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Since fighting erupted between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in 1974, the area dividing Greek Cyprus from its Turkish counterpart, abandoned and left virtually untouched by human activity, has fallen within a buffer zone controlled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). (file)
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Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders ready for talks with UN chief on improved relations

9 August 2019
Peace and Security

Leaders of the Greek and Turkish parts of the divided island of Cyprus have agreed to meet with the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in order to “plan the way forward”, and improve the daily lives of all Cypriots, a statement from the UN Mission in Cyprus, declared on Friday.

Major General Cheryl Pearce of Australia (centre left) serves as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
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Judge me on my abilities, not my gender: Cyprus mission Force Commander on being part of first all-female leadership team

2 August 2019
Interviews

The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Cyprus is the first to be led solely by women

Force Commander Major-General Pearce, of Australia, told May Yaccoub, from UN News, that the idea of ‘breaking a glass ceiling” is not something that she thinks about very often.

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