Security Council resolution 774 (1992) [on settlement of the Cyprus question]
Symbol: S/RES/774(1992)
Date: 1992-08-26
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/47 [3] CYPRUS QUESTION
Subjects: Set of Ideas on an Overall Framework Agreement on Cyprus (1992)|SOVEREIGNTY|TROOP WITHDRAWAL|CYPRUS|INTERCOMMUNAL NEGOTIATIONS|CYPRUS|GREECE|TÜRKİYE|CYPRUS QUESTION|TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY|GREEK CYPRIOT COMMUNITY|TREATIES|CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CAPE VERDE
vote: yes
country: ECUADOR
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: HUNGARY
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: MOROCCO
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VENEZUELA
vote: yes
country: ZIMBABWE
vote: yes

RESOLUTION 774 (1992)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 3109th meeting on 26 August 1992

The Security Council

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 21 August 1992
on his mission of good offices in Cyprus (S/24472),

Reaffirming all its previous resolutions on Cyprus,

Noting that some progress has been achieved, in particular the acceptance
by both sides of the right of return and the right to property, and in a
narrowing of the gap by both sides on territorial adjustments,

Expressing concern nevertheless that it has not yet been possible, for
reasons explained in the report, to achieve the goals set out in resolution
750 (1992),

1. Endorses the report of the Secretary-General and commends him for
his efforts;

2. Reaffirms its position that a Cyprus settlement must be based on a
State of Cyprus with a single sovereignty and international personality and a
Single citizenship, with its independence and territorial integrity
safeguarded, and comprising two politically equal communities as defined in
paragraph 11 of the Secretary-General‘s report of 3 April 1992 (S/23780) in a
bi-communal and bi-zonal federation, and that such a settlement must exclude
union in whole or in part with any other country or any form of partition or
secession;

3. Endorses the Set of Ideas including suggested territorial
adjustments reflected in the map contained in the annex to the
Secretary-General’s report as the basis for reaching an overall framework
agreement;

4. Agrees with the Secretary-General that the Set of Ideas as an
integrated whole has now been sufficiently developed to enable the two sides
to reach an overall agreement;

5. Calls on the parties to manifest the necessary political will and to
address in a positive manner the observations of the Secretary-General for
resolving the issues covered in his report;

6. Urges the parties, when they resume their face-to-face talks with
the Secretary-General on 26 October 1992, to pursue uninterrupted negotiations
at United Nations Headquarters until an overall framework agreement is reached
on the basis of the entire Set of Ideas;

7. Reaffirms its position that the Secretary-General convene, following
the satisfactory conclusion of the face-to-face talks, a high-level
international meeting chaired by him to conclude an overall framework
agreement, in which the two communities and Greece and Turkey would
participate;

8. Requests all concerned to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General
and his representatives in preparing the ground prior to the resumption of the
direct talks in October to facilitate the speedy completion of the work;

9. Expresses the expectation that an overall framework agreement will
be concluded in 1992 and that 1993 will be the transitional period during

which the measures set out in the annex to the Set of Ideas will be
implemented;

10. Reaffirms that, in line with previous resolutions of the Security
Council, the present status quo is not acceptable, and, should an agreement
not emerge from the talks that will reconvene in October, calls on the
Secretary-General to identify the reasons for the failure and to recommend to
the Council alternative courses of action to resolve the Cyprus problem;

11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit, prior to the end of 1992,
a full report on the talks that will resume in October.