Our View: July’s Geneva meeting on the Cyprus problem will be telling
‘A step towards the mountain’ was the title chosen by the UNSG’s Special Representative Colin Stewart for a speech he gave on Wednesday night at CVAR in Nicosia about ...
Stewart: Courage to make compromises needed to solve Cyprus problem
United Nations special representative in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Wednesday said the “courage to make compromises” on the part of political leadership is what is required to solve the Cyprus ...
Stewart hopes for progress from Geneva enlarged meeting
Colin Stewart, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ special representative in Cyprus, on Tuesday expressed hope that Cyprus’ two sides will “use the opportunity” of next week’s enlarged meeting ...
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders to meet Unficyp chief, mandate to be renewed
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Colin Stewart will have separate meetings on Friday with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders amid efforts to open more crossing points on ...
Stewart briefs on Unficyp ahead of mandate’s renewal
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 ...
Best opportunity since 2017 for developments on Cyprob – UN
Now is the best opportunity since 2017 to have positive momentum on issues that concern members of the public such as opening new crossing points, UN Special Representative and Unficyp head ...
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Christodoulides ‘ready’ to discuss new crossing points, Tatar seeks concrete proposal
President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday told United Nations special representative Colin Stewart he is “ready” to discuss the opening of new crossing points with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar.
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Political will ‘all that is needed’ for new crossing points, UN’s Stewart says
All that is needed for an agreement on crossings is political will, UNSG Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, said on ...
Cypriots must learn to live together if they want a solution, UN says
If there is to be a solution of the Cyprus problem, Cypriots will have to learn to live together on the island again, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) head, ...
Stewart to brief Security Council over Cyprus
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) chief Colin Stewart is to brief the UN Security Council on the latest state of the Cyprus problem on Thursday.
Stewart will address ...
Stewart reiterates concerns over ‘militarisation’ of buffer zone
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) head Colin Stewart reiterated his concerns over the “militarisation” of the buffer zone on Tuesday.
Speaking after a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader ...
UNSC head says Holguin only found ‘there is no common ground for Cyprus solution’
The head of the UN Security Council on Monday said that UN Secretary-General personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin has only found there is no common ground for a Cyprus solution.
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Very concerned about increased militarisation of buffer zone – Unficyp chief
Unficyp chief and the UN Special Representative on Cyprus Colin Stewart said on Monday that he is concerned over increased militarisation of the buffer zone, seemingly caused by the stalled ...
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Tatar reiterates position ahead of Holguin meeting
As long as the Turkish Cypriots are not considered equal and a solution based on equality is not accepted, there will be no common ground for negotiations in Cyprus, Turkish ...
Stewart to meet leaders before heading to New York
President Nikos Christodoulides will on Monday afternoon receive Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart.
The meeting, which is to take place at the presidential palace, is ...
UN briefs diplomats over buffer zone situation
Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus Colin Stewart on Tuesday welcomed members of the diplomatic community for a briefing on the UN’s activities and current state-of-play on ...
UN envoy expresses hope for Cyprus resolution
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and head of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart said on Wednesday he still has hope that the Cyprus ...
Unficyp chief briefs Pace on peace-building efforts in Cyprus
UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and Head of Unficyp Colin Stewart briefed the Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the issue ...
Now or never: solve the Cyprus problem, UN says
Political courage to solve the Cyprus problem is in short supply, the UN’s special representative Colin Stewart said on Wednesday, in an appeal for relevant actors to take the “...
Cyprus problem ‘is still solvable’
The Cyprus problem “is still solvable”, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp)’s head Colin Stewart said on Monday.
Speaking at an event at the Ledra Palace hotel ...
Urgent call to solve Cyprus problem on Unficyp’s 60-year anniversary
The UN peacekeeping force’s (Unficyp) 60-year presence in Cyprus serves as a sad and urgent call to “take the courageous steps needed” and move towards lasting peace, the force’...
EU official discusses Cyprus problem with Unficyp
Director General of the European Commission’s DG Reform Mario Nava held a meeting with Special Representative and Head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Colin Stewart, ...
Cyprus takes offence over Stewart’s comments
The government took a swipe at the UN on Thursday, calling on it to be objective in the way it presents events and facts after it took offence by statements ...
Stewart raised buffer-zone tensions with the two leaders
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, on Thursday expressed concerns about the increasing militarisation of the buffer zone and said that the latest report on ...