Three important points are included in the Resolution for the renewal of the mandate of UNFICYP, which was unanimously adopted today by the UN Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations, Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, told KYPE, while expressing his the missing.
A clear record of the basis for the solution of the Cyprus problem, as defined by the SA resolutions, the reference to the necessity of appointing an envoy of the Secretary General and the repetition on the one hand of the formalities included in the Presidential Statement and the July resolution on UNFICYP regarding Varosia and on the other hand the addition of a new wording, are the three important points, as Mr. Hadjichrysanthou said.
The Permanent Representative welcomed the adoption of the Security Council resolution extending the terms of the peacekeeping mandate for another six months.
The three important points, as he pointed out, are the clear recording of the basis for a solution to the Cyprus problem, as defined by the Security Council resolutions.
The second point is the reference to the resolution on the need to appoint a secretary general's envoy, an issue that has been pending since last September when the two leaders met for lunch with the Secretary-General.
The SA calls for the appointment to be expedited with a view to resuming negotiations.
The third and most important due to current developments is Varosia. The resolution, said Mr. Hadjichrysanthou, includes the same stern words he had repeated last July when he adopted a Presidential Statement and after the resolution on the renewal of the mandate of UNFICYP, which condemned the violations of the SA resolutions on Varosia, demanded their termination and reversal of illegal actions. There was no compliance by the Turkish side with the demands of the SA and that is why a new wording is observed today in the resolution, with the addition of a new wording in the operative paragraph 13., requesting the observation and the report of the mission on the issue of Varos. With this change, the SA expresses the need for more systematic and important monitoring by the Peacekeeping Force and reporting to the SA.
Mr. Hadjichrysanthou also expressed the incomplete satisfaction of the Cypriot side with regard to the paragraph on missing persons, which “could include a stronger word and its messages louder”, so that the current situation that exists in all regarding the CMP and the non-detection of remains in the exhumations to change and the Investigative Committee to become more efficient.
The CMP started with a list of 2002 missing persons when it started its work 15-16 years ago and after these years the remains of about 970 missing persons remain, he said. “That was the reason why the Republic of Cyprus expected to hear a stronger message and aimed at the direction of Turkey, which could provide data from its military archives regarding the clearing of the battlefields”, stressed, finally, Mr. Hadjichrysanthou.
