August 26, 2025

Press Statement by the UN Secretary General at the Hague

Q: Mr. Secretary-General, could we have more details on the Cyprus talks?

SG: Well, you know I invited the two leaders to come here to give me a specific answer as to whether they will be ready to put the agreement, the plan, to simultaneous referenda and we are discussing that. [Read more…]

Press Statement by Alvaro de Soto to correspondents following Security Council consultations on Cyprus

De Soto: You will be hearing from the President of the Security Council shortly. I can only say that the Secretary General and I have received the strong support from the members of the Security Council. There’s a lot of work to be done in the ten weeks ahead and it will be done I hope. My colleagues are on the island and we hope that we will achieve success in the time remaining.   [Read more…]

Press Statement by the President of the Security Council on Cyprus

1.        On 18 December the members of the Security Council, in the presence of the Secretary-General, heard a report from the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus on the negotiations that have taken place in recent months, [Read more…]

Speech by Ambassador Zackheos on Cyprus After Copenhagen

I am happy to speak to you today at this truly historic and crucial moment of change for Cyprus, Europe and the entire international community. [Read more…]

Press Statement by the UN Secretary General to correspondents following the Copenhagen decision

Q. The talks collapsed in Copenhagen , your first reaction.

SG.
I wouldn’t call it a collapse. By collapse you mean we don’t have an agreement yet. I think we will assess where we are and then see we how move forward. But, I wouldn’t say the talks collapsed. We didn’t have an agreement, but we will continue. [Read more…]

Press Statement by the UN Secretary General to correspondents

Q. When do you expect the answers from the 2 Cypriot leaders and what is going to be your next step?

K.A. Mr. de Soto , my envoy in the region is working very actively with the leaders to get the answers. I think we have time to come to an honorable agreement and as I have indicated, the timetable was part and parcel of the proposals. [Read more…]

Press Statement by the UN Secretary General following his meeting with President Bush in Washington

Q: Secretary-General have your received any response from the two sides, the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, in regards to your peace plan and what do you for see about the future of the plan? [Read more…]

Press Statement by the UN Secretary General following the meeting of the Security Council concerning Cyprus

SG: Let me confirm to you that I have conveyed to the parties a proposal that I believe can form the basis of a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem. And I have asked them to study it very carefully and give me their reactions within a week. I did share my initiative with the Council and they did give me broad support for the initiative. [Read more…]

Statement by President Clerides on UN Plan for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem

Mr. Alvaro de Soto handed me today the UN Secretary-General’s proposals for a solution to the Cyprus problem.

The negotiating process is now entering its most delicate and crucial phase. The handling to be made in the coming weeks will be of crucial and of decisive importance. In the future, a lot will depend on the way we shall handle developments. [Read more…]

Press Statement by the UN Secretary General to CNA correspondent following his meeting with his Special Envoy for Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto

Q: It was a long meeting on Cyprus, when do you plan your next move on that?

SG: I am always thinking of the future.

Q: Because a month ago we were talking about committees and work to be done and nothing happened yet, I mean we have a deadline in December. [Read more…]