Security Council Resolution 2398 (2018) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Until 31 July 2018]

S/RES/2398 (2018)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 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 2011–2022

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2618 (2022)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	S/RES/2618 (2022)	Security Council resolution 2618 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 July 2022]	—	—
2021	S/RES/2561 (2021)	Security Council resolution 2561 (2021) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 July 2021]	—	—
2020	S/RES/2506 (2020)	Security Council resolution 2506 (2020) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 July 2020]	—	—
2019	S/RES/2453 (2019)	Security Council resolution 2453 (2019) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 July 2019]	—	—
2018	S/RES/2398 (2018)	Security Council resolution 2398 (2018) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 July 2018]	—	—

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

16 reports · 2012–2022

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2022	S/2022/533	United Nations operation in Cyprus report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2618 (2022)
2022	S/2022/534	Mission of good offices in Cyprus report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2618 (2022)
2021	S/2021/634	Mission of good offices in Cyprus report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2561 (2021)
2021	S/2021/635	United Nations operation in Cyprus report of the Secretary-General	S/RES/2561 (2021)
2020	S/2020/685	Report of the Secretary-General on his mission of good offices in Cyprus	S/RES/2506 (2020)

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Confidence-Building Measures Cyprus Cyprus Question Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Operations

What’s in this document?

21 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 urges the sides and all involved participants to renew their political will and commitment to a settlement under United Nations auspices;

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General (S/2017/814, S/2017/1008 and S/2018/25);

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

Recalls Security Council resolution 2369 (2017), and calls upon the two leaders to:

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

Intensify work with the Technical Committees with the objective of enhancing intercommunal contacts and improving the daily lives of the Cypriots;

Improve the public atmosphere for negotiation to secure a settlement, including by focusing public messages on convergences and the way ahead, and delivering more constructive and harmonised messages; and by refraining from rhetoric that could make a successful process more difficult to achieve; and

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

Welcomes the Secretary-General’s willingness, and expresses its full support, for his Good Offices to remain available to assist the sides, should they jointly decide to re-engage in negotiations with the necessary political will, as stated in his report of 28 September 2017; and 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 and further development of confidence-building measures based on a shared vision for the future and joint actions, 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, and urges the sides to promote intercommunal contacts, exchange and cooperation thereby contributing to a conducive environment for a settlement;

Stresses the importance of the full and effective participation of civil society and women in particular at all stages of the peace process and urges their involvement in the development and implementation of post-conflict strategies for sustainable peace; and further stresses the importance of the full and effective participation of youth;

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 accelerate the Committee’s work;

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

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the Strategic Review of UNFICYP (S/2017/1008), and endorses implementation of its recommendations within existing resources;

Supports the need to improve the mission’s capacity for liaison and engagement with the sides across all components, including people to people contacts, to keep stability and calm, and thereby contribute effectively to conditions conducive to progress in a settlement process;

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 submit a report on progress towards a settlement by 15 June 2018, and on implementation of this resolution by 10 July 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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