Content_paragraphs:  A gender-sensitive socioeconomic impact assessment of a settlement in Cyprus, 
  
  requested in Security Council resolution 2453 (2019), was completed during the 
  
  reporting period and launched on 17 February 2020. The assessment substantiated 
  
  that delaying a settlement in Cyprus increases both economic and non-economic costs 
  
  and outlined appropriate supportive policies to address existing gender barriers that 
  
  limit women’s economic engagement. It noted that reunification would  result in 
  
  higher incomes and increased gross domestic product growth for both communities, 
  
  as well as an expanded set of opportunities that, if coupled with such policies, could 
  
  be shared more equally by men and women island-wide.