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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…

Lieutenant Colonel Zaka Ullah UNFICYP Military Gender Focal Person The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is not just a single day and it is neither the beginning of 16 days of activism against…

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are happy to present a webinar session on environmental peacebuilding on 2 December 2020, at 16:00 Geneva / 17:00…

The Deputy Special Adviser (DSASG) / Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, held her first, bilateral meeting with Mr. Ersin Tatar as the Turkish Cypriot leader today. They discussed a…

To mark the last day of the United Nations Police Week, eleven UNFICYP peacekeepers from the UN Police (UNPOL) were awarded medals for their contributions to peace in Cyprus, in a ceremony held at the UN Headquarters in…

To mark the United Nations 75th anniversary on 24 October, the top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, hosted an online meeting with UNFICYP Youth Champions for Environment and Peace and key environmental…

Polymnia Glykeriou is part of a group of 24 Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots who are working with UNFICYP to promote actions on environmental peacebuilding in Cyprus. She is one of the 86 young men and women who applied to…

In September and October, UNFICYP underwent its bi-annual rotation, during which the Force’s troop contributing countries rotate their contingents on the island. Major General Cheryl attended the ceremonies and expressed…

To mark World Cleanup Day, observed on 19 September, UNFICYP personnel including its Head of Mission, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, rolled up their sleeves together with the UNFICYP Youth Champions for Environment and Peace to clean…