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The UN Security Council held closed consultations on the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, UNFICYP, yesterday morning, 12 July, chaired by the UK Deputy Permanent Representative, Ambassador James Kariuki.
During the consultations, which lasted for about one and a half hours, the members of the Security Council were briefed by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Cyprus and Head of UNFICYP, Mr. Kari Kariukiuki, who was briefed by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Cyprus and Head of UNFICYP. Colin Stewart, on the two reports of the Secretary-General.
The Security Council issued the following statement immediately afterwards:
"The members of the Security Council expressed their full support for UNFICYP and stressed the importance of full respect for the mandate and implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions.
Council members welcomed the continued personal engagement of the Secretary-General and his team, and reiterated their support for his proposal for a UN Envoy to lead further engagement as soon as possible.
Security Council members encouraged renewed engagement on the island following the recent elections and urged both sides to seize this window of opportunity, including by taking tangible steps and implementing other goodwill gestures to promote a favourable climate.
Security Council members reiterated the importance of transparency, flexibility and compromise by both sides and the parties concerned, with a view to returning to formal negotiations to reach a comprehensive and just settlement based on a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as set out in the relevant Security Council resolutions.
Security Council members reaffirmed their commitment to a lasting, comprehensive and just settlement and stressed the need to avoid unilateral actions, including actions that violate the military status quo along ceasefire lines or encroachments in the buffer zone, and noted that such actions could increase tensions on the island and undermine the prospects for a peaceful settlement."
For the full statement in English, click here.
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