Turning the page of history in 2017
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…
Cyprus Talks resume at the Palais des Nations
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…
Press Conference by Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, on the start of the Cyprus talks at the Palais des Nations
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…
Press Conference by Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 11 January 2017
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…
Conference on Cyprus begins in Geneva
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…
Secretary-General’s Press Encounter at the Conference on Cyprus
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.…
Statement from the Conference on Cyprus
Geneva, 12 January 2017 - The Conference on Cyprus convened today, 12 January 2017, in Geneva, under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, with the participation of H.E. Mr. Mustafa Akinci and H.E. Mr…
"A watershed moment for the Cyprus negotiations" - press conference by Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus,
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…
Statement by the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Mr. Espen Barth Eide
19 January 2017 - The Conference on Cyprus held its second session in Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland on 18-19 January at the level of deputies and experts. The working group, established during the high-level meeting in Geneva on…
Statement by the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Mr. Espen Barth Eide, following today’s meeting between Mr. Nicos Anastasiades and Mr. Mustafa Akıncı
Nicosia, 1 February 2017 - Today, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı, and the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, met in the United Nations Protected Area (UNPA) under the auspices of the Special Adviser…
The Secretary-General's Press Encounter with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim of Turkey
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…
Solution & Peace Platform meets with SASG Eide, DSASG Spehar
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…