UN Security Council
2021

both communities and one which is essential for the settlement process; 9. Commends the ongoing work of the Committee on Missing Persons, and calls upon all parties to continue their cooperation with the Committee ’s work, in particular through providing full access without delay to all areas and responding in a timely manner to requests for archival information on possible burial sites; 10. Expresses its full support for UNFICYP, and decides to extend its mandate for a further period ending on 31 January 2022; 11. Expresses serious concern at the continued violations of the military status quo along the ceasefire lines, the reported encroachment by b oth sides into the Buffer Zone and the risks associated, and the increase in unauthorised construction as outlined in paragraphs 12 to 17 of the Secretary-General’s report which poses challenges to UNFICYP’s operations and mandated authority; 12. Urges the sides and all involved parties to respect UNFICYP’s mandated authority in, and delineation of, the buffer zone, reaffirms the importance of the use