UN Security Council
1998

a final political solution of the Cyprus problem have been at an impasse for too long; 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 described in the relevant Security Council resolutions, 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. Stresses its full support for the Secretary-General’s mission of good offices and for the efforts of his Special Adviser on Cyprus to resume a sustained process of direct negotiations aimed at achieving a comprehensive settlement on the basis of the relevant Security Council resolutions, and 98-18637 (E) /... S/RES/1179 (1998) Page 2 stresses also the importance of concerted efforts to work with the Secretary-General to that end; 4. Welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to continue to explore