EMM News Explorer: Alexander Downer

[ said]: These are the very heart of this issue and the most productive debate here is a debate about how best to make those agreements and to make them to the satisfaction of the people of Cyprus,

cyprus 02-FEB-12

[-said]: persona non grata

cyprus 02-FEB-12

[ said]: He also reminded the two leaders that they must keep the big vision of a united Cyprus in their sights,

un 27-JAN-12

[-told]: There is clearly still ground to cover in order to make for a successful outcome for this meeting and we look forward to a constructive day tomorrow,

iol 24-JAN-12

[ said]: and I think the best way to describe the talks today is that they have been intensive right from the very beginning,

iol 24-JAN-12

[noted that:]: the Secretary General made his expectations clear this morning that he is looking for the leaders to make decisive moves,

hri 24-JAN-12

[said:]: data is being provided and that has been important.

hri 24-JAN-12

[said:]: what we really want here in these two days of negotiation is to focus on the core issues where there has not been convergence and every effort has to be put into that.

hri 24-JAN-12

[said:]: the last meeting has come and gone so I know one hundred percent about it,

hri 24-JAN-12

[ said]: and I think the best way to describe the talks today is that they have been intensive right from the very beginning

news24 24-JAN-12

[-said]: The secretary-general made his expectations clear this morning that he is looking for the leaders to make decisive moves,

euractiv 24-JAN-12

[-said]: But to tell you the truth we will just have to see how we get on tomorrow before any judgments can be made by both the two sides,

euractiv 24-JAN-12

[-said earlier this month]: It's hard to see how it [the process] can go on then ... so we really have to get it done before July 1,

euractiv 24-JAN-12

[noted that:]: there are discussions about property and territory and the relationship between them.

hri 24-JAN-12

[said:]: there are three core issues at stake here in these discussions at Greentree

hri 24-JAN-12

[said that:]: the point about property and territory is that when these issues, if you like, of property are discussed there is always discussion about territory.

hri 24-JAN-12

[said that:]: ultimately this is a matter for them

hri 24-JAN-12

[-said]: What would be the point? It's expensive, difficult, logistically complex and very time consuming for a secretary-general who is dealing with all the issues of the world, not just Cyprus,

trendnews 22-JAN-12

[-said]: What would be the point? It’s expensive, difficult, logistically complex and very time consuming for a secretary-general who is dealing with all the issues of the world, not just Cyprus,

todayszaman 22-JAN-12

[argued:]: subsidising the car industry has cost our gross domestic product money over the years, not added to it.

news_com_au 18-JAN-12

[ said]: There are basically three core issues that the leaders must resolve: first, the method of electing a rotating president and vice-president; second, a way of settling the granting of citizenship, and third, the property issue which cannot be solved until there is agreement on territory,

cyprus 12-JAN-12

[-said]: Can the compromises be found or can’t they? It’s as simple as that,

hurriyetdailynews 07-JAN-12

[-said]: Well, you don’t necessarily need, in theory, a lot of time to do that. You need to make compromises.

hurriyetdailynews 07-JAN-12

[-said]: Can the compromises be found or can't they? It's as simple as that,

trendnews 06-JAN-12

[-said]: I think all this is possible

cyprus 06-JAN-12

[ said]: That’s an important point that we need to make more progress between now and the meeting in Greentree, to make sure that (it) is a successful meeting. It’s obviously a challenge,

cyprus 06-JAN-12

[-said]: I can’t really foreshadow at this stage what exactly would happen. But if they can’t achieve convergences on the outstanding core issues, then you obviously by definition have deadlock. In those circumstances, the Secretary-General will have to talk with the Leaders about what to do next,

cyprus 05-JAN-12

[-believes that]: I grew up in country South Australia with a lot of chaps who have very traditional views, so it won't be the first time I've seen it.

cyprus 29-DEC-11

[said:]: As I said, we have always been attacked here; not by the Turkish Cypriot side but by the Greek Cypriot. The UN since 1963 has been systematically attacked from certain elements in the Greek Cypriot community and some of the political parties. They continuously attack us. But if we left, if we said we are fed up of your attacks and we are leaving, what would they say?

cyprus 24-DEC-11

[ said]: We need to make up our minds from our perspective and advise the UN Security Council whether: a) the process has been slow… but successful and the two leaders demonstrated beyond doubt that Cyprus can be reunified, or, b) this process has proved to us that it can’t be done. The bizonal, bicommunal federation can’t be implemented because you can’t get an agreement between the two sides,

cyprus 21-DEC-11

[-said]: There is no reason for the UN to invest vast resources, energy, political capital in something that will never be resolved,

cyprus 20-DEC-11

[-said]: The two leaders must realise the seriousness of the situation and find ways out of the dead-end they’re in,

cyprus 20-DEC-11

[-expressed]: it is not a question of speed, it is a question of success, isn’t it? It doesn’t matter whether it is fast or slow, it matters that there are gradual convergences.

cyprus 14-DEC-11

[said:]: We are not getting into that. We just hope that there will be more productive meetings in the future.

