Eva Psalti: “We are all Cypriots and our love for our commons is greater than our differences”
Eva Psalti is a 21-year-old young Cypriot with a vision for improving the future of her country and who works hard to convince people to be more conscious about the environment. In late August she joined this year’s newly recruited UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme, which she…
Gizem Oner: “We, as the young generation, need to come together and raise our voice”
Gizem Oner is a 25-year-old Cypriot activist with a passion for environmental sustainability and a vision that seeks to build a better world for future generations. In August this year, she joined the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme to raise her voice and advocate for…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on International Day of Peace
This year’s International Day of Peace comes at a crisis point for humanity. COVID-19 has turned our world upside-down. Conflicts are spinning out of control. The climate emergency is worsening. Inequality and poverty are deepening. And mistrust and division are driving people apart at a time when…
SRSG Spehar meets UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace
Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, welcomed the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace at the Home for Cooperation to celebrate International Day of Peace and congratulate their efforts for completing the intensive 2-week programme, which ran in collaboration with the…
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions visits UNFICYP
Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, welcomed the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Abdallah Bachar Bong, and his delegation this morning to the UN Protected Area. They met with several sections of the Mission and during a walk…
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Boghos Avetikian: UN Youth Champions challenge the “us-versus-them” mentality
Boghos Avetikian is a 23-year-old Cypriot who cares about the environment in his country and tries to learn new ways to protect it. In August this year, he joined the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme and learned about environmental issues that exist on both sides of the island…
Antreas Pallikaras: “We both share the ambition of a sustainable and united Cyprus”
Antreas Pallikaras is a 22-year-old young Cypriot who always liked to get involved in programmes that promote conversations around the environment and climate change. When he saw the call for applications for this year’s UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme, he saw a perfect…
Maghazi Elzubair: “Young people are powerful actors for achieving environmental justice and sustaining peace”
Maghazi Ahmed Elzubair is a 19-year-old environmental activist from Sudan who is currently in Cyprus completing her university studies. As an advocate for environmental justice, social equality and peace, she believes that complex environmental issues require collective voices and efforts to solve…
Social entrepreneurship and innovation workshops
Scenes from our 2-day bootcamp on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation with intensive workshops on everything ranging from ideation to business model canvasing, community building, and more – with great local and international case studies! Hosted at The Base by CyprusInno innovation center and…
The Secretary-General message on United Nations Day
Seventy-six years ago, the United Nations was created as a vehicle of hope for a world emerging from the shadow of catastrophic conflict. Today, the women and men of the UN carry this hope forward around the globe. COVID-19, conflicts, hunger, poverty and the climate emergency remind us that our…
Women's walk and talk marks UN Day celebrations in Cyprus
To mark United Nations day, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus facilitated a women's walk and talk this morning with representatives from both the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities. Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, together with the Mission's…