Three important points are included in the resolution on the renewal of UNFICYP's mandate unanimously adopted today by the UN Security Council, Cyprus' Permanent Representative to the UN, Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, told the Cyprus News Agency, while expressing Cyprus' full satisfaction with the paragraph on the missing persons.[/B]
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Clear record of the basis for a solution to the Cyprus problem, as defined by the resolutions of the UNSC, the reference to the necessity of appointing a SG envoy and the repetition of the wording contained in the Presidential Statement and the July resolution on UNFICYP regarding the Varosha on the one hand, and the addition of new wording on the other, are the three important points, as Mr. Hadjichrysanthou.
The Permanent Representative welcomed the adoption of the Security Council resolution to extend the terms of reference of the peacekeeping force for another six months.
The three important points, he noted, are the clear recording of the basis for a solution to the Cyprus problem, as defined by the Security Council resolutions.
The second point is the reference to the resolution on the need to appoint an envoy of the SG, an issue which has been pending since last September when the two leaders met over lunch with the Secretary General.
The SC calls for the appointment to be expedited with a view to resuming negotiations.
The third and most important point, given the current developments, is the Varosha issue. The resolution, Hajichrysanthou said, contains the same strong language that he had reiterated last July when he adopted a Presidential Statement and then the resolution on the renewal of UNFICYP's mandate, which condemned the violations of the UNSC resolutions on the Varosha, called for their termination and the reversal of illegal actions. There was no compliance by the Turkish side as to the demands of the UNSC and that is why today we see in the resolution new wording, with the addition of a new wording in the operative paragraph 13. calling for the observation and reporting of the mission on the issue of Varosha. With this change, the CoA articulates the need for more systematic and meaningful monitoring by the Peace Force and reporting to the CoA.
Hadjichrysanthou also expressed the not full satisfaction of the Cypriot side with regard to the paragraph on the missing persons, which "could include stronger language and stronger messages", so that the current situation regarding the CMP and the non-detection of remains in exhumations could be changed and the Fact-Finding Committee could become more effective.
The CMP started with a list of 2002 missing persons when it began its work 15-16 years ago and after those years the remains of about 970 missing persons were missing, he said. "This was the reason why the Republic of Cyprus was waiting to hear a stronger and targeted message in the direction of Turkey, which could provide data from its military archives as to the battlefield clearances," he said.
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