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An UNFICYP peacekeeper takes part in a routine patrol along the buffer zone in Cyprus.
UNFICYP/Katarina Zahorska

News in Brief 29 April 2021

29 April 2021
News in Brief
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The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) controls the buffer zone between the opposing sides. (file)
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN chief ‘realistic’ at start of fresh bid to resolve Cyprus stalemate

27 April 2021
Peace and Security

A fresh United Nations-led bid to seek to resolve decades of tensions in Cyprus began in Geneva on Tuesday, with Secretary-General António Guterres “realistic” about the chances of making progress, his Spokesperson said.