Posts tagged with "Elizabeth Spehar"

'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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