Alvaro de Soto Answers Erdal Güven's Questions on Cyprus!

The Cyprus issue, on Türkiye's agenda since 1960, is being discussed in cooperation with Bahçeşehir University and Radikal newspaper. Alvaro de Soto, former UN Special Representative for Cyprus, architect of the Annan Plan and visiting faculty member at Bahçeşehir University, will answer the questions of Erdal Güven, managing editor of Radikal newspaper and journalist specializing in Cyprus.

Venue: Bahçeşehir University, Beşiktaş Campus, Türkan Şoray Hall

Date: Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Time: 18:00

To attend, please RSVP to kurumsaliletisim@bahcesehir.edu.tr :

Alvaro de Soto

Alvaro de Soto, a Peruvian diplomat, began his career at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after studying law and international relations in Lima and Geneva, and then held various senior positions at the United Nations for 25 years under Secretaries-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan. Alvaro de Soto, who in 1990-1991 chaired the negotiations that brought a 10-year conflict in El Salvador to a peaceful end, led the negotiation process in Cyprus between 1999 and 2004, which aimed at a comprehensive settlement between the two administrations and culminated in the referendum held in April 2004. Having served as special representative for Myanmar (Burma) between 1995 and 1999 and for Western Sahara between 2003 and 2005, de Soto left the United Nations in 2007 after serving for two years as Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Alvaro de Soto currently teaches at the Ralph Bunche Institute and Columbia University in New York, as well as at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.