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Text from Daniel Barasa It has been so long since I was free, felt at home, and did not worry about how others will misunderstand or think about me. I have met many activists and participated in several networking activities…
UNFICYP held a flag-raising ceremony for Bangladesh and Indonesia at the United Nations Protected Area this morning. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of UNFICYP, Colin Stewart…
Are you 18-30 years old and interested in learning the fundamentals of negotiation and peacebuilding, and about the women, peace and security agenda? Then come join us for a hybrid programme of interactive workshops led by…
United Nations peace operations work around the world to promote and maintain peace and security, despite facing innumerable challenges while delivering on its mandates. In Cyprus, UNFICYP organizes regular military skills…
UNFICYP held a hybrid NGO Networking Forum at Ledra Palace Hotel to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an annual global campaign from 25 November until 10 December that mobilizes efforts to end…
More than 30 young people from across the island joined the UN’s environmental peacebuilding initiative in Cyprus called the “UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme”, now in its third year of bringing people…
Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world. Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member — and we know that other stresses, from the COVID…
The UN in Cyprus and the British Council are pleased to offer for the third consecutive year the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme that will focus on environmental peacebuilding and climate activism on 26…
On 1 st and 2 nd of October, UNFICYP’s Civil Affairs hosted the first group of young Cypriots who wanted to join hands and contribute to the fight against the climate crisis and increase the island-wide debate on the issue…
On 21 September, Slovak peacekeepers assembled in Camp of General Stefanik in Famagusta to mark International Day of Peace. At the ceremony, First Lieutenant Mário Hnát read a message from UNFICY’s Force Commander, Major…
On Tuesday 19 July, Fay Woolley, UNFICYP’s Chief of the Civil Affairs Section joined the second edition of the event series “Youth in conversation with…” at the intercommunal room in Ledra Palace, in the buffer zone. The…
Gizem Kavaz is a Cypriot activist committed to promoting peace in Cyprus. She acknowledges that the path to peace can be hard to progress when the political rhetoric across the island is so divisive. But Gizem is not…