UN Security Council
2017

United Nations S/RES/2338 (2017) Security Council Distr.: General 26 January 2017 Resolution 2338 (2017) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7869th meeting, on 26 January 2017 The Security Council, Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General of 9 January 2017 (S/2017/20) on the United Nations operation in Cyprus, Noting that the Government of Cyprus is agreed that in view of the prevailing conditions on the island it is necessary to keep the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) beyond 31 January 2017, Noting the intention of the Secretary-General to report on his Good Offices in the next reporting period, echoing the Secretary-General’s firm belief that the responsibility for finding a solution lies first and foremost with the Cypriots themselves, and reaffirming the primary role of the United Nations in assisting the parties to bring the Cyprus conflict and division of the island to a comprehensi ve and durable settlement, Welcoming the commitments set out in the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders’ Joint Statement of 14 September 2016 on the basis of the Joint Declaration