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Cyprus gains seat at UN human rights council
With 167 votes in its favour, Cyprus was for the first time elected to a seat at the UN human rights council on Wednesday.
“This is an excellent result for our ...
Christodoulides briefs UN Permanent Security Council members over Cyprob
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday had a working lunch with the five permanent UN Security Council members in New York where they discussed growing concerns over the region, as well ...
US, France working on Lebanon diplomatic initiative, Cyprus president says
The United States and France are trying to hammer out an interim accord to halt hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah with a view to opening broader diplomatic talks, ...
Govt ready for tripartite talks, hopes Turkish side to shift stance
UN efforts are focusing on facilitating a joint meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in the presence of UN chief Antonio Guterres, with the Greek ...
Protection of human rights a priority, Nicosia tells UN
Cyprus’ permanent mission to the United Nations has confirmed the protection of human rights is among the island’s foreign policy priorities.
The comments were made as Nicosia presented its ...
‘Buffer zone migrants’ lead to clash between government and UN
Claims and counterclaims over jurisdiction of Green Line, but why now?
It has now been over a month that a group dubbed the ‘buffer zone migrants’ have been stranded within ...
Holguin in Cyprus on May 7
The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy to Cyprus María Ángela Holguín, will be on her third official visit to Cyprus between May 7 to 14, it emerged on Friday.
She ...
Israel says more aid is entering Gaza, but figures disputed
Israel says aid is moving into Gaza more quickly after international pressure to increase access, but the amount is disputed and the United Nations says it is still much less ...
Greece to exhaust every possibility for positive developments in Cyprus, says FM
Greece will exhaust every possibility, so that there can be positive developments in the Cyprus issue, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Monday, following a meeting he had with ...
UN envoy continues meetings with guarantors in Ankara
The UN secretary-general’s personal envoy Maria Holguin will hold meetings in Ankara on Thursday, to discuss the Cyprus problem, following her meetings with the Greek government.
Holguin is set ...
UN Security Council renews Unficyp mandate (updated)
The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution extending the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) mandate, which expires on Wednesday, for one more year.
The UN said that ...
Holguin due in Cyprus, govt hopeful on Cyprus problem mobility
The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin arrives in Cyprus on Sunday evening, according to the UN in Cyprus.
This is Holguin’s first visit to ...
UN believes it is possible to find mutually acceptable solution in Cyprus, Stewart says
The UN believes that it is possible to find a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem and we have not given up after 60 years, Colin Stewart, Special Representative and ...
Cyprus says UN reports ‘do not offer clear record of events’
Cyprus is not on board with aspects of the UN Secretary-General’s reports on Unficyp’s mandate and Antonio Guterres’ Good Offices Mission, especially as regards incidents in the buffer ...
UN’s Stewart to meet leaders ahead of briefing Security Council
UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart will be meeting with both President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar ahead of departing for New York to inform the ...
President discusses Turkish buffer zone violations with UNSG
President Nikos Christodoulides held on Friday evening a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres focusing on the Cyprus issue, the Turkish violations in the buffer zone as well ...
Christodoulides: Turkish Cypriot side backed away from Pyla deal
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that the Turkish Cypriot side had effectively “backed away” from the mutual understanding reached on construction works in the buffer zone village of Pyla.
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President says that appointment of UN envoy still ongoing
President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday said that the appointment of the envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Cyprus problem is still ongoing.
Christodoulides was commenting on the issue ...
‘Last chance to solve the Cyprus problem’: UN’s Colin Stewart
The new UN envoy to Cyprus should be seen as the last chance to solve the Cyprus problem, as the island’s division is becoming more entrenched with time, UN ...
UN’s Stewart ‘optimistic’ about Pyla understanding
The Pyla agreement reached between the two sides is an incredibly positive win-win development which can serve as the model for negotiations going forward, UN special representative Colin Stewart told ...
President gives all-clear for UN to appoint rep for Cyprus talks
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that the Republic of Cyprus has given the UN the all-clear to appoint UN adviser to evaluate the prospects of restarting talks on the ...
Stripping Russia’s veto power on the Security Council is all but impossible
Perhaps we should expect less from the UN instead
By Tamsin Phillipa Paige
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lambasted the UN Security Council yet again, saying in a speech this ...
Tatar says no to joint meeting, UN envoy
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received two refusals from the Turkish Cypriot side and one ‘yes’ and one ‘no’ from Turkey to two proposals related to a joint meeting with the ...
Our View: Another pointless exercise in empty rhetoric
After a week of wall-to-wall Cyprob contacts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Nikos Christodoulides is coming home with another pocket full of wishes ...