President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday attended an event hosted by Unficyp at Nicosia Airport, under the aegis of Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Colin Stewart.
The event marked the official launch of an action plan on “ways to ensure women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in the settlement process/an eventual settlement in Cyprus,” according to a statement by Unficyp.
The statement said that the action plan was developed in response to a request by the UN Security Council, which was part of a 2021 resolution.
“On 27 January, in its resolution 2618 (2022), the United Nations Security Council welcomed the joint Action Plan and encouraged the sides to ensure the needs and perspectives of women are addressed in a future settlement”.
The action plan was presented by the Technical Committee on Gender Equality to select representatives of women’s civil society organisations and the diplomatic community. According to the Unficyp statement, this marked “an initial step to engage with diverse stakeholders to bring awareness of the action plan to the public and outline next steps.
“The Technical Committee on Gender Equality expressed their intention to conduct further outreach to civil society organisations, in particular, to women’s organisations and youth, along with other stakeholders, in order to solicit their views on the recommendations and how to include a gender perspective in the settlement process/an eventual settlement process in Cyprus”.
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