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1642, adopted unanimously on 14 December 2005, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

, particularly Resolution 1251 (1999), the council extended the mandate of the

United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violen ...

(UNFICYP) for an additional period until 15 June 2006.

Observations

The security council called on both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus to urgently address the humanitarian issue of missing persons. It welcomed the

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's assessment that violence on the island was unlikely, and that

demining Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By cont ...

efforts were taking place. Referring to military exercises, both sides were urged to refrain from actions that would increase tension, and the Council regretted that a political solution had been delayed. There was also concern over differences in construction activity related to an additional crossing point at

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. The resolution went on to welcome the review of UNFICYP operations undertaken by the secretary-general, the fact that over nine million crossings of

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and Turkish Cypriots had taken place, and the contributions of Greece and Cyprus to the peacekeeping operation.

Acts

Extending UNFICYP's mandate, the resolution requested the secretary-general to report to the council on the implementation of the current resolution, further endorsing UNFICYP's efforts to implement the sexual exploitation policy. It urged the

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,0 ...

side to restore the military status quo at Strovilia prior to 30 June 2000.

References

External links

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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Observations

Acts

See also

References

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