Cypriot leaders have responded positively to the UN’s intention to organise a reception at Nicosia’s Ledra Palace, on 14 December, in a rare social gathering of the two sides. Cyprus President Nicos
President Nicos Anastasiades criticised the Turkish side for preventing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from appointing a new special envoy for Cyprus as a successor to Jane Hall Lute. Lute, appointed in 2018,
Cyprus can count on Poland’s support when respecting international law and UN resolutions, the country’s President, Andrzej Duda, said on Thursday during an official visit. After a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades,
President Nicos Anastasiades is in New York to address the UN General Assembly and hold informal talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over lunch. On Sunday, he
Outgoing UN head of mission on Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, said it was important for Cypriots to keep on believing a peace deal was possible and they should never give up trying. The
Cyprus will host in October 2022 the 9th Ministerial Summit for the Environment and Sustainable Development Education of the UN’s Economic and Financial Committee. A briefing meeting about the Summit took place
UN envoy Jane Holl Lute is expected to visit the island again in the coming month to see if the tense climate surrounding the resumption of peace talks has changed. The Cyprus
Ambassador Olympia Neocleous is the first woman to be appointed Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the UN in Geneva since the mission office opened in 1970. The Cyprus Foreign Ministry said Ambassador
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is worried over Turkey’s threats to reopen part of fenced-off Varosha, urging all sides to refrain from unilateral tensions that may compromise the resumption of Cyprus talks.
The head of UN Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is on a four-day working visit to Cyprus to monitor the Blue Berets patrolling the island’s divide. UN Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric,
