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UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a 300 km (187 mile) separation barrier along the 1974 Green Line (or ceasefire line) between the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus. Constructed by Turkey, it served to separate the northern 37% (mostly inhabited by Turks and Turkish Cypriots) of Cyprus, occupied by Turkish troops since 1974, from the southern part (mostly inhabited by ethnic Greek Cypriots and other non-Turks), and splits the capital Nicosia (Lefkosa) in two. Since Cyprus joined the European Union (de facto only the southern part joined), travel restrictions have been abolished for all EU citizens. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UN_Buffer_Zone_on_Cyprus   (294 words)

Cyprus Cyprus is geographically in Western Asia (or the Near East), though politically and culturally it is considered as being in Europe. Cyprus was placed under British control on July 12, 1878 due to the proceedings at the Congress of Berlin. Economic affairs in Cyprus are dominated by the division of the country into the southern (Greek) area controlled by the Cyprus Government and the northern Turkish Cypriot-administered area. creekin.net /n50-cyprus.html   (1995 words)

Cyprus LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Cyprus was placed under British control on 4 June 1878 as a result of the Cyprus Convention, which granted control of the island to Britain in return for British support of the Ottoman Empire in the Russian-Turkish War. Cyprus is geographically close to the Middle East (see also Southwest Asia and Near East) and due to the island's geographic proximity is often included in the region, though politically and culturally it is closely aligned with Europe, in particular Greece and to a lesser extent Turkey. Economic affairs in Cyprus are dominated by the division of the country due to the Turkish occupation of the north part of the island. language.school-explorer.com /info/Cyprus   (3884 words)

C Y P R U S Principal Cities The principal city is Nicosia, the capital, with an estimated 1991 population of 166,500 for the Greek Cypriot zone and an estimated 1989 population of 39,496 in the Turkish zone. Cyprus is a member of the UN, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the Council of Europe. Cyprus was admitted to the UN and the Commonwealth of Nations. www.1001medrecipes.com /mCYPRUS.htm   (3854 words)

Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 96-08-15 Furthermore, he noted that UN officials in Cyprus had called Wednesday's killing ''unnecessary'' as UN peacekeepers were trying to pull the protester down from the flagpole when he was shot by the Turkish troops. The two British UN peace-keepers, 29-year-old bombardier Neil Emery, and 22year-old gunner Jeffrey Hudson, of 39 Regiment Royal Artillery, are still in the military hospital in one of the two British bases on the island. Asked repeatedly about the apparently ineffectual response of the UN forces, Foa stated that the force was down to 1,200 men who had to patrol a 180 km stretch of cease fire lines and implied that deployment of adequate numbers in times emergency was difficult. www.hri.org /news/cyprus/cna/1996/96-08-15.cna.html   (3322 words)

Encyclopedia: UN Buffer Zone on Cyprus Constructed by Turkey, it served to separate the northern 37% (mostly inhabited by ethnic Turkish Cypriots) of Cyprus, occupied by Turkish troops since 1974, from the southern part (mostly inhabited by ethnic Greek Cypriots), and splits the capital Nicosia in two. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti [KKTC]) is a de facto state in the northern third of the island of Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean. Nicosia, Cyprus Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia (Greek: Λευκωσία) or LefkoÅŸa (Turkish), population 177,410 (1992), 200,686 (2001), is the capital of Cyprus and of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/UN-Buffer-Zone-on-Cyprus   (513 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) UN - Visits Nicosia, Aug 4 (CNA) -- The UN has expressed regret at the cancellation of a visit by Greek Cypriots to the Turkish occupied monastery of Apostolos Andreas and by Turkish Cypriots to the village of Kokkina, in the southern government controlled part of the island. UN Deputy Representative Zbigniew Wlosowicz told the press after a meeting with Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides that the UN is to evaluate all the facts before it and then draw its conclusions on the issue, noting that the restrictions cause practical difficulties to UNFICYP. Cyprus left-wing AKEL aims at having a resolution approved which would express the support of European left-wing parties for a bicommunal federation in Cyprus, based on UN resolutions and the high level agreements of 1977 and 1979 the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides have signed. www.cyna.org.cy /anaskop/ans/anaskops/english00/anaeng8.htm   (8086 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Following statements by Greek Cypriots that they were determined to cross the buffer zone into Northern Cyprus and after Greek-Cypriot leader Glafkos Clerides posed on a motorcycle with the demonstrators, UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali expressed his concern calling on the Southern Cyprus administration to stop the motorcyclists from entering the buffer zone. Ghali warned the bikers planning the rally under the pretext of "freedom of movement", not to violate the ceasefire lines and the UN buffer zone in Cyprus. According to Greek-Cypriot radio, during incidents in the buffer zone Tassos Isaak (24), a Greek- Cypriot died, and 17 others were injured and taken to hospital. www.byegm.gov.tr /YAYINLARIMIZ/newspot/16/N5.htm   (796 words)

