Security Council Resolution 2453 (2019) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) Until 31 July 2019]

S/RES/2453 (2019)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 2019.

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?

26 operative paragraphs

Takes note of 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, expresses regret at the lack of progress towards a settlement since the conclusion of the 2017 Conference on Cyprus and urges the sides and all involved participants to seize the important opportunity presented by the consultations of UN Consultant, Jane Holl Lute, on a way forward, by engaging actively and constructively in those consultations, and urges them to agree terms of reference which would constitute a consensus starting point for meaningful results-oriented negotiations leading to a settlement within a foreseeable horizon, and to renew 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 and meaningfully 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/2018/919 and S/2019/37));

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

Recalls its resolution 2430 (2018), and calls upon the two leaders to:

Put their efforts expeditiously 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;

Promote peace education across the island, including by further empowering the Technical Committee on Education to address impediments to peace in school books, as a contribution to trust-building between the communities;

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

Increase and strengthen the participation of civil society, including women’s organisations and youth in the process; provide direct support and encouragement to civil society organisations to enhance inter-communal contact and trust-building, with a view to mobilising greater support for the settlement process at large;

Calls upon the sides and the relevant involved parties, to explore ways to establish mechanisms and to enhance existing initiatives, with UNFICYP as facilitator through its liaison role, for effectively alleviating tensions and to help address island-wide matters that affect all Cypriots;

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;

Notes the Secretary-General’s report of the 2017 strategic review of UNFICYP (S/2017/1008) and requests the Mission to implement fully its recommendations within existing resources;

Urges the implementation and further development of confidence-building measures, including those aimed at improving mobile phone and electricity interconnectivity, 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 additional crossing points, 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 expects their involvement in the development and implementation of post-conflict strategies for sustainable peace, including by revitalising the Gender Committee and calls upon the UN to take forward, within existing resources, the Secretary-General’s proposal to conduct a gender-sensitive socio-economic impact assessment and to share its outcome with both communities;

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, recognising the important contribution of projects to promote peace education and building connections between children from both communities;

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 July 2019;

Welcomes the mission’s efforts to improve its 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 in line with its resolution 2242 (2015), as well as to ensure the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of operations;

Expresses serious concern at the increased number of violations of the military status quo along the ceasefire lines and calls on the sides and all involved parties to respect UNFICYP’s mandated authority in the buffer zone, further calls on the 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 strongly recommends the use of the 2018 United Nations aide-memoire by the sides to ensure peace and security in the buffer zone;

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 agree to a plan of work to achieve a mine-free Cyprus;

Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by the Secretary-General to standardize a culture of performance in UN peacekeeping, and reaffirms its support for the development of a comprehensive and integrated performance policy framework that identifies clear standards of performance for evaluating all United Nations civilian and uniformed personnel working in and supporting peacekeeping operations that facilitates effective and full implementation of mandates, and includes comprehensive and objective methodologies based on clear and well-defined benchmarks to ensure accountability for underperformance and incentives and recognition for outstanding performance, and calls on him to apply it to UNFICYP;

Supports the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, and requests the Secretary-General to work with the Force Commander and Troop-Contributing Countries to ensure UNFICYP’s full compliance with this policy, ensuring that all personnel of the mission are vetted for history of sexual misconduct in the service with the United Nations, and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, keeping the Security Council informed through his reports about UNFICYP’s progress in this regard, and urges troop- and police-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including pre-deployment awareness training, and to take disciplinary action and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit by 15 April 2019 a report on his Good Offices and on progress towards reaching a consensus starting point for meaningful results-oriented negotiations; further requests the Secretary-General to submit by 10 July 2019 a report on implementation of this resolution, including progress on confidence-building measures, efforts towards establishing mechanisms to alleviate tensions and address island-wide matters and efforts of the two Leaders to prepare the communities for a settlement, and on how UN activities on Cyprus can be best configured to advance political progress while preserving stability, and to keep the Security Council updated on events as necessary;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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