Posts tagged with "UN"

Czech PM wants to leave UN migration agreement Europe

Czech PM wants to leave UN migration agreement

November 1st, 2018 Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday he wanted to pull the Czech Republic out of a United Nations migration deal and would discuss this with his governing coalition partner, news website idnes.cz reported. He spoke a day after Austria said it would follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of the UN pact over...
Cyprob fatigue as leaders set to meet Cyprus Talks

Cyprob fatigue as leaders set to meet

October 21st, 2018 Apart from politicians and those journalists on the Cyprus-problem beat, does anyone care any more? Elias Hazou POLITICAL leaders may have expressed satisfaction or dissatisfaction over the UN Secretary-General’s report that prospects for reunification talks ‘remain alive’, but for many ordinary Cypriots, jaded by the endless...
Akinci wants to meet Anastasiades before his Ankara visit Cyprus Talks

Akinci wants to meet Anastasiades before his Ankara visit

October 18th, 2018 Turkish Cypriot leader, Mustafa Akinci, would like to meet President Nicos Anastasiades, before the former’s trip to Turkey at the end of the month, reports said on Thursday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Düzen, Akinci had sent a message to Anastasiades through the head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus,...
Guterres: lack of confidence-building a stark reminder of the ongoing divide Cyprus

Guterres: lack of confidence-building a stark reminder of the ongoing divide

October 16th, 2018 In addition to his view on the Cyprus negotiating process, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his report released late Monday, pointed out that there had been little movement on new trust-building or confidence-building measures. “The implementation of outstanding agreed confidence building measures previously agreed by the...
US Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley resigns Americas

US Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley resigns

October 9th, 2018 UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, and the White House said she would appear with President Donald Trump at an event later in the morning. Trump accepted the resignation, Axios news site reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Haley discussed her resignation...
Turkish Cypriot side ask for Unficyp camp to be removed Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot side ask for Unficyp camp to be removed

October 4th, 2018 Authorities in the north have requested the removal of an Unficyp camp located near a university in Famagusta in the north so that they can turn it into a park for residents in the area, it was reported on Thursday. According to Turkish Cypriot media, ‘foreign minister’, Kudret Ozersay, announced that during their recent visit to...
Anastasiades to brief party leaders on New York contacts (Updated) Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades to brief party leaders on New York contacts (Updated)

October 3rd, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades will brief the political party leaders next week on his contacts in New York, it emerged on Wednesday. He will inform the leaders of his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other contacts he had on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Anastasiades, both in his meeting with Guterres...
Did UN laugh with or at Donald Trump? Opinion

Did UN laugh with or at Donald Trump?

September 30th, 2018   The last time the UN General Assembly laughed at something said or done by a leader of a big power was when Nikita Khrushchev angrily banged his shoe on the lectern at the podium. The assembly at that time may have been laughing at Harold Macmillan’s humorous riposte calling for an interpreter of the language of shoe-banging,...
Tsipras and Erdogan discuss Cyprus problem  Cyprus Talks

Tsipras and Erdogan discuss Cyprus problem 

September 26th, 2018 The Cyprus problem was among the issues discussed in a hour-long meeting between Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, in New York on Tuesday. A Greek government source said that the atmosphere between the two men was improved compared with their last meeting in July, during a Nato summit,...
Cyprus issue at the heart of Tsipras’ New York contacts Cyprus Talks

Cyprus issue at the heart of Tsipras’ New York contacts

September 24th, 2018 The Cyprus issue will be at the centre of contacts Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have during the UN General Assembly in New York this week, CNA reported on Monday. Tsipras, who left Athens for the US on Monday is being accompanied by Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias and other officials. Developments in the Cyprus issue...
Fears that Anastasiades will lay down conditions for new talks   Cyprus Talks

Fears that Anastasiades will lay down conditions for new talks  

September 23rd, 2018 Opposition Akel on Sunday questioned President Nicos Anastasiades’ commitment to a resumption of talks suggesting he would lay down conditions that would stop UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from recommending a new round of negotiations. The comments came shortly after Anastasiades landed in New York for the UN General...
Anastasiades underlines determination for resumption of Cyprus talks  Cyprus Talks

Anastasiades underlines determination for resumption of Cyprus talks 

September 23rd, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades has underlined his determination and willingness to work for the resumption of Cyprus talks on his arrival in the US this weekend. Speaking to the press in New York, where he is attending the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, Anastasiades said that this year’s session was of particular interest,...
‘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...
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