u11: The Buffer Zone - Yannis Kyriakides   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) The work is inspired by the UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus that runs across the island and divides the two communities. The central character is a UN soldier (singer/actor) who guards the buffer zone and freely crosses from side to side. Based on interviews and recordings from UN soldiers in Cyprus, the piece explores both the undercurrents of tension and inner and outer landscapes of the peculiar state of being ‘in limbo’, between two physical and mental states. www.subdist.com /u11.htm   (319 words)

Motor Bike Rally Nicosia, Aug 11 (CNA) -- The UN welcomes the cancellation of the motorcyclists' ride which aimed to demonstrate the opposition of the people of Cyprus to the division of the island and the violation of their basic human right of free movement by the Turkish occupation troops. He referred to concerns by the UN Secretary-General about the intention of the CMF to violate the UN-controlled buffer zone and measures taken by the Turkish side to give the impression that the confrontation was apparently between the bikers and Turkish Cypriots. Asked if the UN will make representations to the Cyprus government and the illegal regime, he said it was perhaps too premature to speculate but the UN spokesman hinted, indirectly albeit clearly, that he held the Cyprus government responsible for the violation of the buffer zone. www.btinternet.com /~argyros.argyrou/Rally.htm   (4241 words)

Cyprus on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Excavations have proved the existence of a Neolithic culture on Cyprus in the period from 6000 BC to 3000 BC Contact with the Middle East and, after 1500 BC, with Greece greatly influenced Cypriot civilization. In 1998, Cyprus began membership talks with the European Union (EU), a move that was bitterly opposed by Turkish Cypriots, and Turkey insisted on a political settlement for the island prior to its joining the EU. Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, but the north was excluded due to the failure of the referendum. www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Cyprus.asp   (1831 words)

BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Cyprus' crumbling buffer zone But the buffer zone, where most of the mines are, remains out-of-bounds and the historic buildings caught in the middle are now on the verge of collapse. The problem here is that most of the church is in the Turkish military area that butts on to the UN buffer zone and as yet the Turks have not permitted any restoration here. In 1974 Annie refused to leave the buffer zone and no amount of UN diplomacy could dislodge her. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4026323.stm   (935 words)

United Nations Daily Highlights 96-08-14 UN Secretary-General deplores violent clashes in the UN buffer zone in Cyprus. UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has expressed concern at the excessive and indiscriminate use of force which has led to the killing of two persons and the wounding of many more, including United Nations peace- keepers, the Secretary-General's Spokesman Sylvana Foa announced today. She added that the agreement, which had been open for signature for more than 3 years, was the first to be negotiated within a multilateral framework that would eliminate an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. www.hri.org /news/world/undh/96-08-14.undh.html   (938 words)

