Content_paragraphs:  The passage of time since the historic opportunity in Crans-Montana has 
  
  complicated the efforts to find a mutually acceptable solution in Cyprus. I convened the 
  
  parties in Geneva because I believed that their readiness to participate in an in formal 
  
  five-plus-one meeting offered a valuable opportunity for them to meet and exchange 
  
  perspectives with a view to determining whether common ground exists to negotiate a 
  
  lasting solution to the Cyprus problem within a foreseeable horizon. The question before 
  
  us was, and remains, a critical and difficult one, with potentially far-reaching 
  
  implications. In an informal meeting convened without preconditions, it is useful that all 
  
  parties are able to express their positions in an open manner; however, i t is clear that, as 
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   2  See: https://uncyprustalks.unmissions.org/launch-un-world-bank-gender-sensitive-socio-
  
  economic-impact-assesment-settlement-cyprus. 
  
  https://uncyprustalks.unmissions.org/launch-un-world-bank-gender-sensitive-socio-economic-impact-assesment-settlement-cyprus
  https://uncyprustalks.unmissions.org/launch-un-world-bank-gender-sensitive-socio-economic-impact-assesment-settlement-cyprus
  
  
   
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  Secretary-General, I am guided in the negotiations on Cyprus by relevant Security 
  
  Council resolutions that have established the United Nations parameters.