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Civil Affairs continues to support trust-building between the communities through informal education in the Greater Famagusta region. ‘Famagusta Students Together’, a new project that aims to bring together high school…

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. The objective of these events…

Sıdıka Özdoğan and Şenay Eyüpoğlu from the Mağusa Kadın Merkezi Derneği (Makamer) or the Famagusta Women’s Centre have devoted their energies to raising awareness about the issues faced by women in their community. “Women…

Mağusa Kültür Derneği (MKD) or the Famagusta Cultural Association was established in 1992 and has since then used its best efforts to supporting women, youth and children in the Famagusta region of Cyprus. “We do this by…

Münise Beyaz and Marianne Sophocleous are two members of the Pyla Bi-Communal Women’s Initiative which came to life in 2018. The brainchild of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot women who live in harmony in the bicommunal…

Yeniboğaziçi Kadınlar Derneği (YEKAD) or the Ayios Seryios Women’s Association, led by a dynamic management board of which Fikirye Hürses and Münevver Kılıç are core members, is one of the oldest women’s groups in the Turkish…

Klotho, an informal women’s group in Deryneia, Cyprus, is the story of five women brought together by their love for weaving and crochet as well as their determination to preserve Cypriot culture. In 2016, Florentia…

The flag of the Republic of Ghana was raised by Sergeant Rebecca Owusu-Yirenkyiat at the UNFICYP headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, today. The ceremony was attended by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and…

On 7 October 2019, UNFICYP Senior Advisor, Aderemi Adekoya, and Head, Civil Affairs, Faylene Woolley, visited the Mission's Sector 4 where they met with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot mukhtars (mayors) of Pyla village…

From 1-3 October 2019, UNFICYP’s Police Component, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Police Division’s Standing Police Capacity (SPC) of the United…

From 24-26 July 2019, the Under-Secretary General (USG) for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, visited the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). During his visit, Mr. Lacroix met with the leaders of the two…

On 3 July 2019, the Jordanian flag was raised at UNFICYP headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, by Mutaz Hayajneh, the first United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer representing his country in the Mission. Special Representative of…