From: pnmideast@igc.org
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Subject: SC ON CYPRUS
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:48:00 GMT
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Subject: SC ON CYPRUS

/* Written  3:27 pm  Apr 14, 1992 by peg:unic in cdp:unic.news */
/* ---------- "SC ON CYPRUS" ---------- */
Excerpt of Press Release SC/5393 of 10 April 1992 follwos:

   SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO REMAIN INVOLVED IN CYPRUS QUESTION,
   REQUESTS

      SECRETARY-GENERAL TO KEEP IT INFORMED OF EFFORTS TO REACH
      AGREEMENT


		  Vote on Resolution 750 (1992) Is Unanimous


     The Security Council this afternoon decided to remain
involved in the Cyprus question "on an ongoing and direct basis"
and called on the Secretary-General to keep the Council "closely
informed" of his efforts to promote the achievement of an overall
framework agreement.

     The Council took that action by its unanimous adoption of
resolution 750 (1992), which endorsed a set of ideas containing
elements of a fair solution.  It considered the ideas, outlined in
a report by the Secretary-General, to be an appropriate basis for
reaching agreement, subject to the work that needs to be done on
such outstanding issues as territorial adjustments and displaced
persons.  The Council called on the Secretary-General to report by
July on the outcome of his efforts and to seek its direct support
whenever necessary.

     The set of ideas, which emerged from talks in 1991 between
representatives of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
communities and the Greek and Turkish Governments, incorporates
the understanding that Cyprus is the common home of the two
communities, each a federated state.  It envisages a federal
government that could not encroach upon the powers of the
federated states, a bicameral legislature with the lower house
having a 70 to 30 ratio between Greek Cypriots and Turkish
Cypriots and a 50 to 50 ratio in the upper house.  The text states
that the solution must respect the cultural, religious, social and
linguistic identity of each community.

     The Council called on the parties concerned to cooperate
fully with the Secretary-General in clarifying without delay the
outstanding issues.  It expressed the belief that, following
completion of the set of ideas, the Secretary-General should chair
a high-level international meeting to conclude an overall
framework agreement.

     The Council reaffirmed the important mandate entrusted to the
United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), and said
it looked forward to the report on UNFICYP which the
Secretary-General proposes to submit in May.

	  The draft resolution (document S/23797) was unanimously
	  adopted as
Security Council resolution 750 (1992), which reads as follows:

     "The Security Council,

     "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 3
     April 1992 on
his mission of good offices in Cyprus (S/23780),

     "Reaffirming its previous resolutions on Cyprus,

     "Noting with concern that there has been no progress in
     completing the
set of ideas for an overall framework agreement since the
Secretary-General's report of 8 October 1991 (S/23121), and that
in some areas there has even been regression,

     "Welcoming the assurances given to the Secretary General over
the past two months by the leaders of the two communities and the
Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey of their desire to cooperate
with him and his representatives,

     "1.  Commends the Secretary-General for his efforts, and
expresses its appreciation for his report;

     "2.  Reaffirms the position, set out in resolutions 649
(1990) and 716 (1991), 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 (S/23780) and 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 of secession;

     "3.  Calls again upon the parties to adhere fully to these
principles and to negotiate without introducing concepts that are
at variance with them;

     "4.  Endorses the set of ideas described in paragraphs 17 to
25 and paragraph 27 of the Secretary-General's report as an
appropriate basis for reaching an overall framework agreement,
subject to the work that needs to be done on the outstanding
issues, in particular on territorial adjustments and displaced
persons, being brought to a conclusion as an integrated package
mutually agreed upon by both communities;

     "5.  Requests all concerned to cooperate fully with the
Secretary-General and his representatives in clarifying without
delay these outstanding issues;

     "6.  Reaffirms that the Secretary-General's mission of good
offices is with the two communities whose participation in the
process is on an equal footing to assure the well-being and
security of both communities;

     "7.  Decides to remain seized of the Cyprus question on an
ongoing and direct basis in support of the effort to complete the
set of ideas referred to in paragraph 4 above and conclude an
overall framework agreement;

     "8.  Requests the Secretary-General to pursue his intensive
efforts to complete the set of ideas referred to in paragraph 4
above during May and June 1992, to keep the Council closely
informed of his efforts and to seek the Council's direct support
whenever necessary;

     "9.  Continues to believe that, following the satisfactory
conclusion of the Secretary-General's intensive efforts to
complete the set of ideas referred to in paragraph 4 above, the
convening of a high-level international meeting chaired by the
Secretary-General in which the two communities and Greece and
Turkey would participate represents an effective mechanism for
concluding an overall framework agreement;

     "10. Further requests the Secretary-General to submit a full
report to the Council on the outcome of his efforts by July 1992
at the latest and to make specific recommendations for overcoming
any outstanding difficulty;

     "11. Reaffirms the important mandate entrusted to UNFICYP and
looks forward to receiving the report on UNFICYP which the
Secretary-General proposes to submit in May 1992."

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