The Emirati diplomat has support from Palestine and Kazakhstan, and the UK is reportedly leaning her way, but critics point to the UAE’s role in Sudan

Athens has reiterated its rejection of the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum in a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, arguing that the agreement violates international law and cannot have legal effects on third countries.

The Turkish Cypriot leader declined a trilateral meeting with the Cypriot president and the U.N. chief in New York, complicating Guterres' push for progress on Cyprus.

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides is holding a series of diplomatic meetings in New York ahead of talks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, with Nicosia presenting what it calls new ideas for restarting negotiations

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged accountability for countries supplying weapons used to attack civilians in Sudan, as the conflict continues to drive mass displacement and a severe humanitarian crisis

Greece has not publicly endorsed a candidate for UN Secretary-General, though diplomatic sources suggest Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan ranks high among Athens' informal preferences

Athens says the UN secretary-general's commitment to a UN-led peace process and plans for an informal expanded meeting offer momentum toward restarting negotiations on the Cyprus issue.

Both leaders welcomed plans for a new expanded meeting on Cyprus, with Christodoulides pointing to a bigger role for the European Union and Erhurman saying he sees "a road map" for the first time

The U.N. chief said another "five-plus-one" meeting will be held after preparations on confidence-building measures, methodology, and substance to help advance efforts to resolve Cyprus' decades-long division.

António Guterres arrives in Cyprus for the first visit by a UN secretary-general in 16 years, seeking to determine whether conditions exist to revive formal negotiations on the island's decades-long division.

Israel freezes all contact with the UN chief's office after being added to a conflict-zone sexual violence blacklist alongside Hamas

The Cypriot president says a new initiative by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres could pave the way for renewed negotiations and potentially a Cyprus settlement framework, with quiet diplomacy already underway.

Earlier on Thursday, Patriarch Bartholomew had celebrated a doxology at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine in Manhattan.

The meeting emphasized adherence to international law and the need for its strict enforcement by all members of the global community.

The second 5+1 format this week at the UN HQ in New York failed to restart stalled talks over a long-sought Cyprus issue solution, although direct contacts were a positive result

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides also welcomed the development, calling it an important first step toward resuming negotiations.

Guterres pointed out the ongoing violence and discrimination that women continue to endure, noting that "every ten minutes, a woman is killed by her partner or a family member"

Media report cites government sources as saying short discussion allowed UN Chief Guterres to brief Cypriot president that expanded meeting involving all sides is moving forth

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that a specific date for October will be announced shortly

In a related development, the foreign ministers of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia - all EU member-states - met in New York City on Thursday on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly