October 23, 2024

Statement by Amb. Hadjichrysanthou – 3rd Committee – Advancement of Women

Third Committee, Agenda Item 25 “Advancement of Women”3rd-comm-amb-women

New York, 3 October 2023

Mr. Chair,

Cyprus fully aligns to the statement delivered by the European Union. Allow me to make some additional remarks in my national capacity.

Despite positive steps and progress made in recent years, we are lacking behind our goal to achieve gender equality.  The challenges are many, exacerbated by factors such as instability and fragility caused by conflicts, climate change and pandemics. It is indeed worrisome that at this critical midpoint, none of SDG 5 “Gender Equality” indicators are at “target met or almost met”, according to the latest gender snapshot report on SDGs progress. [Read more…]

Address by the President of the Republic, at the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly

UN Headquarters, September 20th, 2023president-of-cyprus-78th-ga

Mr. President,

Your Excellencies,

On the 26th of July 1946, in San Francisco, our predecessors pledged –

“to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind”, [Read more…]