Posts tagged with "UN"

‘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...
Kotzias says proper preparation for new talks ‘imperative’ Cyprus Talks

Kotzias says proper preparation for new talks ‘imperative’

September 14th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Proper preparation is imperative before the launch of a new round of settlement talks in order to have a positive outcome, but the Turkish side must also be responsive, Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias said on Friday. Kotzias was in Cyprus to sign a deal on behalf of Greece with the Bishop of Kykkos concerning...
Lute’s consultations will judge whether settlement is desired, FM says Cyprus Talks

Lute’s consultations will judge whether settlement is desired, FM says

September 2nd, 2018 The consultations carried out by Jane Holl Lute, the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on Cyprus, will determine whether all interested parties desire a settlement to the Cyprus problem, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides has said. Speaking to reporters after attending a commemoration ceremony in Paphos, Christodoulides said the...
It’s not easy but it is doable Opinion

It’s not easy but it is doable

September 2nd, 2018 Referring to my article that was published last Sunday, a friend sent me the following note: “I do not consider the goal of seeking the severance of the political cord connecting northern Cyprus with Turkey attainable.  It follows that a solution based on a bizonal, bicommunal federation cannot be a permanent and safe...
Lute to travel to Athens and London in early September Cyprus Talks

Lute to travel to Athens and London in early September

August 26th, 2018 Cyprus hopes that developments expected in the Autumn will pave the way for a resumption of talks from where they left off at Crans-Montana last year. Deputy Government Spokesperson Klelia Vassiliou said on Sunday the Greek Cypriot side hoped that the developments would shift Ankara`s stance especially as regards the security aspect...
Nicosia open to meeting with UN chief and Akinci in New York next month Cyprus Talks

Nicosia open to meeting with UN chief and Akinci in New York next month

August 5th, 2018 Nicosia appears open to the possibility of a joint meeting between UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinji after the UN General Assembly, if requested by the UN chief, CNA reported on Sunday. The UN General Assembly is held in New York each September. CNA cited a...
UN rights experts tell Bahrain to release jailed activists World

UN rights experts tell Bahrain to release jailed activists

July 26th, 2018 United Nations human rights experts called on Bahrain on Thursday to release detained activists, end restrictions on freedom of expression, and end discrimination against women. Bahrain, where a Sunni Muslim royal family rules over a Shi'ite-majority population, has cracked down on perceived threats since Arab Spring protests in...
Lute leaves the island after completing contacts (Updated) Cyprus Talks

Lute leaves the island after completing contacts (Updated)

July 24th, 2018 UN envoy Jane Holl Lute left Cyprus early on Tuesday for New York having completed her contacts on the island. In addition to President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci Lute did not have any other meetings, according to CNA sources. However, as expected, she did meet with the Special Representative of the...
Consultations between Britain and US on draft Unficyp resolution Cyprus Talks

Consultations between Britain and US on draft Unficyp resolution

July 18th, 2018 Britain and the US appear to be consulting over the content of a draft resolution for the renewal of Unficyp’s, the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus, mandate, since it has not yet been submitted to the other Security Council permanent members, according to a diplomatic source. The US has put forward a series of criteria concerning...
UN Security Council welcomes Lute’s arrival as consultant on Cyprus Cyprus

UN Security Council welcomes Lute’s arrival as consultant on Cyprus

July 17th, 2018 The UN Security Council welcomed on Tuesday the decision to appoint Jane Hol Lute as the UN secretary general’s consultant on the Cyprus problem. Following a meeting with the head of Unficyp Elizabeth Spehar, the security council’s spokesman Olaf Skug said that the council supports her efforts and those of Unficyp, and that the...
UN envoy will only meet the two leaders and report directly to Guterres Cyprus Talks

UN envoy will only meet the two leaders and report directly to Guterres

July 17th, 2018 UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Jane Holl Lute will only have meetings with the two leaders, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, during her forthcoming visit to the island, UN spokesman Aleem Siddique told CNA on Tuesday. The UN official is set to have separate meetings with Anastasiades and...
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...
Anastasiades calls on Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to change their mentality Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades calls on Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to change their mentality

July 15th, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday the reason for the continuation of the "unacceptable status quo" was not due only to the lack of political will from Turkey but also the Turkish Cypriot side. He called on both to change their mindset. Speaking to reporters after a church service in Nicosia to mark 44 years since the coup...
Akinci calls for a reassessment of Unficyp’s mandate (Update) Cyprus Talks

Akinci calls for a reassessment of Unficyp’s mandate (Update)

July 14th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has sent a letter to the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) calling for the reassessment of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus’ (Unficyp). The letter, dated July 2, is a response to the letter sent by President Nicos Anastasiades to the...
FM hopes Lute visit will kick off resumed talks Cyprus Talks

FM hopes Lute visit will kick off resumed talks

July 12th, 2018 By Evie Andreou Foreign Minister, Nicos Christodoulides expressed hope on Thursday that the visit later this month by UN envoy Jane Holl Lute would yield such results so as to allow the continuation of the settlement talks from where they left off last summer. In his statements to journalists at the presidential palace after the...
'Important weeks ahead' for Cyprus problem, UN says (Update 2) Cyprus

'Important weeks ahead' for Cyprus problem, UN says (Update 2)

July 6th, 2018 Important weeks lie ahead for the Cyprus problem as the two sides on the island prepare for the arrival of a UN envoy who will determine whether there are grounds for the resumption of reunification talks, UN Secretary General Special Representative Elizabeth Spehar said on Friday. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with President...
UN to present plan for Mediterranean migrant centres for EU Europe

UN to present plan for Mediterranean migrant centres for EU

June 26th, 2018 The United Nations agencies for migration and refugees will present the European Union with a plan for "regional disembarkation platforms" around the Mediterranean where the bloc could hold migrants and decide whether to admit them. The plan appears to have fairly broad support in an EU now bitterly split over immigration policy,...
Turkey should allow Cypriot sides to reach a settlement together Cyprus Talks

Turkey should allow Cypriot sides to reach a settlement together

June 21st, 2018 By Evie Andreou Turkey must allow Cypriots to negotiate and reach a settlement for themselves so they can live in peace and security, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. Speaking at the luncheon hosted by the Bulgarian ambassador in Nicosia, Hristo Georgiev, Anastasiades congratulated Bulgaria for a successful,...
U.S. quits U.N. human rights body, citing bias vs Israel World

U.S. quits U.N. human rights body, citing bias vs Israel

June 20th, 2018 The United States withdrew from a "hypocritical and self-serving" United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday over what it called chronic bias against Israel and a lack of reform, a move activists warned would make advancing human rights globally even more difficult. Standing with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State...
Anastasiades says UN did not put out feelers about envoy Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades says UN did not put out feelers about envoy

June 7th, 2018 PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday that the United Nations Secretariat did not put out feelers for sending an emissary to Nicosia specifically from June 9 to 12. He was responding to earlier reports, which citing a UN source said that the international organization had sounded out the two sides in Cyprus for sending Jane...
Lute’s visit still in limbo Cyprus Talks

Lute’s visit still in limbo

June 7th, 2018 There is nothing to report on the arrival of a UN envoy to probe the possibility of the recommencement of the talks, a government source said on Thursday. The statement followed reports that the United Nations Secretariat has approached both sides in Cyprus regarding Jane Holl Lute’s visit to Nicosia between July 9 and 12, as the...
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