#United Nations

Cyprus has voted in favour of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination after a resolution was put to the United Nations’ general assembly’s third committee in New ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday night denied telephoning Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during last week’s tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem, saying that he had instead ...

The United Nations appealed on Monday for a 2026 aid budget only half the size of what it had hoped for this year, acknowledging a plunge in donor funding at a ...

The United Nations said on Friday that the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces the previous day appeared to be a “summary ...

Cyprus is determined to combat human trafficking and in this direction it stands ready to continue to actively contribute to global efforts, along with implementing its own national strategy, special ...

Progress at the climate summit COP30, taking place at Belem in Brazil and being attended by more than 190 countries, has been slow and patchy. Agreements on most of the contentious ...

Talks at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil were disrupted on Thursday after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering an evacuation just as negotiators were hunkering down to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said his sole objective was to resume Cyprus talks ahead of his first meeting with the new Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday. “I go with ...

Cooperation is possible even when negotiations are paused, Unficyp spokesperson Aleem Siddique said on Wednesday, highlighting the United Nations’ ongoing efforts in Cyprus. Under the auspices of UNDP Cyprus, a ...

Cyprus has reiterated its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), with the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations, ambassador Maria Michail expressing concern over “external threats, coercive ...

The United Nations is hopeful of progress and committed to efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, its undersecretary-general for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Sunday. “We certainly hope for ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday told Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman of his readiness to support efforts towards a solution to the Cyprus problem. “I would like to ...

The United States is considering a proposal for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza that would replace the controversial U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to a copy of the ...

Cyprus is “proof of the vital importance of respect for international law”, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maria Michael said. Addressing the UN general assembly’s ...

The United Nations plans to ramp up its delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza in the first 60 days of a ceasefire in the enclave, a top UN official said on ...

UN cost savings plans for next year envisage far smaller cuts to senior staff than to lower ranks – including the special adviser for Cyprus – a draft budget document shows, a ...

A trilateral meeting between Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and his Greek and Syrian counterparts, George Gerapetritis and Asaad Hassan al-Shibani to discuss further cooperations between the countries was held in ...

Russia’s foreign minister accused NATO and the European Union of using Ukraine to wage war against his country in a speech on the sidelines of the United Nations on ...

The third enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, involving Cyprus’ two sides, the UN and the island’s three guarantor powers – Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom – will take place ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “pointed the finger to others, for crimes Turkey itself commits every single day,” President Nikos Christodoulides told the UN general assembly on Wednesday, in essence ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the US opposes Russia’s bid to gain election to a UN aviation group 36-state governing council. Russia is urging aviation leaders at the International ...

President Donald Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday that he condemned moves by Western powers to recognise a Palestinian state, as the United States appeared increasingly isolated in its ...

President Nikos Christodoulides is holding a series of meetings with world leaders on Tuesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, alongside participation in the 80th UN General Assembly. ...

France recognised a Palestinian state at a world summit in New York on Monday, nearly two years into the war in Gaza, joining Western allies such as Britain and Canada ...