while the United States and Russia abstained.
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, praised the resolution, despite not voting for it.
Waltz said, “The United States still has significant reservations about the peace process in Colombia, including the deteriorating security situation and the risk of terrorists and drug traffickers escaping punishment”.
The United Nations Mission in Colombia was established following the truce between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels and the government of then-President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos, with the aim of overseeing the implementation of the peace agreement between them.
Earlier on Friday, the United Nations called on Washington to halt its attacks in the Caribbean, where at least 62 people have been killed in attacks on boats that Washington claims are used for drug smuggling.
Petro wrote on X, “The UN is repeating what I said: “the attacks in the Caribbean violate international humanitarian law”.
