Security Council members want clear reference to basis for Cyprus solution
All members of the UN Security Council asked Britain for a clear reference to the basis for a Cyprus solution during discussions on Tuesday on...
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Three days and three drafts, Security Council approves Varosha statement (Update 2)
The UN Security Council on Friday condemned plans announced by Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots to reopen part of the fenced-off town of Varosha and...
Security Council haggles over final Varosha draft (Updated)
Haggling continued through Thursday night over a UN Security Council statement over Turkey’s latest pronouncements on Varosha, with the body apparently unable to agree a...
Guterres says ‘deeply concerned’ about Varosha move (Updated)
All members of the UN Security Council expressed strong concern over developments on Varosha on Wednesday, after the Secretary General’s special representative in Cyprus briefed...
Foreign ministry, negotiator welcome reviewal of Unficyp mandate
The foreign ministry has welcomed the unanimous renewal by the UN Security Council of the mandate for the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until July...
UN Security Council expected to renew Unficyp mandate
The UN Security Council is expected to unanimously adopt a resolution renewing Unficyp’s mandate for another six months, until July 31, during a procedure expected...
UN Security Council to hold deliberations on Varosha
The UN Security Council will hold deliberations on Friday afternoon, during a closed session, to review a request filed by Cyprus to address the opening...
Turkish Cypriots call Unficyp resolution ‘unfair’
The Turkish Cypriot said on Tuesday the UN security council resolution to renew Unficyp’s mandate was unfair as it allows the Greek Cypriot side to...
Unficyp raft resolution adopted by UN Security Council with minor changes (updated)
The UN Security Council unanimously renewed the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) mandate for another six months on Tuesday, without any objections and with...
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...
Our View: Unficyp mandate shows change coming for status quo
How many times over the last 45 years has a Cyprus government expressed fears that the wording of a draft resolution of the UN Security...
Spehar to brief UN Security Council
Special representative of the UN Secretary general in Cyprus Elisabeth Spehar will later on Monday brief the UN Security Council about Unficyp activities before they...
Guterres recommends extension of Unficyp mandate (Updated)
By Apostolis Zoupaniotis UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended the extension of the UN peace-keeping force’s mandate for six more months, until July 31 2020,...
Turkey says UNSC oversteps mandate in discussing Varosha
The UN Security Council’s decision to discuss the matter of Varosha in light of the state Turkish Cypriot intent to open it for settlement was...
Cyprus resorts to UN Security Council over Varosha
The UN Security Council is expected to plan within the next few days a discussion concerning the recourse of Cyprus in relation to Turkish threats...
Government to resort to Security Council over Varosha (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades has informed the representatives of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the government’s intention to resort to the UN...
Morphou residents call on security council members to find solution
A delegation of the Morphou municipality and residents from the town on Friday handed over a resolution to the five embassies of the permanent members...
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....
Cyprus welcomes Unficyp renewal, accuses Ankara of trying to create confusion
The absence of a solution to the Cyprus problem was on Turkey, which is obstructing the process because it has other plans, the government...
Discussions on Unficyp mandate renewal underway
Discussions for the renewal of the Unficyp mandate have started with the UN Security Council’s five permanent members, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday....