Ban urges leaders to make the most of the moment (Update 4)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the two leaders in Cyprus to “make the most of the moment” as he joined them for...
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Our View: After all the hyperbole, now it really is make or break
The hyperbole featured in reports about the Cyprus problem was often a source of amusement in the past. But there is no exaggeration in saying...
UNSG looks forward to offering personal support to the leaders in Switzerland
The UN Secretary-General is looking forward to offering his personal support to the two leaders work as they enter into this crucial phase of the...
UNSG Ban to open Swiss talks
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will open the intensive week of negotiations between the leaders of Cyprus’ divided communities in Switzerland on November 7, it was...
United Nations appoints Portugal’s Guterres as next U.N. chief
By Michelle Nichols The 193-member United Nations General Assembly unanimously appointed former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres on Thursday as the ninth secretary-general of the...
Portugal’s Guterres poised to be next UN chief
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to be the ninth United Nations Secretary-General and is expected to be formally recommended to the 193-member...
Leaders offer different takes on UN secretary-general meeting (Updated)
As the dust settled on Monday following the meeting of the two leaders with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York on Sunday, his envoy...
Ban says period head ‘crucial’ for Cyprus, Anastasiades tweets ‘completely satisfied’ (Update 2: adds more quotes)
The period ahead will be a crucial one for Cyprus, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday after a meeting with the island’s two leaders....
Anastasides: when there is a will, there is a way, and the time to reach a solution this year
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday that when there was the will, there was a way and the time to find a negotiated settlement by...
Anastasiades begins New York contacts
President Nicos Anastasiades, who arrived on Saturday night in New York, will brief the UN secretary-general, the five Permanent members of the UN Security Council...
UN chief calls Netanyahu’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ video ‘outrageous’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “ethnic cleansing” video as an “unacceptable and outrageous” portrayal of people who oppose...
Ban hopes for Cyprus deal by the time he leaves office
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hopes a Cyprus deal will be reached before the end of his term in office this year. According to...
‘Further progress’ made in leaders’ meeting (updated)
Further progress has been achieved on the chapter concerning governance, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday following his seventh meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa...
Duterte says he told Obama he never insulted him, thinks UN’s Ban a fool
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Barack Obama he never called him a “son of a bitch”, he said on Friday, but he maintained a defiant...
Bicommunal meeting with Ban Ki-moon may take place on September 26 (updated)
If it goes ahead, a meeting between the leaders of the island’s divided communities and UN chief Ban Ki-moon would take place on September 26,...
Akinci says New York best opportunity for five-party conference
The ultimate objective in New York next month is to have a five-party meeting with the guarantor powers Greece, Turkey and Britain, Turkish Cypriot leader...
UNSG: Clear progress on a wide range of issues in negotiations but much work remains ahead
By CNA correspondent Apostolis Zoupaniotis UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that over the course of a year of talks for a comprehensive solution...
Anastasiades: undermining the Republic hardly a ‘missed opportunity’
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday issued a note of caution to “those who advise” the UN Secretary General when it comes to the information he...
Opposition parties accused Ban of interfering in internal affairs
Opposition parties on Saturday were angered by the latest report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Cyprus, particularly the segment where he said the...
Ban calls on leaders to step up their game (Updated)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on the leaders to step up their game on confidence building measures (CBM), demining, collaboration, and preparing their...