Bicommunal Youth Champions discuss environment
UN Permanent representative Elizabeth Spehar and US ambassador Judith Garber on Wednesday brought together ‘Youth Champions’ from both sides to learn about environmental leadership. The...
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Citizens must pitch in for Cyprus settlement, Spehar says
We expect great things from Cyprus leaders but they need help, and citizens must get engaged and contribute to efforts for a sustainable solution to...
Australian politician most likely to succeed outgoing Elizabeth Spehar
An Australian female politician seems to be the most favoured choice for the succession of the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and head of the...
Anastasiades critical of UK and Spehar over their stance on Turkey at UN
President Nicos Anastasiades has left open the possibility of either vetoing the EU’s positive agenda towards Turkey or pushing for the adoption of new sanctions...
Spehar to meet leaders separately on Wednesday
The UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar will hold separate meetings with President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on...
Anastasiades to meet Tatar next week
President Nicos Anastasiades and newly elected Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will meet for the first time on November 3, the UN spokesman in Cyprus...
Spehar briefs Security Council on Unficyp
The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, briefed the UN Security Council members on Monday night on the UN Peacekeeping Force in...
President meets Spehar (updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades met with UN Secretary-General special representative Elizabeth Spehar on Wednesday, ahead of the discussion on Unficyp’s mandate renewal. The meeting began at...
UN special representative to begin separate contacts with leaders
UN special representative Elizabeth Spehar is expected to begin talks with both leaders in July, it emerged on Friday, ahead of the UN secretary general’s report...
UN official ‘mishandled’ crossing point dispute
Government takes Elizabeth Spehar to task over lack of objectivity By Kyriacos Iacovides ELIZABETH Spehar, the UN special representative, mishandled the issue of the crossing...
Spehar stresses need for the leaders to conclude terms of reference
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Elizabeth Spehar has stressed the need for the two Cypriot leaders to redouble their efforts to conclude the terms of...
Spehar hopes leaders will meet soon
UN Special Representative and Unficyp Chief of Mission Elizabeth Spehar hopes the two leaders meet soon after they both expressed a willingness to do so....
Undersecretary-General for peace operations to visit
The UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is due in Cyprus next week, in the framework of his regular contacts with peacekeeping missions. The...
Spehar reiterates commitment to UN resolutions on Famagusta
Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Cyprus and Head of Unficyp Elizabeth Spehar on Friday met a delegation of the Famagusta municipality, headed by...
CBMs progressing, Akinci says, but presses gas issue
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar said she shared a “substantive discussion” with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday. Ahead of...
Anastasiades tells Spehar Unficyp’s presence necessary in view of Turkish provocations
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday stressed to UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar the need for Unficyp to remain especially as Turkish...
President to meet with UN representative in Cyprus on Friday
President Nicos Anastasiades will receive on Friday morning the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar. In statements to CNA, UN spokesperson in...
UN and Dherynia mayor discuss ways to exploit potential of buffer zone
Ways to exploit the potential of the buffer zone in the Dherynia area were examined during a meeting of its mayor and the UN Special...
UNSG’s report on Unficyp to be handed over to SC Thursday or Friday
The UN Secretary-General`s report on the UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) is expected to be handed over to the UN Security Council members on...
Unficyp chief to meet leaders before UN Security Council vote
Head of Unficyp Elizabeth Spehar is to meet the two leaders this week before her trip to New York where she is to brief the...
