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Statement from the UNFICYP Spokesperson on Covid-19

UNFICYP is continuing its operations at this time; our peacekeepers maintain their patrols in the buffer zone and remain engaged with both sides.

21 Mar 2020

TRUST BUILDING

On 8 March 2020, more than 70 language students from all ages and across Cyprus came together in Kyrenia to attend the second language cafe and cultural club supported by UNFICYP Civil Affairs.

12 Mar 2020

UNFICYP Year in Review 2019: In 2019, UNFICYP surpassed the target set by United Nations headquarters for deployment of female military peacekeepers to peace operations. UNFICYP Photo.

UNFICYP Year in Review 2019: On 31 October 2019, the flag of the Republic of Ghana was raised by Sergeant Rebecca Owusu-Yirenkyiat at the UNFICYP headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo by Maria Homolyova, UNFICYP.

UNFICYP Year in Review 2019:From 24-26 July 2019, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, visited UNFICYP. Photo by Katarina Zahorska, UNFICYP.

Statement on Closure of Crossing Points along the Buffer Zone

Nicosia, 05 March 2020 – Following the decision to temporarily close four crossing points along the buffer zone, UNFICYP is concerned by the ongoing disruption caused to people on both sides.

05 Mar 2020

WHO Situation Report

30 Mar 2020

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS AT G-20 VIRTUAL SUMMIT ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

"This war needs a war-time plan to fight it"

We are at war with a virus – and not winning it. It took the world three months to reach 100,000 confirmed cases of infection. The next 100,000 happened in just 12 days. The third took four days.

27 Mar 2020

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