Security Council resolution 839 (1993) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus]
Symbol: S/RES/839(1993)
Date: 1993-06-11
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/48 [3] CYPRUS QUESTION
S/48 [11] UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS
Subjects: UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus|UN. Mission of Good Offices of the Secretary-General in Cyprus|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|CEASEFIRES|CYPRUS|CYPRUS QUESTION|GOOD OFFICES|ARMAMENTS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: DJIBOUTI
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: NEW ZEALAND
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SPAIN
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes

RESOLUTION 839 (1993)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 3235th meeting,
on 11 June 1993

The Security Council,

Noting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation
in Cyprus of 9 June 1993 (S/25912 and Add.1),

Noting also the recommendation by the Secretary-General that the Security
Council extend the stationing of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in
Cyprus for a further period of six months,

Noting further that the Government of Cyprus has agreed that, in view of
the prevailing conditions in the island, it is necessary to keep the Force in
Cyprus beyond 15 June 1993,

Recalling its resolution 831 (1993) of 27 May 1993, and in particular its
paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 on financing, as well as its paragraphs 5 and 7 on the
restructuring of the Force and the comprehensive reassessment which is to be
conducted in December 1993,

Reiterating in particular its call to both sides to cooperate with UNFICYP
in order to extend the unmanning agreement of 1989 to all areas of the United
Nations-controlled buffer zone where the two sides are in close proximity to
each other,

Reaffirming the provisions of resolution 186 (1964) of 4 March 1964 and
other relevant resolutions,

1. Extends once more the stationing in Cyprus of the United Nations
Peace-keeping Force established under resolution 186 (1964) for a further period
ending on 15 December 1993;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his mission of good
offices, to keep the Security Council informed of the progress made and to
submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution by
15 November 1993 as part of the report called for in its resolution 831 (1993);

3. Supports the recommendation of the Secretary-General expressed in
paragraph 48 of his report that both sides take reciprocal measures to lower the
tension, including mutual commitments, through UNFICYP, to prohibit along the
cease-fire lines live ammunition or weapons other than those which are hand-held
and to prohibit also firing of weapons within sight or hearing of the buffer
zone and requests the Secretary-General to negotiate the necessary agreements
between the parties to implement these measures;

4. Calls upon all the parties concerned to continue to cooperate with the
Force on the basis of the present mandate;

5. Calls_on both parties to carry forward expeditiously and in a
constructive manner the intercommunal talks under the auspices of the Secretary-General, and requests the Secretary-General to report on progress in the current
round.