#United Nations (UN)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Thursday that talk of a nuclear conflict is “totally unacceptable” and effectively warned that so-called referenda in areas ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 23 on the sidelines of the 77th UN general assembly in New York, the presidential palace announced on Saturday. ...

The number of people forced into modern forms of slavery has risenby a fifth in recent years to around 50 million on any given day amid a surge in poverty and ...

The positions of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership make it difficult to try to restart Cyprus talks, Greek Cypriot negotiator Menelaos Menelou was quoted as saying on Sunday. In ...

Negotiators for the islands Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities are expected to resume with online meetings next week in ongoing efforts to kick-start talks. According to CNA, the online ...

Historical revisionism and misrepresentation of facts were what Turkey did best, Cyprus’ permanent representative at the UN Andreas Hadjichrysanthou said in a letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General, responding to ...

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog appealed for access to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant now controlled by Russian forces to determine whether it was a source of ...

The so-called ‘missing minutes’ of a meeting on July 4, 2017 during Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana were published on Sunday by Phileleftheros, further muddying what happened during the failed negotiations. The talks ...

Cyprus expects the creation of conditions that will allow the UN Secretary-General to activate discussion on “the bold” confidence-building measures (CBMs) it has submitted, but also the resumption of a ...

The north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu has said that measures will be taken following the renewal of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus – stating that their approval must also ...

Turkey’s foreign ministry has characterised the decision by the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus as “unfair and unrealistic”. “The failure ...

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) by another six months up to January 31 of next year. ...

The United States said on Friday it will hold Russia accountable for implementing a UN brokered deal to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports and called out China for ...

Nicosia will work through diplomatic channels to attempt to ameliorate certain references in the recent reports on Cyprus issued by the UN Secretary-General. “We will issue demarches wherever necessary, so ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday he was not aware that Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar would be handing over proposals to a UN official who met separately with the ...

Trust between the two sides in Cyprus is at a low point and without rebuilding it, it will be difficult to move forward with the political process, a UN official ...

Cyprus has received certification from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for earthquake preparedness and response, Civil Defence spokeswoman, Olivia Michaelidou said on Sunday. Michaelidou told ...

An independent commission of inquiry set up by the U.N. Human Rights Council after the 2021 Gaza war said Israel must do more than end the occupation of land Palestinians ...

It is regrettable that Turkey remains a ‘pampered child’ for some despite its continued provocations, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday, expressing the wish that the current situation in Ukraine ...

Unficyp will raise the decision taken by Turkish Cypriot authorities to open another stretch of beach in Varosha with the Security Council, spokesperson for the peacekeeping force Aleem Siddique said ...

We continue to work with the parties trying to find a resolution of the situation in Cyprus, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said on Tuesday. During the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is set to attend an event Wednesday evening with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on gender equality. The event under the aegis of Unficyp will take place ...

A senior UN official held talks with President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia on Tuesday, telling reporters that the world body remains committed to supporting efforts for a Cyprus settlement. For ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will attend an event on Wednesday the Ledra Palace, which will also be attended by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar under the aegis of Colin Stewart, Special ...