UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Extended Through Mid-December
New York, Jun 15 2007 3:00PM
The Security Council today extended the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) through mid-December while noting the current stalemate on the issue.
In a unanimously adopted resolution, the Council also reaffirmed that the “status quo is unacceptable, that time is not
on the side of a settlement, and that negotiations on a final political solution to the Cyprus problem have been at an
impasse for too long.”
The resolution referred to a July 2006 Agreement “stressing that a comprehensive settlement based on a bicommunal,
bizonal federation and political equality, as set out in the relevant Security Council resolutions, is both desirable
and possible and should not be further delayed.”
In a report released earlier this month, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended the extension of UNFICYP’s mandate,
and the Council today echoed his “firm belief that the responsibility of finding a solution lies first and foremost with
the Cypriots themselves.”
ENDS