UN secretary-general’s report

Guterres highlights extensive list of tensions in good offices report (Updated)

Evie AndreouJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020

By Evie AndreouJuly 16, 2020July 16, 20200767

UN Secretary-General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres said that though he continues to hope that a comprehensive settlement in Cyprus is possible, the Covid-19 pandemic has added...

An agonising attempt to break the deadlock

Christos PanayiotidesApril 21, 2019April 21, 2019

By Christos PanayiotidesApril 21, 2019April 21, 20190230

By Christos P. Panayiotides THE Security Council, in its resolution 2453 (2019), requested the UN Secretary-General to submit a report by 15 April on the...

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Russia weighs in on Unficyp’s role after offering five soldiers

Jean ChristouApril 17, 2019

By Jean ChristouApril 17, 20190197

Russia said on Wednesday it was opposed to linking the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) mandate to the progress of the negotiations on...

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Opposition questions government’s positive spin on UN report

Jean ChristouApril 17, 2019April 17, 2019

By Jean ChristouApril 17, 2019April 17, 20190221

While ruling Disy accepted the government’s positive spin on the UN secretary-general’s report, and the rejectionist parties trotted out their standard negative rhetoric, main...

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Government confirms Lute’s ‘new idea’ for talks (Updated)

Evie AndreouApril 15, 2019April 15, 2019

By Evie AndreouApril 15, 2019April 15, 20190234

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ report on his Good Offices mission in Cyprus is to be submitted to the UN Security Council mid-week instead of...

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Akinci lashes out at ‘aggressive’ Anastasiades

Jean ChristouApril 10, 2019April 11, 2019

By Jean ChristouApril 10, 2019April 11, 201901413

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Wednesday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of making aggressive and confrontational statements during a “delicate period” in the Cyprus...

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UN’s Lute to visit leaders next week

Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 24, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyOctober 24, 20180187

The UN secretary-general’s envoy, Jane Holl Lute, is to meet with the island’s two leaders on October 31, it was announced on Wednesday. A UN...

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Prospects of talks ‘remain alive’ – Guterres report (Update 4)

Evie AndreouOctober 15, 2018October 16, 2018

By Evie AndreouOctober 15, 2018October 16, 201801257

Prospects for a comprehensive settlement between the communities on the island remain alive, as all Cypriots deserve a common future, UN secretary-general said in his...

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Government satisfied with security-general’s report (Updated)

Source: Cyprus News AgencyJune 16, 2018June 16, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyJune 16, 2018June 16, 201841 124

President Nicos Anastasiades had not set preconditions for the resumption of talks as certain people had suggested, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Saturday, a...

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Turkey says UN report does not reflect reality

Andria KadesOctober 11, 2017

By Andria KadesOctober 11, 2017118 160

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ report on Cyprus does not accurately reflect the facts of what happened in Crans-Montana and has therefore fallen short of Turkey’s...

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Malas: president threw talks opportunity ‘into the trash’

Jean ChristouOctober 11, 2017October 11, 2017

By Jean ChristouOctober 11, 2017October 11, 201738 163

Akel-backed presidential candidate Stavros Malas on Wednesday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of failing to seize the opportunity for a solution in Crans-Montana, where crucial...

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We’ve not been blamed for collapse of talks, says government

FORMER STAFFOctober 2, 2017October 2, 2017

By FORMER STAFFOctober 2, 2017October 2, 201727 138

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres’ reference to the guarantee system being unsustainable in his latest report on Cyprus was particularly important, government spokesman Nicos...

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National Council avoids focus on UN report on Cyprus

FORMER STAFFOctober 2, 2017

By FORMER STAFFOctober 2, 20177 195

A National Council session in which President Nicos Anastasiades shared documents and briefed party leaders on the latest developments regarding the Cyprus problem, left opposition...