Statement by the Commissioner on Gender Equality of the Republic of Cyprus, Ms. Iosifina Christodoulou
New York, 18 March 2024
Madame Chair,
Cyprus aligns with the statement delivered by the European Union. Allow me to add some remarks with my national capacity. [Read more…]
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Welfare of the Republic of Cyprus, H.E. Ms. Marilena Evangelou Serdari – General Discussion of the 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development
United Nations, 6 February 2024
Madame Chair,
Cyprus fully aligns with the statement delivered by the European Union. [Read more…]
Sixth Committee – Agenda item 161: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country
78th Session of the UNGA – 6 November 2023
Mr. Chairperson,
It is an honor to address the Sixth Committee in my capacity as Chair of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country to introduce this year’s Report of the Committee contained in document A/78/26, that was adopted on the 20th October.
The Report was prepared in accordance with General Assembly Resolution 77/114 of 7 December 2022 and it follows the structure of previous years. It is divided into four chapters: [Read more…]
Item 73 – “Report of the International Court of Justice”
78th Session of the UNGA, New York, 6 November 2023
Mr. President,
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of my country, Cyprus, to express our sincere gratitude to the President of the Court, Joan E. Donoghue, for the introduction of the report. We also want to thank the President and the judges of the Court, as well as the Registrar and the staff of the Court for their commitment to justice and international law. [Read more…]
United Nations Security Council Open Debate “Women’s Participation in International Peace and Security: From Theory to Practice”
25 October 2023
Madame/Mr. President.
First, allow me to thank you for organizing this very important debate today, and express our appreciation to all the briefers for their insightful presentations and recommendations. My statement will be complementing that of the European Union, to which Cyprus fully subscribes. [Read more…]
Agenda Item 71-Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
New York, 17 October 2023
Mr. Chair,
Cyprus fully aligns to the statement delivered by the European Union. Allow me to make the following remarks in my national capacity.
Human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. All States have the obligation to respect, protect and fulfil human rights as set in the UN conventions. No justification can be used as a pretext for the violation of human rights. [Read more…]
Third Committee, Agenda Item 25 “Advancement of Women”
New York, 3 October 2023
Mr. Chair,
Cyprus fully aligns to the statement delivered by the European Union. Allow me to make some additional remarks in my national capacity.
Despite positive steps and progress made in recent years, we are lacking behind our goal to achieve gender equality. The challenges are many, exacerbated by factors such as instability and fragility caused by conflicts, climate change and pandemics. It is indeed worrisome that at this critical midpoint, none of SDG 5 “Gender Equality” indicators are at “target met or almost met”, according to the latest gender snapshot report on SDGs progress. [Read more…]
UN Headquarters, September 20th, 2023
Mr. President,
Your Excellencies,
On the 26th of July 1946, in San Francisco, our predecessors pledged –
“to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind”, [Read more…]
“Item 134. Report of the United Nations Youth Office”
New York, 25 July 2023
Mr. President,
At the outset, we express our appreciation to the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth and her team, for the invaluable work in fostering the position of Youth throughout the UN system.
My delegation fully subscribes to the Statement delivered by the European Union. I would like to make some additional remarks in my national capacity. [Read more…]
United Nations Security Council Open Debate “Conflict-related sexual violence: promoting implementation of Security Council resolutions on conflict-related sexual violence”
New York, 14 July 2023
Mr. President,
At the outset, I would like to thank the British presidency of the UNSC for the timely organization of this meeting on the important issue of CRSV, as well as the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict for her insightful presentation; we reiterate our full support to her mandate. We also express our appreciation to Ms. Naw Hser Hser and Nadine, for their presentations. [Read more…]