#United Nations (UN)

The United Nations is considering a massive overhaul that would merge major departments and shift resources across the globe, according to an internal memo prepared by senior officials tasked with ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply alarmed by reports of strikes on a detention centre for African migrants in Yemen, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. “Strikes ...

Friday marked 21 years since Greek Cypriots rejected the United Nations’ Annan plan in a landmark referendum held on April 24, 2004. In a statement issued on the anniversary, the group Adouloti Keryneia ...

For the first time since their construction, the newly built “presidential” and “parliamentary” complexes in northern Cyprus have been put into operation, hosting school events ahead of Turkey’s national ...

The Turkish-Cypriot administration on Wednesday accused the Greek-Cypriot side of “distorting history” and evading responsibility for the Cyprus problem in a strongly worded letter to the United Nations.   The letter, ...

Officials will discuss major steps to restore support for Syria from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund at spring meetings next week, though sanctions remain a major obstacle to ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply alarmed” at Sunday’s strike by Israeli forces on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. “Under international humanitarian ...

The United Nations said on Monday that preliminary figures from local sources show more than 300 civilians have been killed in fighting on Friday and Saturday around Zamzam and Abu Shouk ...

The United States “will have no patience for bad faith negotiation or violation of commitments” as it seeks to end the war in Ukraine, acting US Ambassador to the United ...

The pain of uncertainty still haunts families in Cyprus, five decades after the island was divided. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Cypriot diplomat Rona Panteli called the issue of ...

UN Secretary General’s Special Repesentative in Cyprus Colin Stewart briefed on Monday the diplomatic corps on the recent Geneva meeting on the Cyprus issue, a post by the UN ...

Turkey has submitted a letter to the United Nations, relaying claims that the Republic of Cyprus and Greece violated the airspace over northern Cyprus, it emerged on Friday. The letter, ...

The forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held in Geneva next month is “vital to pave the way for positive developments”, the Bicommunal Peace Initiative – United Cyprus ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on Thursday afternoon met Turkish deputy foreign minister and European Union affairs director Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Ankara. The meeting was the latest ...

United Nations Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, was arriving to Cyprus on Sunday. According to CNA sources, DiCarlo will be briefed by UN SG’s Special ...

President Nikos Christodoulides addressed the 20th annual session of the Mediterranean Model United Nations (MEDIMUN) in Nicosia on Friday. Christodoulides expressed his gratitude to the organisers and the English School ...

Cyprus’ Foreign Minister, Constantinos Kombos, has reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to restarting meaningful negotiations on the Cyprus problem. He delivered this message in a meeting with United Nations ...

The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Wednesday spoke with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss the Cyprus problem, among other matters. Greece’s foreign ministry said the discussion had ...

United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo will meet Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on February 10, Tatar’s office announced on Thursday. DiCarlo’s meeting with Tatar is the first ...

A UN working group on the use of mercenaries is in Cyprus to conduct a visit, it was reported on Thursday. The group investigates the use of mercenaries – privately hired ...

UN special representative and head of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart will be making as series of briefings in New York ahead of the adoption of a ...

In an effort to pave the way for an informal expanded meeting for a Cyprus settlement, UN undersecretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs Rosemary DiCarlo is expected to visit Cyprus, ...

The Turkish Cypriot side on Tuesday crowed that a draft six monthly report issued United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the state of play in Cyprus contains not a ...