unficyp mandate
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Colin Stewart, is expected to brief the security council on Tuesday, ahead of the reports on UNFICYP and the...
Head of UNFICYP says political process disappointing
On Monday, the UN security council held closed consultations on the peacekeeping force of the international organization in Cyprus, UNFICYP, under the chairmanship of Permanent...
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...
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...