United Nations Security Council Resolution 1354

UN Security Council
Resolution 1354
Date: 15 June 2001
Meeting no.: 4,328
Code: S/RES/1354 (Document)

Vote: For: 15 Abs.: 0 Against: 0
Subject: The situation in Cyprus
Result: Adopted

Security Council composition in 2001:
permanent members:

 CHN  FRA  RUS  UK  USA

non-permanent members:
 BAN  COL  IRL  JAM  MLI
 MRI  NOR  SIN  TUN  UKR

UNFICYP medal bar

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1354, adopted unanimously on June 15, 2001, after reaffirming all resolutions on the situation in Cyprus, including Resolution 1251 (1999), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a further six months until December 15, 2001.[1]

The Security Council noted the call within the Secretary-General Kofi Annan's report for the authorities in Cyprus and Northern Cyprus to urgently address the humanitarian situation concerning missing persons.[2] The Council also welcomed efforts to sensitise United Nations peacekeeping personnel towards the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and other diseases.

Extending UNFICYP's mandate, the resolution requested the Secretary-General to report to the Council by December 1, 2001 on the implementation of the current resolution. It also urged the Turkish Cypriot side to end restrictions imposed on June 30, 2000 on UNIFCYP operations and to restore the military status quo at Strovilia.

In response to Resolution 1354, authorities in Northern Cyprus, which did not consider it to be legally binding or valid, refused to allow UNFICYP to overfly its airspace.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Security Council extends Cyprus force mandate to 15 December 2001". United Nations. June 15, 2001. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2001/sc7073.doc.htm. 
  2. ^ Annan, Kofi (May 30, 2001). "Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus". United Nations. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N01/391/08/IMG/N0139108.pdf?OpenElement. 
  3. ^ Salih, Halil Ibrahim (2004). Cyprus: ethnic political counterpoints. University Press of America. p. 109. ISBN 978-0761828488. 

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