Security Council Resolution 541 (1983) [on Declaration by the Turkish Cypriot Community of Its Secession From Cyprus]

S/RES/541(1983)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, published in 1983.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Cyprus Question Dispute Settlement Good Offices Peacekeeping Operations Turkish Cypriot Community

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Considers the declaration referred to above as legally invalid and calls for its withdrawal;

Calls for the urgent and effective implementation of its resolutions 365 (1974) and 367 (1975);

Requests the Secretary-General to pursue his mission of good offices, in order to achieve the earliest possible progress towards a just and lasting settlement in Cyprus;

Calls upon the parties to co-operate fully with the Secretary-General in his mission of good offices;

Calls upon all States to respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and non-alignment of the Republic of Cyprus;

Calls upon all States not to recognize any Cypriot State other than the Rc'1ublic of Cyprus;

Calls upon all States and the two communities in Cyprus to refrain from any action which might exacerbate the situation;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Council fully informed.

of 18 November 1983

Adopted unanimously at the

2453rd meeting.

ss /hid., Thirty-eighth Year, 2497th meeting.

s• /hid., Thirty-eighth Year, Supplement for October, November and December /983, document S/16148, appendix. s7 See Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-eighth ""United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 382, No. 5476, p. 10. Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1983.

•• /hid., No. 5475, p. 4.

Adopted at the 2500th meetin!( by I 3 votes to I against (Pakistan). with I abl·tention (Jordan).

of 29 June 1983 •.1 Resolutions or decisions on this question were also adopted by the Council in 1976, 1977 and 1982.

64 Issued on 9 February 1983.

of 15 December 1983

Adopted unanimously at the

2503rd meeting.

62 Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-eighth Year, Supplement fiJr Ocrober, November and December /983, document S/16192.

"' S/15600.

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