Security Council Resolution 2430 (2018) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Until 31 Jan. 2019]

S/RES/2430 (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?

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?

6 subjects

Confidence-Building Measures Cyprus Cyprus Question Good Offices Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Operations

What’s in this document?

23 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 lack of progress towards a settlement since the conclusion of the Conference on Cyprus and urges the sides and all involved participants to seize the important opportunity presented by the appointment of UN Consultant Jane Holl Lute to conduct in-depth consultations on a way forward, by engaging constructively in those consultations, and renewing their political will and commitment to a settlement under United Nations auspices;

In this regard, calls upon the sides, specifically the leaders of the two Cypriot communities, and all involved parties to actively engage with openness and creativity, fully commit to a settlement process under UN auspices, use the UN consultations to restart negotiations, and avoid any actions that might damage the chances of success;

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General (S/2018/610 and S/2018/676);

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

Recalls Security Council resolution 2398 (2018), 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 harmonized messages; and by refraining from rhetoric that could make a successful process more difficult to achieve; and

Increase and strengthen the participation of civil society in the process as appropriate, with a view to mobilizing greater support for the settlement process at large;

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, including by revitalizing the Gender Committee and considering the Secretary-General’s proposal to conduct a gender-sensitive socioeconomic impact assessment;

Further stresses the importance of the full and effective participation of youth; recognizes the important work of the Bi-Communal Technical Committee on Education and calls on both sides to facilitate intercommunal youth contacts;

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 and to respond to the Committee’s request for archival information on possible burial sites, 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 January 2019;

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; and requests the Secretary-General to increase the number of women in UNFICYP as well as to ensure the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of operations;

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 implement the United Nations 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 his Good Offices and the outcome of UN Consultant Jane Holl Lute’s consultations by 15 October 2018; further requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on implementation of this resolution by 10 January 2019, including progress on confidence-building measures, and to keep the Security Council updated on events as necessary;

Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, calls on him to continue his efforts to develop an integrated performance policy framework, and to apply it, once completed and endorsed, including to UNFICYP;

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 and police-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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