Welcome to UNFICYP's monthly podcast Out Loud, in this edition, we interview the Mission's newly arrived Force Commander, Major General Erdenebat Batsuuri, of Mongolia.

This year the United Nations is marking 76 years of UN peacekeeping, and here in Cyprus, UNFICYP, which is one of the longest running peacekeeping missions, is marking 60 years in the service of peace. Tune in and listen to Major General Batsuuri talk about his experiences in other peacekeeping operations, his first impressions of Cyprus and learn more about the work of our peacekeepers on the island.

Presenter: Ersin Öztoycan

Podcast with UNFICYP Maj Gen Erdenebat Batsuuri

Welcome to UNFICYP’s monthly podcast out loud. 

This month, we celebrate the role of Cypriot youth in pushing forward innovation and collaboration towards achieving sustainable development for all.

Tune in to this edition and listen to a conversation with two inspiring young Cypriots, Güzide Sofi and Rafail Dimitriou, talk about how they are engaging with youth through digital and traditional platforms. 

They both helped organize the third Local Conference of Youth on the island. This year, the group took a bold step, shifting their focus from policy discussions to hands-on advocacy and together, are crafting plans to drive change on a local and regional level.

Youth Day 2024

Welcome to UNFICYP’s monthly podcast “Out Loud”. 

In September, UNFICYP hosted an art advocacy event where two Cypriot artists, Ramadan Naldjioglou and Vicky Panagi, came together with young people from across the divide and peacekeepers, to paint a mural under the theme: “Our Common Future begins with Peace”. 

As this month we mark World Artist Day, we invited them to talk about their work, how art is a form of activism and how it can bring people together. 

Listen to their interview as we celebrate artists in Cyprus and around the world.  

Presenter: Ersin Oztoycan

World Artist Day

Welcome to UNFICYP's monthly podcast Out Loud, in this edition, we interview the Chief of Strategic Communications Section Nick Birnback who arrived from New York Headquarters to visit UNFICYP.

Tune in and listen to Nick talk about the different communication needs that are faced by different UN Missions and explains how strategic communications plays an important role in tackling common misconceptions about the role of the UN.

Presenter: Ersin Öztoycan

Strategic Communications in peacekeeping operations

Welcome to UNFICYP's monthly podcast Out Loud, in this edition, we interview Michelle Angela Hamelin and Ron Bragdon, two Canadian veterans who served in Cyprus since the Mission was established in 1964.

This year the mission is marking 60 years of presence on the island and several veterans who served in UNFICYP from around the world arrived in November to attend ceremonies, understand the Mission's current operations and to pay tribute to fellow peacekeepers. 

Tune in and listen to them sharing their experiences representing Canada while serving for peace. 

Presenter: Ersin Oztoycan

Canadian veterans visit UNFICYP

Welcome to UNFICYP's monthly podcast Out Loud, in this edition we are marking the Mission's commitment to end violence against women and girls during the 16 days global campaign against gender-based violence. 

We had a conversation with Katerina Stephanou from Step Up Stop Slavery; Mine Yucel, from Prologue Consulting and Lauren McAlister, UNFICYP's Gender Affairs Officer to discuss human trafficking and other forms of violence women and girls experience and what ways to address these issues.  

Tune in to learn more about their work and their efforts in providing support to victims and survivors of violence.

Join us and together we can prevent violence against women, stop its escalation, provide adequate services to survivors and punish perpetrators. 

Presenter: Ersin Oztoycan

16 days of activism against gender-based violence

Welcome to UNFICYP's monthly podcast Out Loud, in this edition, we interview the Mission's newly arrived Senior Police Advisor, Chief Superintendent Mingzhu Xu.

Tune in and listen to Mingzhu speak about her experiences in other peacekeeping operations, to discuss law and order inside the buffer zone and her vision for UNPOL’s work in 2025.

Presenter: Ersin Öztoycan

Senior Police Advisor to UNFICYP

Welcome to UNFICYP's monthly podcast Out Loud, in this edition we are pleased to speak with two brilliant young Cypriots, Ilayda Taşkaya and Maria Kranou about their participation in the Youth Champion’s for Environment and Peace programme led by the Mission's Civil Affairs Section. 

Tune in to learn more about their projects and how young people in Cyprus are coming together to tackle environmental issues across the divide and their hopes for the future of the island. 

The UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme is implemented in collaboration with the British Council in Cyprus. 

Presenter: Ersin Oztoycan

UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace

Welcome to UNFICYP’s monthly podcast “Out Loud”, in this edition we had a conversation around this year's International Women’s Day theme: “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.”

This year’s theme calls for action that can unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one is left behind.

Join us and listen to as we interview uniformed personnel in UNFICYP and civilians on how to advance women’s and girls’ rights, promote gender equality and foster empowerment.

Presenter: Ersin Oztoycan

UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace

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