Cyprus Force mandate extended through 15 December 1990.Cyprus Force mandate extended through 15 December 1990 The Security Council on 15 June extended the mandate of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP UNFICYP United Nations Forces In Cyprus ) for six months until 15 December 1990. In unanimously adopting resolution 657 (1990), the Council also asked that Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar Pé·rez de Cuél·lar , Javier Born 1920. Peruvian diplomat who served as secretary-general of the United Nations (1982-1991). continue his mission of good offices and that all parties concerned continue to co-operate with the Force on the basis of its present mandate. On behalf of the Council members, Council President Pierre-Louis Blanc of France stated that it was regrettable that, in the more than 25 years since UNFICYP's establishment, it had not been possible to achieve a negotiated settlement for all aspects of the Cyprus problem. The Secretary-General on 31 May reported (S/21340) that UNFICYP's continued presence in the island remained "indispensable" to achieve the Council's objectives. The Force was created in 1964 to help prevent a recurrence recurrence /re·cur·rence/ (-ker´ens) the return of symptoms after a remission.recur´rent re·cur·rence n. 1. of fighting and restore normal conditions
Mr. Perez de Cuellar recalled that the Council, in its resolution 649 (1990) of 12 March 1990, had asked him to inform it of progress made in resuming the "intensive talks" among himself and the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, and in developing an agreed outline of an overall agreement as agreed in June 1989. Since then, the Secretary-General said he had pursued his efforts. Consultations with two sides In May, Gustave Feissel, Director for Special Political Affairs Political Affairs has several meanings:
Early in the year, Mr. Perez de Cuellar reported that tension had risen in the island following incidents involving the imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. on the Turkish Cypriot side of five Greek Cypriot youths who had crossed cease-fire lines. The Secretary-General on 11 June met in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of with Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine Mitsotakis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης or Konstantinos Mitsotakis , Greece's new Prime Minister, to discuss the latest developments concerning Cyprus. On 9 April, he met in London with the wife of Cypriot President George Vassiliou, who discussed the detainment of the Greek Cypriot youths by the Turkish Cypriot side. Financial crisis In his report, Mr. Perez de Cuellar stressed that UNFICYP faced a "chronic and ever-deepening financial crisis", imposing an inordinately in·or·di·nate adj. 1. Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate. See Synonyms at excessive. 2. Not regulated; disorderly. heavy burden on troop-contributing countries--Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden and United Kingdom. The accumulated deficit in the UNFICYP Special Account was expected to be over $179 million for the period ending 15 June 1990. In joint letters of 7 and 14 May 1990, troop-contributing Governments expressed grave concern over the growing deficit and favoured provision of funding through assessed contributions by all Member States, a suggestion which the Secretary-General had also made some time ago. On 31 May, Mr. Perez de Cuellar appealed for voluntary contributions to finance UNFICYP. |
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