Security Council President on Cyprus & other topics - Media Stakeout (5 May 2019)

Informal comments to the media by H.E. Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations & president of the Security Council for the Month of May, on Cyprus Consultations & other topics.
Welcoming the latest Secretary-General’s report on the situation in Cyprus, the Security Council today (02 May) emphasized “the urgent need for a settlement which would be overwhelmingly in the security and economic interest of all Cypriots in the region.”
Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani of Indonesia, who is the President of the Security Council for the month of May, read a statement in which the Council urged both sides to the conflict “to agree terms of reference as a basis for meaningful result-oriented negotiation, mindful of the natural window of opportunity presented by the current electoral cycle.”
Council members encouraged the leaders of the two communities “to prepare for a settlement through positive public messages on convergences and the way ahead” and emphasised “the need to avoid actions that damage the chances of success and urge the implementation and further development of confidence-building measures.”
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) was originally set up by the Security Council in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. After the hostilities of 1974, the Council has mandated the Force to perform certain additional functions.
In the absence of a political settlement to the Cyprus problem, UNFICYP has remained on the island to supervise ceasefire lines, maintain a buffer zone, undertake humanitarian activities and support the good offices mission of the Secretary-General.