From the foreword:
I have interviewed three officials operating in Nicosia: the Major of the Town, Mrs. Eleni
Mavrou; the Under-Secretary of the Presidency of the self-proclaimed TRNC, Mr. Rasit
Pertev; the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Chief of UNFICYP Mission,
Mr. Michael Møller.
The Mayor was elected in December 2006. She a member of the major party in the
Republic, AKEL, the Communist Greek-Cypriot Party, which sustains Tassos Papadopulos’
Government and has an anti-reunification platform. Yet, Mrs. Mavrou voted “Yes” to the
Annan Plan Referendum, as she admitted during her electoral campaign.
Mr. Pertev is the representative of President Talat in the talks and negotiations with the
Greek Cypriot side, the UN and the EU.
Mr. Møller is in the difficult position of representing a very long-lasting UN mission in
the field. Referring to the 15 June 2007 SC resolution, he stressed that the UN mission in
Cyprus must not be taken for granted; at the same time, he emphasised the importance
attached in the country to the involvement of a third part in supervising the reconciliation
process to the island. |
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