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To mark United Nations day, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus facilitated a women's walk and talk this morning with representatives from both the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities. Top United…

Scenes from our 2-day bootcamp on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation with intensive workshops on everything ranging from ideation to business model canvasing, community building, and more – with great local and…

Maghazi Ahmed Elzubair is a 19-year-old environmental activist from Sudan who is currently in Cyprus completing her university studies. As an advocate for environmental justice, social equality and peace, she believes that…

Antreas Pallikaras is a 22-year-old young Cypriot who always liked to get involved in programmes that promote conversations around the environment and climate change. When he saw the call for applications for this year’s UN…

Boghos Avetikian is a 23-year-old Cypriot who cares about the environment in his country and tries to learn new ways to protect it. In August this year, he joined the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme and…

Join our Viber community and stay up to date with all the intercommunal activities in Cyprus! If you would like to promote your intercommunal event or activity, send an e-mail to unficyp-intercommunal-activity@un.org with a…

Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, welcomed the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace at the Home for Cooperation to celebrate International Day of Peace and congratulate their efforts for…

Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, welcomed the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Abdallah Bachar Bong, and his delegation this morning to the UN Protected…

Gizem Oner is a 25-year-old Cypriot activist with a passion for environmental sustainability and a vision that seeks to build a better world for future generations. In August this year, she joined the UN Youth Champions for…

Eva Psalti is a 21-year-old young Cypriot with a vision for improving the future of her country and who works hard to convince people to be more conscious about the environment. In late August she joined this year’s newly…

Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for all. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the dire need for the kind of transformational change they seek – and young people must be full…

Today, the Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Jaroslav Naď, and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Ľubomír Svoboda, along with their delegation visited UNFICYP where they met with the Mission’s…