First meeting of technical committees for Cyprus planned for 7 January - UN

The United Nations today announced that it has received from each side to the negotiations on Cyprus the names of their members of the committees that were set up to make recommendations on technical matters without prejudice to the positions of the two leaders on the core issues concerned.

The so-called technical committees are scheduled to convene on 7 January under the chairmanship of the UN, according to a UN spokesman in New York.

The Greek Cypriot leader, H.E. Glafcos Clerides, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, H.E. Rauf Denktash, agreed to the establishment of the committees during a meeting on 4 October, in the presence of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.