Nicosia, 2 March 2017 - This afternoon, the Solution & Peace Platform (Çözüm ve Barış Platformu) – a group of 55 civil society organisations in support of a comprehensive settlement in Cyprus – called on the Special Adviser…
Honourable Prime Minister, Ladies and gentlemen of the press, It is indeed for me an enormous pleasure and an enormous honour to be in Istanbul, starting my first bilateral visit since I was elected Secretary-General of the…
Geneva, 13 January 2017 - Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Cyprus: Good afternoon, good to see you all again. The last days have been a watershed moment for the Cyprus negotiations…
Geneva, 12 January 2017 - Ladies and gentlemen of the media, thank you very much for your presence. I want, first of all, to pay tribute to the extraordinary statesmanship, to the courage and to the determination of Mr.…
12 January 2017 UN Secretary-General António Guterres this morning attended the opening of the #ConferenceonCyprus at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr…
Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Cyprus: Thank you very much. As I think everybody in this room knows, we are only half a day away from the convening of the conference on Cyprus…
Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Cyprus: Thank you, good afternoon, as you know, we have just started the Cyprus talks here in Geneva. This is a continuation of the bi-communal…
GENEVA, 9 January 2017 - The Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı, resumed the Cyprus Talks at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 9 January 2017. The leaders were…
By the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus (SASG), Mr. Espen Barth Eide Making peace is never an easy business. We only have to look at the recent peace deal finalized in Colombia to appreciate that the path to…
The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Mr. Espen Barth Eide, and the Deputy Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, are joined by Good Offices personnel to send a message…
23 November 2016 - The Secretary-General spoke today to H.E. Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Cypriot Leader, and to H.E. Mr. Mustafa Akıncı, Turkish Cypriot leader, in the wake of the second round of the Cyprus negotiations…
Mont Pèlerin, 7 November 2016 Good morning. I am pleased to be in Mont Pèlerin. I thank the Government of Switzerland for their generosity in hosting us. I am here to open this week of intensive negotiations between the Greek…