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Today, UNFICYP bid farewell to its Senior Police Adviser, Fang Li, after serving for peace on the island for a year. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Senior Police Adviser faced unique challenges, as did the entire…
Today, UNFICYP Civil Affairs Section hosted the second NGO networking meeting of the year. The virtual meeting had the participation of more than 20 civil society representatives from across the island and guest speakers from…
In times of COVID-19, the challenges facing peacekeeping missions around the world have multiplied, the health crisis has highlighted the key role of our medical teams in ensuring peacekeepers remain safe and healthy while…
Today, UNFICYP Civil Affairs Section facilitated an the first online NGO networking session of the year, which featured a discussion on Religion in Cyprus. The session was led by the Senior Research Consultant at the PRIO…
Today, the top United Nations official in Cyprus, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, held bilateral meetings with the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Ersin Tatar, ahead of her briefing to…
In October 2020, UNFICYP launched the first edition of Outloud, the Mission’s podcast to talk about its mandate as well as its initiatives on the island. In the December edition, we featured an interview with the Special…
Today, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) underwent a transfer of authority ceremony of Force Commander Major General Cheryl Pearce to the Mission’s Chief of Staff Colonel Neil Wright at the completion…
Peacekeepers from UNFICYP’s Force Protection Unit were awarded for their service for peace in Cyprus at a medal presentation parade in UN Headquarters in Nicosia today. Nineteen peacekeepers from the United Kingdom, Hungary…
135 UN peacekeepers were honoured for their service for peace in Cyprus at UNFICYP’s winter medal parade which took place on 16 and 17 December. The Special Representative of Secretary General and Head of Mission, Ms…
Fourteen UNFICYP peacekeepers were awarded for their service for peace in Cyprus in a medal presentation ceremony held at the Mission’s headquarters in Nicosia today. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in…
The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus has been organising youth-led online discussions and helped form a young group as part of a bi-communal initiative on environment and peace. In 2020, UNFICYP organized a youth project…
Anna Khodos UNFICYP Staff Officer-Personnel, UNPOL Headquarters The need to recruit, train and promote more female police officers is receiving far more attention than ever before. Women are having a positive impact on law…