Hercus officially appointed to Cyprus post

U.N. SECRETARY-general Kofi Annan has officially announced the appointment of Dame Ann Hercus as his Deputy Special Representative in Cyprus.

The 56-year-old new UN resident representative will succeed Gustave Feissel, who will retire on June 30 after a 35-year career in the UN.

Hercus is currently an international consultant and adviser to the UN and the Commonwealth. She served as an MP and Ambassador and as Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the UN and was a member of the Secretary- general’s Eminent Persons Group on preparations for the World Conference for Women in Beijing.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.