Excavation works carried out for three Noratlas planes at old Nicosia airport
31 May, 2016Akıncı: “We are progressing in the direction of solution target”
31 May, 2016“International UNFICYP Day” was organized at the buffer zone under the auspices of the United Nations.
UN peacekeepers and officials who lost their lives while trying to maintain peace were also commemorated within the framework of the event.
The leaders and representatives of the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot political parties who participate in regular bi-communal meetings under the auspices of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Ambassador Oksana Tomova, also attended the event.
Speaking at the ceremony the UN General Secretary’s Special Representative in Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim reminded that the UN had been serving the world for 70 years and trying to maintain peace.
The Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Kristin Lund read out the letter sent by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to mark the occasion and said that around 120 UN peacekeepers lost their lives every year while trying to stop the fighting and maintain peace around the world.