Ker-Lindsay, James (2007) An irreparable breakdown of trust: relations between the UN Secretary-General and the Greek Cypriots before and after the 2004 referendum. Cyprus Review, 19 (2). pp. 13-30. ISSN 1015-2881
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For most of the last forty years, the UN Secretary-General has been regarded by the Greek Cypriots as a fair and impartial intermediary in the efforts to solve the Cyprus Problem. However, a poll taken in the middle of 2005 showed that the standing of the UN Secretary-General has fallen to extremely low levels. This was a direct result of the failed effort to reunite the island in 2004 when the Greek Cypriots overwhelmingly rejected a reunification plan drawn up by the Secretary-General. This article shows that at the time of the referendum campaign a deliberate effort was mounted to discredit the UN Secretary-General as a part of a larger effort to ensure that the plan was rejected by the electorate. While this policy was successful in its aim, it also led to an unprecedented climate of mistrust between the Greek Cypriots and the UN Secretary-General. This soured efforts to pursue a settlement for the rest of Kofi Annan’s term of office, which came to an end in December 2006.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.intercol.edu/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1980 |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 University of Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Divisions: | Hellenic Observatory |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2009 14:13 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 22:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/24766 |
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