Elizabeth Spehar appointed as the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative
18 February, 2016Committee on Missing Persons had a series of contacts in Brussels
19 February, 2016The European Commission places ‘Task Force for the Turkish Cypriot Community’ under the direct management of the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Vice-President Dombrovskis.
The European Commission has decided to transfer the ‘Task Force for the Turkish Cypriot Community’, the Commission’s team in charge of the application of the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot Community and of assisting the Turkish Cypriot to prepare for the reunification of Cyprus, to the Secretariat General’s Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) which will coordinate all the Commission’s efforts in facilitating the process for the reunification of Cyprus.
The decision underlines the Commission’s readiness to continue supporting actively the process at all levels.
The ‘Task Force for the Turkish Cypriot Community’ was set up in 2004 and was part, as from 2014, of Directorate-General for Regional Policy.