cyprus 14-DEC-11

[-added]: I will be meeting with the two leaders during the course of this week and officials from the United Nations will also be meeting with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot officials as we work on some of these issues and see what progress they can make over the next week or so,

panarmenian 12-DEC-11

[said:]: We haven’t lost patience with the process but it is about making sure that we get good results, and for our part we only are here to help.

cyprus 02-DEC-11

[had said that:]: the pattern will be for the leaders to meet more or less every Monday between now and the middle of January

hri 01-DEC-11

[-said]: That’s very nice thank you very much and I’d like to know how are they going to do that,

cyprus 01-DEC-11

[-said]: It should be a further incentive to conclude an agreement – an incentive for both sides,

cyprus 01-DEC-11

[-told]: If we reach a point where it's just ... a complete deadlock, and it's obvious they're not going to make an agreement, and obvious they can't shift from the deadlock, well then that's probably the end of efforts to form a bizonal, bicommunal federation,

trendnews 01-DEC-11

[-said]: If there is no agreement this will become an extremely acrimonious issue given that the two sides have already agreed that natural resources will be the responsibility of the federal government,

cyprus 01-DEC-11

[-said]: People think for example its possible to put together a united Cyprus without a bizonal bicommunal federation and they must have some optimism that I don’t think is shared in the united nations,

cyprus 01-DEC-11

[ said]: Don’t be hysterical, we are not going to (arbitrate or mediate), take my word for it,

cyprus 22-NOV-11

[ said]: At the end of the day they’ve got to build the bridges, and while we can help them, ultimately they have to built them themselves,

cyprus 22-NOV-11

[said:]: we are very cautious about our role.

famagusta 21-NOV-11

[said:]: it is difficult, we have no illusions about that but we thought, as the Secretary General said, that good progress was made at Greentree and in the lead-up to Greentree.

famagusta 21-NOV-11

[noted that:]: at the end of the day they have got to build the bridges

famagusta 21-NOV-11

[-said]: I asked [the Australian Federal Police] once what they thought and their view was she was guilty,

smh 09-NOV-11

[ said]: The two leaders think they can make an agreement and I think that the secretary-general was encouraged to hear that and I'm sure the Security Council was pleased to hear that as well,

xinhuanet_en 04-NOV-11

[said that:]: it is a sort of semantic issue. Obviously, the leaders look at the different positions. The two sides have tried to work out ways of navigating through those positions,

hri 01-NOV-11

[stated that:]: it has been positive and productive so far. It has been very good.

hri 01-NOV-11

[-said]: I think it is fair to say, and I am quoting the two sides here, rather than using my own words, but it certainly reflects the United Nations' own view, that these discussions have been positive, productive and vigorous,

cyprus 01-NOV-11

[said that:]: we have done both things. In a joint meeting with the Secretary-General in the course of the morning we got to spend something like six hours with the Secretary-General. We have also mixed that up with separate meetings of Mr. Pascoe and me with the two sides. And I think there is a mix that seems to be working pretty well. We are always trying to think of something different. We are always thinking of creative and constructive ways of pushing a process forward. We need to fulfill our obligations to the Sec

hri 01-NOV-11

[said that:]: we are listening to what they are saying and discussing with them their thoughts. We are having extensive discussions with them. That is not the same thing as making bridging proposals.

hri 01-NOV-11

[ said]: It is up to the leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities to find common ground leading to a solution,

xinhuanet_en 31-OCT-11

[ said]: We have said all along that we won't be arbitrators or mediators in this process, but we are happy to be as helpful as possibly as can be,

cyprus 31-OCT-11

[ said]: The U.N. is pleased with the way it's going,

cyprus 31-OCT-11

[ said]: The UN is pleased with the way it's going,

jrep 31-OCT-11

[-said]: wants to hear about what those difficulties are, and to hear from the leaders the sorts of ideas they have for overcoming those difficulties,

dailystar 30-OCT-11

[-said]: wants to hear about what those difficulties are, and to hear from the leaders the sorts of ideas they have for overcoming those difficulties

breakingnews 29-OCT-11

[-said]: It is going to be an important meeting and the Secretary General wants to be hopeful,

xinhuanet_en 22-OCT-11

[-said]: Political issues in both sides are not a matter for the United Nations, but are an internal matter and we do not get involved in it,

xinhuanet_en 04-OCT-11

[said:]: If the two sides came together and asked us to play some sort of mediating role the Secretary-General would have a look at that and we’d discuss it and look at what we could do. But the two sides would have to come to us; we’re not trying to impose ourselves on them.

cyprus 29-SEP-11

[ said]: We really want these (peace) talks to succeed, we are putting our main effort into making sure these talks do succeed, and in the meantime we hope the two sides, or the various sides, will act with due restraint..to ensure that in no way this issue derails these talks,

cyprus 28-SEP-11

[-noted]: The SG has made it clear that it is important that restraint is exercised here and that we do what we can to try to make sure that these talks are successful, we do not want anything to happen that would derail the talks, so far that hasn't happened and we hope that this remains the case

hri 28-SEP-11

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