Posts tagged with "Elizabeth Spehar"

UNSG's report on Unficyp to be handed over to SC Thursday or Friday Cyprus

UNSG's report on Unficyp to be handed over to SC Thursday or Friday

January 10th, 2019 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 Thursday or Friday at the latest. The report will also be posted on the UN website. According to the revised provisional programme of the work of the Security Council for January,...
Unficyp chief to meet leaders before UN Security Council vote Cyprus

Unficyp chief to meet leaders before UN Security Council vote

January 8th, 2019 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 UN Security Council on the peacekeeping force ahead of a vote for the renewal of its mandate for another six months. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Spehar will meet President Nicos Anastasiades on...
Spehar to hold contacts in US ahead of Unficyp consultations Cyprus Talks

Spehar to hold contacts in US ahead of Unficyp consultations

January 3rd, 2019 The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp, Elizabeth Spehar, will hold contacts in New York and Washington in mid-January, ahead of consultations at the United Nations Security Council on the renewal of Unficyp mandate. According to the...
Parties need to discuss constructively with Lute says Spehar Cyprus Talks

Parties need to discuss constructively with Lute says Spehar

December 11th, 2018 All parties involved in the Cyprus talks need to discuss with UN envoy Jane Holl Lute in a constructive manner, UN Special Representative and Unficyp head Elizabeth Spehar said at the UN’s end of the year party held at Ledra Palace on Tuesday night. She added that all the parties need to be frank with Lute – who is set to arrive...
Still hope for Cyprus problem says Spehar Cyprus Talks

Still hope for Cyprus problem says Spehar

November 2nd, 2018 There is still hope for the Cyprus problem but that is not enough, UN special representative and head of mission Elizabeth Spehar said on Friday. Addressing the 14th Economist conference in Nicosia, Spehar said the period since the talks collapsed in the summer of 2017 has been characterised by a deepened mistrust and a tendency to...
Leaders agree to open two crossing points next month (update 4) Cyprus Talks

Leaders agree to open two crossing points next month (update 4)

October 26th, 2018 The leaders of the island’s divided communities agreed on Friday to open two new crossings next month, it was announced following a meeting in Nicosia. President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci agreed to open the crossings at Dherynia and Lefka on November 12, according to a joint statement. The two...
Spehar in New York this week to meet with UN officials Cyprus

Spehar in New York this week to meet with UN officials

October 1st, 2018 UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and Deputy Special Adviser on the Cyprus issue Elizabeth Spehar will be meeting with senior UN officials in New York this week, UN peace keeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Spokesperson Aleem Siddique has told CNA. “The Special Representative and Deputy Special Adviser will...
‘New failure in Cyprus talks would change basis of dialogue’ Cyprus Talks

‘New failure in Cyprus talks would change basis of dialogue’

September 18th, 2018 A failure in a new round of Cyprus negotiations would completely change the basis of a dialogue, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday during an interview with the Cyprus News Agency. He added that the change would not be because of the Greek Cypriot side’s wish for that to happen, but because the parties involved in the...
Spehar to brief UN Security Council on Cyprus Cyprus Talks

Spehar to brief UN Security Council on Cyprus

July 17th, 2018 UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar is on Tuesday set to brief, during unofficial consultations, Security Council members on recent developments in the Cyprus problem, in the light of two recent reports by Antonio Guterres on his good offices mission and Unficyp. Spehar is also expected to refer to...
Spehar holds separate meetings with leaders Cyprus

Spehar holds separate meetings with leaders

July 6th, 2018 UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar will hold today Friday separate meetings with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. The renewal of UNFICYP’s mandate and Jane Hall Lute’s forthcoming visit after the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres asked her...
UN official ‘touches base’ with parties over Cyprus talks Cyprus Talks

UN official ‘touches base’ with parties over Cyprus talks

June 20th, 2018   UN Special Representative and head of Unficyp, Elizabeth Spehar is carrying out a round of contacts with political parties on the island to “touch base”, she said on Wednesday. Spehar was speaking after meeting Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos in Nicosia. She said she was meeting with the parties to “see how they see...
'Frank exchange of views' at leaders' meeting (Update 3) Cyprus Talks

'Frank exchange of views' at leaders' meeting (Update 3)

April 16th, 2018 The leaders of the two communities, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, held a frank and open exchange of views the UN said on Monday after the two men met for dinner for the first time since talks collapsed in Switzerland last July. The aim of the meeting – hosted by UN Secretary-General’s...
Leaders’ dinner date proves elusive Cyprus Talks

