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NEW YORK, 23 September 2017 - The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Mustafa Akıncı, leader of the Turkish Cypriot community. The Secretary-General and Mr. Akıncı exchanged views on the current status of the Cyprus…

NEW YORK, 22 September 2017 - The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus. The Secretary-General welcomed Cyprus’ commitment to the United Nations and the Government’s…

NICOSIA, 3 August 2017 - The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Mr. Espen Barth Eide, this week paid his last visit to the island in his official capacity. Following separate meetings with the Greek Cypriot…

There was much anticipation in the run up to the resumed Conference on Cyprus in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, at the end of June 2017. The view among many observers of the long-running “Cyprus problem” was that this latest…

NEW YORK, 18 July 2017 – Speaking to the media following his briefing to the United Nations Security Council, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, urged all sides to work collectively and…

Secretary-General: I am deeply sorry to inform you that, despite the very strong commitment and the engagement of all the delegations and the different parties, the Greek and Turkish Cypriot delegations, Greece, Turkey, the…

CRANS-MONTANA, 6 July 2017 - The Conference on Cyprus continues today in the Swiss town of Crans-Montana under the auspices of Secretary-General António Guterres, who arrived in Switzerland early this morning. The Conference…

CRANS-MONTANA, 30 June 2017 - The Secretary-General: I am glad to be here in Crans-Montana to chair the Conference on Cyprus today. And I want to thank His Excellency Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and His…

CRANS-MONTANA, 29 June 2017 - The second day of the reconvened Conference on Cyprus is well underway, with the participants - the two Cypriot sides and the guarantors - focusing on the issue of security and guarantees this…

CRANS-MONTANA, 28 June 2017 - Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Conference on Cyprus, and Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser to…

CRANS-MONTANA, 28 June 2017 - The Conference on Cyprus officially reconvened this morning at the Centre de Congrès le Régent in Crans-Montana, in Switzerland. The Conference, held under the auspices of the United Nations…

GENEVA, 27 June 2017 - Espen Barth Eide: Good morning everybody. It is good to be back. I think many of you will remember that on 12 January, the Conference on Cyprus first convened here in the Palais des Nations in Geneva…