In Nicosia, on 4th of October 2026, the representative of the Armenian General Benevolent Union in Cyprus, longtime and meritorious member of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party Benon Sevan, has passed away.
He was born on 18 December 1937, in Nicosia, Cyprus. He graduated (1958) from the AGBU Melkonian Educational Institution.
He received his higher education by attending Columbia University in New York, earning the title of Bachelor of Arts in the history of general nations. He then also earned a postgraduate certificate in the field of international relations from the same university.
In 1965 he was admitted to permanent service with the United Nations. As an official observer and supervisor sent by the U.N., he successfully completed a number of international missions.
As secretary of the U.N. Economic and Social Council, as well as of numerous intergovernmental and professional bodies, and as special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General, for many years he successfully headed many prestigious missions to politically tense and highly sensitive situations.
After retiring from his meritorious service of nearly 40 years at the U.N., he had settled in his birthplace, Cyprus, where his earthly life came to end.
