United Nations Security Council Resolution 1218 – Cyprus
Resolution 1218 (1998)
The Security Council,
Reaffirming all its earlier resolutions on Cyprus,
Reiterating its grave concern at the lack of progress towards an overall political settlement on Cyprus,
- Expresses appreciation for the letter to the President of the Councilfrom the Secretary-General on his Mission of Good Offices in Cyprus, inparticular on the work of his Deputy Special Representative, of 14 December 1998(S/1998/1166);
2. Endorses the initiative of the Secretary-General announced on30 September 1998 within the framework of his Mission of Good Offices, with thegoal of reducing tensions and promoting progress towards a just and lastingsettlement in Cyprus;
3. Expresses appreciation for the spirit of cooperation and constructiveapproach the two sides have demonstrated thus far in working with the DeputySpecial Representative of the Secretary-General;
4. Requests the Secretary-General, in view of the objectives of promotingprogress towards a just and lasting settlement and of reducing tension set outby the Secretary-General in his initiative of 30 September 1998, and building onthe serious engagement already demonstrated by the two sides, to continue tomake progress towards these two objectives, on the basis of relevant SecurityCouncil resolutions;
5. Requests further the Secretary-General, in particular, to workintensively with the two sides on the following, taking into account resolution1178 (1998) of 29 June 1998:
(a) An undertaking to refrain from the threat or use of force or violenceas a means to resolve the Cyprus problem;
(b) A staged process aimed at limiting and then substantially reducing thelevel of all troops and armaments on Cyprus;
(c) Implementation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus(UNFICYP) package of measures aimed at reducing tensions along the ceasefirelines, and a commitment to enter into discussions with UNFICYP with a view toearly agreement on further specific and related tension-reducing steps,including demining along the buffer zone;
(d) Further progress in the area of tension-reduction;
(e) Efforts to achieve substantive progress on the core aspects of acomprehensive Cyprus settlement;
(f) Other measures that will build trust and cooperation between the twosides;
6. Calls upon the two sides to show compliance with all the objectives in paragraphs 4 and 5 above in full cooperation with the Secretary-General;
7. Also requests the Secretary-General to keep the Security Councilinformed of progress made on his initiative;8. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
Adopted by the Security Council at its 3959th meeting,on 22 December 1998
