Cyprus: Annan Hails Security Council Pledge To Help All Parties
United Nations Secretary-General this evening welcomed the willingness of the Security Council to help all parties fully
meet their commitments under the proposed comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem if that blueprint is approved
in referendums next week.
Earlier today, the Council President, German Ambassador Gunter Pleuger, told reporters that if approval is granted on 24
April, Council members stood ready "to take further actions as provided for in the plan, including by establishing a new
UN operation in support of its swift and full implementation by all parties."
Reacting to this move, a spokesman for the Secretary-General welcomed Ambassador Pleuger's statement, noting that Mr.
Annan will soon ask the Security Council to take decisions in accordance with the settlement, including on a
reconfigured UN peacekeeping operation.