Embassy of Cyprus in Sweden - De-mining along buffer zone begins An EU-funded de-mining project in the buffer zone was launched yesterday with the destruction of the first two landmines belonging to the Cyprus National Guard. The launch of the project, funded by the EU programme "Partnership for the Future" with 2.5 million euro, signalled the implementation of the Cyprus Republic's unilateral decision to destroy its minefields within the buffer zone, in full compliance with the provisions of the Ottawa Convention. During an official ceremony to mark the beginning of the de-mining procedure, the Head of the European Commission's Representation in Cyprus Mr Adriaan van der Meer and the UN Acting Special Representative in Cyprus and UNFICYP Chief of Mission Mr Zbigniew Wlosowicz symbolically cut a barbed-wire fencing the minefield. www.cyprusemb.se /dbase/cypemb/archive_224.asp   (336 words)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) The problem faced by Cyprus is a characteristic example of anachronism that affects relations between OSCE participating States and needs to be addressed. Cyprus strongly underscores the obligation for participating States to implement their OSCE Human Dimension commitments. We are proceeding in cooperation with the UN in the demining of the UN controlled buffer zone in Cyprus. www.mfa.gov.cy /mfa/mfa.nsf/NewsArchiveDisplay?OpenForm&NewID=7A3A9EE45759F48AC2256DF2001F7EB0   (925 words)

Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce - January 2002 Embargoes and isolation of North Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Cyprus Weekly insisted that US officers from Incirlik, Adana Airbase having a holiday in Girne were protested formally by the Greek society during their visit, so they had to stop their holiday in the middle and returned back. The TCAUW couldn't be accredited to the Official Conference of UN Habitat II in 1996 because the association wasn't registered in 'Cyprus Republic'. Also, since the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recognized as a state, "country risk", one of the major definitions of risk in the finance sector remains unmeasurable in the international arena. www.ktto.net /english/ya20020101.html   (2848 words)

More Killings in Buffer Zone A young greek-cypriot was shot dead today by turkish troops in Derinia in the buffer zone near Famagusta, in Cyrpus when after the demonstration which followed the funeral of another greek- cypriot who was beaten to death on Sunday, a group of demonstrators managed to enter the buffer zone despite the cypriot police blocks. Eleven civilians, including two British UN peacekeepers, were wounded during a peaceful anti-occupation demonstration in the UN-controlled buffer zone in Dherynia, on the eastern coast of the island. Cyprus' ambassador to the UN will brief later today the UN Security Council while President Glafcos Clerides intends to send a letter to the UN Secretary-General early next week, the content or purpose of which he did not disclose. www.btinternet.com /~argyros.argyrou/killings.htm   (2719 words)

UNFICYP -- Facts & Figures Cyprus became independent in 1960 with a constitution that was intended to balance the interests of both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom entered into a treaty to guarantee the basic provisions of the constitution and the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Cyprus. There are 152 UN observation posts in and near the Buffer Zone, which are used for surveillance. www.unficyp.org /Facts+figures/facts+fig.htm   (808 words)

Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) [the turkish bit] Presidential Election Day. - International Elections - Indymedia Ireland Cyprus is a member state of the EU. The Turkish Cyprus barrier （UN Buffer Zone on Cyprus）is a 300 km (187 mile) separation barrier along the 1974 Green Line (or ceasefire line) between the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and The Republic of Cyprus. I can also tell you Cyprus is "guitar shaped" and in a different place to that where it was located by the Irish Government (FF& PD coalition) when Bertie Ahern was EU president. www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=69439   (1279 words)

Cyprus Chronology Afterwards she brings cats to Cyprus to bring the snakes under control and Greek settlers from Epirus to boost the population. 1570 The Ottomans invade Cyprus and massacre 20,000 inhabitents of Nicosia. Turkey attempts to invade Cyprus bombing and napalming civilians and the terrorists together with Turkish commandos seize the Nicosia to Kyrenia main highway. www.greece.org /cyprus/Chronology.htm   (1351 words)

