UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon`s Special Adviser on the Cyprus problem Alexander Downer will brief the Security Council members on Ban`s assessment report on the status of the negotiations in Cyprus on 29 March via teleconference.
The decision for a briefing via teleconference was taken by the UN Secretariat and the British Presidency of the Council, given that the issue of the report was delayed by 12 days. Ban`s report was unofficially distributed to the UNSC members last Monday, 12 March.
On his part, Downer is not expected to submit to the UNSG a report on the UN-backed negotiating process prior to the Easter holidays or maybe by the end of April, when the international organization is expected to clarify his next steps on the negotiations, which began on September 2008.
As things stand, the possibility for Downer to propose the convening of an international conference on Cyprus is considered unlikely, but he is expected to make suggestions on how the process will continue until the presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus scheduled for February 2013.