Leaders’ dinner date proves elusive

March 21st, 2018 A date for a social dinner between the two Cypriot leaders was still proving elusive on Wednesday following the latest UN meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. UN Secretary-General’s deputy special advisor in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar met Akinci in the morning, a day after meeting President Nicos Anastasiades in a new...
UNSG waiting to hear from both sides Cyprus

UNSG waiting to hear from both sides

January 18th, 2018 The UN Secretary General remains committed to the two sides in Cyprus if they jointly come back to the UN and ask for support in a renewed process with the prerequisite political will, his Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar said after briefing the Security Council on the renewal of Unficyp’s mandate. Spehar said they...
Religious leaders committed to dialogue, dismayed at state of churches Cyprus

Religious leaders committed to dialogue, dismayed at state of churches

November 17th, 2017 The religious leaders of Cyprus have affirmed their commitment to dialogue and cooperation, during a High-Level meeting of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP) that coincided with the 22nd Anniversary of the International Day of Tolerance. They also visited historic churches within the Nicosia buffer zone that are at...
UN special representative to meet with leaders Cyprus Talks

UN special representative to meet with leaders

September 14th, 2017 Elizabeth Spehar, the UN secretary-general’s special representative in Cyprus, will on Friday be holding separate meetings with President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Spehar will first see Anastasiades at the presidential palace at 10am, after which she will cross to the north to meet Akinci. On...
Crans-Montana’s unsung heroes Opinion

Crans-Montana’s unsung heroes

July 23rd, 2017 By Spyros Hadjigregoriou Crans-Montana's unsung heroes are none other than UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide and UN Special Representative Elizabeth Spehar, who objectively and without passion and bias tried to keep the dialogue alive at all costs until President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish...
Spehar hopeful leaders' determination will lead to success in Geneva  featured

Spehar hopeful leaders' determination will lead to success in Geneva 

December 17th, 2016 Special Representative of UN Secretary General in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar has expressed the hope that the leaders’ determination to achieve their shared goal of a comprehensive settlement, will lead to a successful outcome in Geneva. Speaking  during a Global Open Day Event on Women, Peace and Security in Cyprus at the Ledra...
Women need more say in Cyprob talks, says Unficyp chief featured

Women need more say in Cyprob talks, says Unficyp chief

November 4th, 2016 THE Head of the UN peace-keeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Elizabeth Spehar said she is quite hopeful about what may transpire during next week’s meetings between the leaders of the island’s two communities, who will meet in the Swiss resort of Mont Pelerin for intensive talks concentrating on territory. “If it goes reasonably...
Spehar says Cyprus is a beacon of hope Cyprus

Spehar says Cyprus is a beacon of hope

October 29th, 2016 Cyprus is a beacon of hope for those in conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus and UNFICYP Head of Mission Elizabeth Spehar has said on the occasion of the 71st United Nations Day. In her speech at a reception at the Ledra Palace hotel in Nicosia's UN-controlled buffer zone, the Special Representative...
UNSC to adopt resolution renewing UNFICYP madate Cyprus

UNSC to adopt resolution renewing UNFICYP madate

July 26th, 2016 The UN Security Council will hold an open meeting later Tuesday to adopt a resolution renewing the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mandate for six more months. The resolution is expected to be adopted unanimously. UN Secretary General`s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, the UNSG`s Special Representative in Cyprus,...
New UN representative Spehar meets Anastasiades Cyprus

New UN representative Spehar meets Anastasiades

June 15th, 2016 President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday received the new UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Spehar said she was pleased to be in Cyprus and it was an honour to have the UNSG appoint her as his Special Representative to head UNFICYP “and also as a...
Spehar takes up Cyprus UN role featured

Spehar takes up Cyprus UN role

June 13th, 2016 The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Elizabeth Spehar, has arrived in Cyprus to formally assume her duties, the UN said on Monday. Spehar will also act as the Deputy to the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus. She succeeds Lisa...
Spehar officially appointed as Special Representative Cyprus

Spehar officially appointed as Special Representative

March 30th, 2016 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Wednesday the appointment of Elizabeth Spehar of Canada as his new Special Representative and head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Spehar will also perform the function of Deputy to the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus. She will...
Elizabeth Spehar for top UN Cyprus post   Cyprus

Elizabeth Spehar for top UN Cyprus post  

February 17th, 2016 Elizabeth Spehar will replace Lisa Buttenheim as the UN Secretary-General`s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Spehar, director of the Policy and Mediation Division at the UN headquarters, is expected to undertake her new duties in mid March as Butteinheim will be named deputy...
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