Item 123 – “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters”
November 8, 2013
Mr. President
Cyprus welcomes this timely debate of the General Assembly on the important matter of the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of, the Security Council and related matters. [Read more…]
Item 69(b) – Human Rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
New York, 1 November 2013
Delivered by Mr Stelios Makriyiannis, First Secretary – Third Committee Delegate
Thank you Mr Chairman
I take the floor to exercise my country’s Right of Reply to the statement delivered by the distinguished representative of Turkey. [Read more…]
The United Nations was established as a result of the collective consciousness that emerged immediately after the devastation, the horrors and the chaos of the Second World War. [Read more…]
United Nations General Assembly
68th Session
Third Committee
Item 69(b): Protection and Promotion of Human Rights – Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Thank you Mr Chairman
My delegation fully subscribes to the statement delivered by the European Union. I would like to add some remarks in my national capacity, with respect to the grave human rights violations in the occupied part of Cyprus. [Read more…]
Η Κύπρος την Τετάρτη, 23 Οκτωβρίου 2013 έγινε η 36η χώρα που υπέγραψε το Πρωτόκολλο για την Εξάλειψη Λαθρεμπορίου Προϊόντων Καπνού. Ο Πρέσβης κ. Νικόλαος Αιμιλίου, Μόνιμος Αντιπρόσωπος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας στα Ηνωμένα Έθνη, υπέγραψε το πρωτόκολλο εκ μέρους της Κυπριακής Κυβέρνησης, σε ειδική τελετή στην έδρα των Ηνωμένων Εθνών στη Νέα Υόρκη. [Read more…]
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus I wish to warmly congratulate the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for receiving the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. [Read more…]
“Cyprus Figures: Cultural Diversity – Convergence and Coexistence“
Με μεγάλη επιτυχία και στην παρουσία πολλών Μονίμων Αντιπροσώπων στα Ηνωμένα Έθνη, υψηλόβαθμων αξιωματούχων των Ηνωμένων Εθνών όπως οι Βοηθοί Γενικοί Γραμματείς των Ηνωμένων Εθνών για Ειρηνευτικές Επιχειρήσεις και για Νομικές Υποθέσεις, πολλών διπλωματών και ανταποκριτών του ΟΗΕ [Read more…]
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Nicholas Emiliou
4 October, 2013
Mr. President,
Let me congratulate you for convening this timely meeting. Our gratitude is also extended to the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for his efforts in galvanizing high political attention on the many linkages between development and migration and to welcome [Read more…]
Question: Thanks a lot. I’m sure the journalists here are grateful for doing this briefing. I wanted to ask you, I was on a call with the International Monetary Fund this morning and the issue of Cyprus, as you might imagine came up. And what came up, is this dispute between yourself and the Central Bank Head and they seem to express a desire, that the Executive and the Central Bank find a way to work this out, so [Read more…]
Thank you Mr. Under-Secretary General, it is a pleasure to be here today at the United Nations to meet the Press.
Allow me first of all to welcome all of you to this press conference, the first in the United Nations in my capacity as President of the Republic of Cyprus. I will make a brief introductory statement and then I will be happy to answer your questions. [Read more…]