Security Council renews Unficyp mandate, foreign ministry welcomes move (Update 2)
The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution that will renew the mandate of Unficyp for another six months, until January 31, 2022. The...
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Draft resolution on Unficyp expresses full support to UNSG’s decision to convene five-party meeting
By Apostolis Zoupaniotis, New York The UN Security Council (UNSC) members agreed on the text of the draft resolution for the renewal of the UN...
Absence of a solution increasingly unsustainable, Guterres says (updated)
The absence of a resolution of the Cyprus problem is increasingly unsustainable, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, expressing concern that since the talks broke...
Cyprus problem solution a necessity, says Akinci
The Berlin trilateral has yielded a new opportunity as regards a solution, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said, adding he expected that after the elections...
Russia weighs in on Unficyp’s role after offering five soldiers
Russia said on Wednesday it was opposed to linking the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) mandate to the progress of the negotiations on...
Unficyp’s mandate must remain unchanged, says defence minister
Unficyp`s presence on the island and the resumption of the UN-backed talks are two separate things and must not be confused, Defence Minister Savvas Angelides...
Tough US warning as Security Council renews Unficyp mandate
The US warned on Wednesday that the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus cannot be part of a landscape that lacks a path toward a political...
Unficyp mandate set to be adopted for another six months
The United Nations Security Council agreed on Tuesday on a draft resolution to renew the Unficyp mandate for another six months, while the final resolution...
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....
Christodoulides certain that talks’ parameters will be set soon
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Thursday that he is optimistic that there will soon be an agreement on the terms of reference to pave...
After hitch, Security Council expected to vote on Unficyp
All members of the UN Security Council gave their consent on Wednesday night to a draft resolution they had agreed on earlier in the day...
‘Cyprus has remained calm and stable because of Unficyp’s presence’ – UNSG
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed the conviction that Cyprus has remained calm and stable throughout the years in large measure because of the unwavering...
