Abstract: The chapter describes and analyses the protagonism the United Nations have had in efforts to contain the armed conflicts in Colombia. The United Nations institutions and specific envoys are positioned in a complex context that incorporated several other international protagonists. That UN protagonism is seen to have been minimal at best, of little positive effect in general, and some activities by United Nations representatives appear to have undermined the making of an international support structure to observe and verify demobilisation of illegal self-defense groups.
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