UN / CYPRUS

The head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Colin Stewart said, “the UN believes that it is possible to find a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:14
• Production Date: 17 January 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS - UNFICYP
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: CYPRUS
• MAMS Id: 3165158
• Parent Id: 3165158
• Alternate Title: unifeed240117b

Description

STORY: UN / CYPRUS
TRT: 1:14
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 JANUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

17 JANUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Colin Stewart arriving at the stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Stewart, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Cyprus and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP):
“I can certainly tell you that the UN believes that it is possible to find a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem. We have not given up after 60 year, we are marking 60 years in Cyprus in March, which is a very unhappy anniversary and it's a reminder that this problem has gone on for too long.”
4. Close up, Colin Stewart at the stakeout
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Stewart, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Cyprus and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP):
“The purpose of the peacekeeping mission is to avoid problems in the buffer zone that could disrupt a political process and ideally, to create conditions that would be conducive for such a process.”
6. Close up, Colin Stewart at the stakeout
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Stewart, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Cyprus and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP):
“Absolutely our purpose is to convince both sides that is not in their interest to undermine the UN's authority in the buffer zone or to degrade the integrity of buffer zone itself.”
8. Wide shot, Colin Stewart leaving

Storyline

The head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Colin Stewart said, “the UN believes that it is possible to find a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem.”

Stewart spoke to reporters today (17 Jan) in New York, after Security Council consultations on the work of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

The chief of UNFICYP said, “The purpose of the peacekeeping mission is to avoid problems in the buffer zone that could disrupt a political process and ideally, to create conditions that would be conducive for such a process.”

He added, “Absolutely our purpose is to convince both sides that is not in their interest to undermine the UN's authority in the buffer zone or to degrade the integrity of buffer zone itself.”