Security Council Resolution 1000 (1995) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Peace-Keeping Force in Cyprus and Implementation of Confidence-Building Measures Between Parties in Cyprus]

S/RES/1000(1995)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 40 The situation in Cyprus, published in 1995.

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Armed Forces Ceasefires Confidence-Building Measures Cyprus Cyprus Question Demilitarized Zones Greek Cypriot Community Military Defences Military Expenditures Military Personnel Organizational Structure Peacekeeping Operations Troop Withdrawal Turkish Cypriot Community

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11 operative paragraphs

Decides to extend the mandate of UNFICYP for a further period ending on 31 December 1995;

Calls upon the military authorities on both sides to ensure that no incidents occur along the buffer zone and to extend their full cooperation to UNFICYP;

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Requests the Secretary-General to keep under review the structure and strength of UNFICYP with a view to its possible restructuring, bearing in mind the possible implications of an agreement on the extension of the 1989 unmanning agreement;

Expresses concern about the modernization and upgrading of military forces in the Republic of Cyprus and the lack of progress towards a significant reduction in the number of foreign troops in the Republic of Cyprus, urges once again all concerned to commit themselves to such a reduction and to a reduction of defence spending in the Republic of Cyprus to help restore confidence between the parties and as a first step towards the withdrawal of non-Cypriot forces as described in the set of ideas (S/24472, annex), and calls upon the Secretary-General to promote efforts in this direction;

Expresses concern also about the failure by the military authorities on both sides to take reciprocal measures to prohibit along the cease-fire lines live ammunition or weapons other than those which are hand-held and to prohibit also the firing of weapons within sight or hearing of the buffer zone, and calls upon those authorities to enter into discussions with UNFICYP on this matter in line with paragraph 3 of resolution 839 (1993) of 11 June 1993;

Regrets the failure to reach agreement on the extension of the 1989 unmanning agreement to cover all areas of the buffer zone where the two sides are in close proximity to each other, and calls upon the military authorities on both sides to cooperate urgently with UNFICYP to this end;

Urges the leaders of both communities to promote tolerance and reconciliation between the two communities as recommended in the relevant reports of the Secretary-General;

Welcomes the Secretary-General's decision to continue contacts with the two leaders, to make every effort to find common ground for the basis for a resumption of direct talks;

Reaffirms the importance it attaches to early progress being made on the substance of the Cyprus question and on the implementation of the confidence-building measures as called for in resolution 939 (1994) of 29 July 1994;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report by 10 December 1995 on the implementation of the present resolution and on any obstacles he may have encountered;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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