Press Release
Latest press releases from UNFICYP, the Good Offices and the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus
- 24 Feb 2017 - Nicosia, 24 February 2017 – Big Game Hunting Season started on 3 November 2016. UNFICYP would like to remind hunters that hunting in the buffer zone is strictly prohibited. Entering the buffer zone area in order to perform any kind of hunting activities, including, but not...
- 11 Feb 2017 - Nicosia, 11 february 2017 - The CMP has recently finalized the analysis of a set of remains that had been exhumed in 2015. DNA analysis of these remains, conducted by Bode Cellmark Forensics in Maryland, USA, indicated that they belonged to a person who had already been...
- 01 Nov 2016 - The Ambassador of Sweden to Cyprus, Ms. Anna Olsson Vrang, hosted the religious leaders of Cyprus for a lunch meeting within the framework of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP), on 31st October 2016 at the Swedish Residence in Nicosia. The UN Secretary...
- 13 Oct 2016 - Mr. President, Your Excellency Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations, Your Excellency Mr. Augusto Ernesto dos Santos Silva, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Ladies and Gentlemen, Above all, Mr. Secretary-General-designate,...
- 12 Oct 2016 - (Brussels, 11 October 2016) Today, a photo exhibition on the work of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus opened at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was hosted by the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and attended by European Commission...
- 07 Oct 2016 - The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) wishes to express its sincere thanks to the United States of America for a donation of USD 136,780 made today in support of the work of the CMP. This contribution is allocated to the CMP to fund the new CMP Archival Research...
- 05 Oct 2016 - The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) wishes to express its sincere thanks to Ireland for its donation of EUR 25,000 made today. This brings the Irish financial assistance to the CMP to a total of EUR 300,000 over the past ten years. This donation to the CMP Project on the...
- 14 Sep 2016 - Joint Statement to the Press on behalf of the Greek Cypriot leader Mr. Nicos Anastasiades and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Mustafa Akıncı Wednesday, 14th September 2016 Today, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akınci, and the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos...
- 30 Jul 2016 - Poverty, violence, human rights abuses and other major problems on the global agenda have in common a failure to respect fundamental norms and values developed over millennia. When greed supersedes concerns about the health of our planet or its inhabitants, when fanatic...
- 28 Jul 2016 - Faced with increasing difficulties to locate additional human remains, the CMP urgently needs to broaden efforts to obtain information that may lead to the discovery of burial sites. This includes the review of archival material of international organizations, state actors and...