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Security Council Resolution 716 (1991) [on the Secretary-General's Mission of Good Offices Concerning Cyprus]

S/RES/716(1991)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 3The situation in Cyprus, published in 1991.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1990–1991
  • 1991S/RES/716(1991)Security Council resolution 716 (1991) [on the Secretary-General's mission of good offices concerning Cyprus]LatestCompare with previous version
  • 1990S/RES/649(1990)Security Council resolution 649 (1990) [on the Secretary-General's mission of good offices concerning Cyprus]

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What subjects does this mandate have?

10 topics
ConferencesConstitutionsCyprusCyprus QuestionGood OfficesGreeceGreek Cypriot CommunityIntercommunal NegotiationsTurkish Cypriot CommunityTürki̇ye

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
Commends the Secretary-General for his efforts during the past few months, and endorses bis report and observation~;
2
Reaffirms its previous resolutions on Cyprus;
3
Reaffirms also its position on the Cyprus question, expressed most recently in resolution 649 (1990) of 12 March 1990 and in line with the high-level agreements of 1977111 and 1979112 between the parties in Cyprus, that the fundamental principles of a Cyprus settlement are the sovereignty, indepen- 29
dence, territorial integrity and non-alignment of the Republic of Cyprus, the exclusion of union in whole or in part with any other country and of any fonn of partition or secession and the establishment of a new constitutional arrangement for Cyprus that would ensure the well-being and security of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities in a hi-communal and hi-zonal fcderation;
4
Reaffums further that its position on the solution to the Cyprus prohlem is based on one State of Cyprus comprising two politically equal communities as defined by the Secretaiy- General in the eleventh paragraph of annex I to bis report of 8 March 1990;1!8 Calls upon the parties to adhere fully to these prin- 5. ciples and to negotiate within the framework of them without introducing concepts that are at variance with them;
6
Reaffirms that the Secretary-General 's mission of good offices is with the two communities whose participation in the process is on an equal footing;
7
Endorses the Secretary-General's intention to resume discussions in early Novembcr with the two parties in Cyprus and Greece and Turkey to complete the set of ideas on an overall framework agreement;
8
Considers that convening a high-level international meeting chaired hy the Secretary-General in which the two communities and Greece and Turkey would participate represents an effective mechanism for concluding an overall framework agreement on Cyprus;
9
Requests the leaders of the two communities and Greece and Turkey to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and bis representatives so that the high-level international meeting can be convened before the end of this year;
10
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council in November 1991 whether sufficient progress bas been made to convene the high-level international meeting and, should conditions not be ripe, to convey to the Council the set of ideas as they will have evolved by that time with bis assessment of the situation.
Adopted unanimously al the 3013th

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