US to veto UN’s Guterres’ demand for ceasefire at Security Council
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a rare move to formally warn the Security Council of a global threat from the Gaza war as Arab states seek to use this ...
Christodoulides meets Guterres in Dubai
President Nikos Christodoulides met the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the COP28 Summit, taking place in Dubai.
According to government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the two discussed the ...
UN chief rejects Israel accusations he justified Hamas attacks (Update 2)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected accusations by Israel that, in a statement to the Security Council, he had justified attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on ...
Tatar says no to joint meeting, UN envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received two refusals from the Turkish Cypriot side and one ‘yes’ and one ‘no’ from Turkey to two proposals related to a joint meeting with the ...
President requests meeting with Tatar to resume talks
President Nikos Christodoulides in a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, requested that a meeting be arranged with the Turkish Cypriot leader and also the appointment of a ...
Unficyp ‘determined’ to prevent construction in buffer zone (update 3)
Unficyp is “ready to take action if necessary to prevent the resumption of any unauthorised construction work in the buffer zone”, its spokesman said on Saturday.
It will “block or ...
High ranking UN official to visit
A high-ranking UN official is expected to visit Cyprus in late August to hold meetings with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, the Cyprus News Agency reported ...
Guterres meets with Unficyp head
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he fully supports the efforts of the Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Colin Stewart who is expected to brief the UN ...
President urges UN chief to appoint special envoy to Cyprus
President Nikos Christodoulides has urged the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to heed the call of the Security Council and appoint a UN envoy to facilitate the resumption of the ...
FM: The aim of meeting Guterres is to create the conditions for negotiations
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, has said that the aim of the meeting he will have with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on July 11, in New York, is to create ...
UNSG urges for ‘things to be different’ this time
Important step forward would be agreement on a UN envoy
The leaders of the two sides should promote more contact and cooperation as well as the opening of more crossing ...
Tatar speaks with UNSG about EU’s involvement in Cyprus problem
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday that EU interference in the Cyprus problem “cannot be accepted” and negotiations can only start after ...
Christodoulides and Guterres discuss resumption of Cyprob talks
President Nikos Christodoulides and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke on the phone on Thursday, exchanging views on the next steps regarding efforts to resume Cyprus peace talks.
According to a ...
UN chief says social media, advertisers ‘complicit’ in fueling hate
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday accused social media platforms and those who advertise on them of being “complicit” in accelerating extremism like antisemitism, racism, anti-Muslim bigotry, xenophobia, homophobia and ...
UN Security Council to adopt resolution on UNFICYP mandate end of January, MFA says
The United Nations Security Council is expected at the end of January to adopt a resolution extending the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for another six months, ...
‘Prospects for Cyprus settlement continue to fade’ Unficyp report details
Unficyp deals with an average of 10 incidents per day in and around the buffer zone, engaging with both sides to ensure there is no escalation, UN general secretary Antonio Guterres ...
UN chief to recommend renewal of Unficyp mandate
The United Nations Security Council is to meet on January 30 to renew Unficyp’s mandate, according to the presidency of the council.
The announcement comes within the context of the ...
UN Secretary General remains committed to restarting Cyprus talks (Updated)
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will remain committed to being involved in the process of finding common ground to restart Cyprus talks, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and ...
U.N. chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into Black Sea grain deal
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia’...
Tatar says ‘no common ground, no federation, no going back’ (Updated)
A new formal process on the Cyprus issue can only take place on the basis of equal sovereignty, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during their ...
Guterres will send deputy to scope out prospects for talks
United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on Friday agreed to send a deputy to Cyprus on a fact-finding mission to help with ongoing efforts to jump-start stagnant talks for a ...
Anastasiades to meet Guterres on September 23
President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 23 on the sidelines of the 77th UN general assembly in New York, the presidential palace announced on Saturday.
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Guterres says UN working with U.S. and EU to get Russian food to markets
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday the United Nations is working with the United States and European Union to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilisers reaching world ...
UN chief censures Cyprus over treatment of asylum seekers
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres recommends renewal of Unficyp’s mandate for another six months, as he censured the government over its treatment of asylum seekers, emphasising the importance of ...