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  • “Lessons-learning”, Sustaining Peace and Partnerships: Interview with SRSG Elizabeth Spehar
  • UNFICYP honours fallen Austrian peacekeepers
  • Raising the bar: Female UNFICYP peacekeeper wins European Masters Powerlifting Championship
  • Secretary-General's Message on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2016
  • Secretary-General's Message on the International Day of Friendship 2016
  • Farewell statement by outgoing UNFICYP Force Commander, Major General Kristin Lund
  • CMP initiates in-depth search of archives in Cyprus and abroad
  • Secretary-General appoints Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh as UNFICYP Force...
  • Transcript of media stakeout by SASG Espen Barth Eide & SRSG Elizabeth Spehar following UNSC...
  • UN Secretary-General's Message on Nelson Mandela International Day 2016
Peacekeepers honoured at UNFICYP’s 2016 Summer Medal Parade

226 UN peacekeepers were honored for their service to the cause of peace in Cyprus at UNFICYP’s Summer Medal Parade on Thursday 7 July. The ceremony took place at the Old Nicosia Airport in the UN Protected Area (UNPA).

11 Jul 2016
Transcript of media stakeout by SASG Espen Barth Eide & SRSG Elizabeth Spehar following UNSC briefing

SASG Eide: Good afternoon. We’ve had a thorough and very constructive meeting with the United Nations Security Council, both on the UNFICYP Mission, under the auspices of the Special Representative, Ms. Spehar, and on the Good Offices Mission, which I lead.

25 Jul 2016
Farewell statement by outgoing UNFICYP Force Commander, Major General Kristin Lund

When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon first appointed me as UNFICYP Force Commander in 2014, I was excited to take on the new challenge. As the first ever female Force Commander of a UN Peacekeeping mission, I was venturing into uncharted territory.

28 Jul 2016
Secretary-General's Message on the International Day of Friendship 2016

Poverty, violence, human rights abuses and other major problems on the global agenda have in common a failure to respect fundamental norms and values developed over millennia.

30 Jul 2016
Secretary-General appoints Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh as UNFICYP Force Commander

The United Nations Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh as the Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

26 Jul 2016
CMP initiates in-depth search of archives in Cyprus and abroad

Faced with increasing difficulties to locate additional human remains, the CMP urgently needs to broaden efforts to obtain information that may lead to the discovery of burial sites.

28 Jul 2016
“Lessons-learning”, Sustaining Peace and Partnerships: Interview with SRSG Elizabeth Spehar

Elizabeth Spehar, former Director of DPA’s Policy and Mediation Division, arrived in Nicosia on 13 June to take up her new role as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.

18 Aug 2016
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“Lessons-learning”, Sustaining Peace and Partnerships: Interview with SRSG Elizabeth Spehar

Elizabeth Spehar, former Director of DPA’s Policy and Mediation Division, arrived in Nicosia on 13 June to take up her new role as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.

18 Aug 2016
UNFICYP honours fallen Austrian peacekeepers

On 14 August 1974, three Austrian peacekeepers serving with UNFICYP, 1/Lt. Johann Izay, MSgt. Paul Decombe and Cpl. August Isaak, lost their lives in an air attack in the vicinity of the small village of Koshi.

14 Aug 2016
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30 Jul 2016

  • Secretary-General's Message on the International Day of Friendship 2016

28 Jul 2016

  • CMP initiates in-depth search of archives in Cyprus and abroad

18 Jul 2016

  • UN Secretary-General's Message on Nelson Mandela International Day 2016
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  • Blue Beret No. 61 August 2016 - UNFICYP’s Hungarian Contingent marks National Day
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  • Blue Beret No. 61 August 2016 - UNFICYP’s Hungarian Contingent marks National Day
  • Blue Beret No. 60 July 2016 - UNFICYP marks the World Day against Trafficking in Persons
  • Blue Beret No. 59 July 2016 - Raising the bar: Female UNFICYP peacekeeper wins European Masters Powerlifting Championship
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