EMBASSY OF GREECE: PRESS OFFICE - News Flash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) Face-to-face talks between the leaders of the two communities on the island, President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, aimed to reach a comprehensive settlement of the protracted Cyprus problem, begin on Wednesday morning, near the defunct Nicosia airport situated in the UN-controlled buffer zone. Cyprus government spokesman Michalis Papapetrou announced that President Clerides will be accompanied to the talks scheduled to start at 1000 local time (0800 GMT) by Attorney General Alecos Markides, the government spokesman and Under-Secretary to the President Pantelis Kouros. Clerides and Denktash have agreed to begin, under UN aegis, direct talks on the island on January 16 after nearly a year of not negotiating at all, after Denktash withdrew from the process in November 2000. www.greekembassy.org /press/newsflash/2002/January/nflash0116i.html   (359 words)

The Buffer Zone - The Green Line - Cyprus in Pictures! The buffer zone 140 kilometres long has been in place since 1974, after the Turkish invasion. It cuts the island in half and is patrolled by a UN peacekeeping force known as UNFICYP. The 1230 strong UN force has 154 observations posts in the buffer zone, or Green Line as it's often called. www.geocities.com /britlink   (154 words)

Greek Cypriots accuse Turkey of military buildup in northern Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) "The presence of a larger occupation force poses a specific danger to the Cyprus Republic, and this move doesn't seem to be linked to replacements (of weapons and troops)," Mavronicolas told reporters. Cyprus last Tuesday marked 30 years since Turkey invaded and occupied the island's northern third of the island following a 1974 Greek-engineered coup in Nicosia. Last week, the Greek Cypriots offered to disengage from Nicosia's Green Line, where troops from both sides are at their closest point along the UN-manned buffer zone splitting Cyprus, if Turkey does likewise. www.spacewar.com /2004/040724183412.urczgnfg.html   (261 words)

Europaworld 9/5/2003UN Cyprus: UN 'Pleased' By Buffer Zone Crossings . Europaworld 9/5/2003UN Cyprus: UN 'Pleased' By Buffer Zone Crossings. According to figures provided by the UN mission, as of 4 May, approximately 170,000 Greek Cypriots had crossed from south to north while 75,000 Turkish Cypriots had done the reverse trip. "We are very pleased that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are crossing the buffer zone, and that people are patiently enduring the practical inconveniences which have put a strain on both sides, as well as on the UN mission there," a UN spokesman, Fred Eckhard, said at a press briefing in New York. www.europaworld.org /week128/cyprus9503.htm   (214 words)

Opinion: Current situation of Northern Cyprus The Greek Cypriot side, purporting to be the "Government of the Republic of Cyprus" has been trying to deny the Turkish Cypriot people any opportunity to engage in political, economic, social, cultural and sporting contacts with the rest of the world, and to bring about their political, economic, social and cultural collapse. Osman Kein from Sirerra Leone who entered the island through TRNC and crossed to South Cyprus was arrested and sentenced to jail for three months for entering the island through a Turkish Cypriot port. Moreover, in the only mixed village of Pyla in the UN controlled buffer zone in Cyprus, the Greek Cypriot authorities prevent the Greek Cypriots and visiting tourists from buying anything from Turkish Cypriots, Anybody, including Greek Cypriots, who buy goods from Turkish Cypriots are arrested and fined or jailed by the Greek Cypriots authorities. nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/15/9592/printer   (667 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) The EU set up the force in responding to UN Security Council Resolution 1484 of 30 May 2003 establishing under Chapter VII of the UN Charter an interim emergency multinational force aimed at contributing to the stabilisation of the security conditions and the improvement of the humanitarian situation in Bunia. This is also the first time Cyprus participates in a UN peace operation. Moreover, under CFSP/ESDP within the field of Civilian Crisis Management, Cyprus is participating in the European Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina with four police officers. www.hri.org /news/cyprus/cypio/2003/03-07-30.cypio   (327 words)

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