Security Council Resolution 2369 (2017) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Until 31 Jan. 2018]

S/RES/2369 (2017)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 43 The situation in Cyprus, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

15 versions · 2012–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2815 (2026)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	S/RES/2815 (2026)	Security Council resolution 2815 (2026) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 Jan. 2027]	—	—
2025	S/RES/2771 (2025)	Security Council resolution 2771 (2025) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 Jan. 2026]	—	—
2024	S/RES/2723 (2024)	Security Council resolution 2723 (2024) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 Jan. 2025]	—	—
2023	S/RES/2674 (2023)	Security Council resolution 2646 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 Jan. 2024]	—	—
2022	S/RES/2646 (2022)	Security Council resolution 2646 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 Jan. 2023]	—	—

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

27 reports · 2013–2026

Per the catalogue notes: 1 of these reports were submitted via an annex rather than the report itself.

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	S/2026/550	United Nations operation in Cyprus report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2815 (2026)
2026	S/2026/8	United Nations operation in Cyprus report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2771 (2025)
2026	S/2026/9	Report of the Secretary-General on his mission of good offices in Cyprus	S/RES/2771 (2025)
2025	S/2025/447	United Nations operation in Cyprus report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2771 (2025)
2025	S/2025/448	Report of the Secretary-General on his mission of good offices in Cyprus	S/RES/2771 (2025)

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Confidence-Building Measures Cyprus Cyprus Question Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Operations

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the progress of the leaders-led process since 11 February 2014 and the efforts of the leaders and their negotiators to reach a comprehensive and durable settlement, notes the outcome of the Conference on Cyprus and encourages the sides and all involved participants to sustain their commitment to a settlement under United Nations auspices;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/586);

Reaffirms all its relevant resolutions on Cyprus, in particular resolution 1251 (1999) of 29 June 1999 and subsequent resolutions;

Recalls Security Council resolution 2338 (2017), and calls upon the two leaders to:

Put their efforts behind further work on reaching convergences on the core issues;

Continue to work with the Technical Committees with the objective of improving the daily lives of the Cypriots;

Improve the public atmosphere for negotiation to secure a settlement, including by focussing public messages on convergences and the way ahead, and delivering more constructive and harmonised messages; and

Increase the participation of civil society in the process as appropriate;

Requests the Secretary-General to maintain transition planning in relation to a settlement, guided by progress in negotiations, and encourages the sides to engage with each other, as well as with UNFICYP and the United Nations Good Offices mission in this regard;

Urges the implementation of confidence-building measures, and looks forward to agreement on and implementation of further such mutually acceptable steps, including military confidence-building measures and the opening of crossing points already agreed upon and others, that can contribute to a conducive environment for a settlement;

Welcomes all efforts to accommodate the Committee on Missing Persons’ exhumation requirements as well as the joint appeal for information issued by the two leaders on 28 May 2015, and calls upon all parties to provide more expeditious, full access to all areas, given the need to intensify the Committee’s work;

Expresses its full support for UNFICYP and decides to extend its mandate for a further period ending 31 January 2018;

Calls on both sides to continue to engage, as a matter of urgency and while respecting the mandate of UNFICYP, in consultations with UNFICYP on the demarcation of the buffer zone, and on the United Nations 1989 aide-memoire, with a view to reaching early agreement on outstanding issues;

Calls on the Turkish Cypriot side and Turkish forces to restore in Strovilia the military status quo which existed there prior to 30 June 2000;

Calls on both sides to allow access to deminers and to facilitate the removal of the remaining mines in Cyprus within the buffer zone, and urges both sides to extend demining operations outside the buffer zone;

Requests the Secretary-General to conduct a strategic review of UNFICYP focused on findings and recommendations for how UNFICYP should be optimally configured to implement its existing mandate, based exclusively on rigorous evidence-based assessment of the impact of UNFICYP activities, and further requests the Secretary-General to report on the results of this review when appropriate within four months of the adoption of this resolution;

Expresses its full support for the Secretary-General in continuing to keep his Good Offices at the disposal of the parties, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on implementation of this resolution by 10 January 2018 and to keep the Security Council updated on events as necessary;

Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNFICYP to implement the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including the conduct of predeployment awareness training, and to take disciplinary action and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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