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The members of the Security
Council expressed their full support for UNFICYP and stressed the importance
of full respect for its mandate and implementation of relevant Security
Council resolutions.
The members of the Security
Council welcomed the continuing personal engagement of the Secretary-General
and that of his team, and reiterated support for his proposal for a United
Nations envoy to lead further engagement as soon as possible.
The members of the Security
Council encouraged renewed engagement on the island following recent
elections and urged both sides to seize this window of opportunity, including
taking tangible steps and implementing other gestures of goodwill to promote
a conducive climate.
The members of the Security
Council reiterated the importance of the sides and all involved parties
showing openness, flexibility and compromise, with the goal of returning to
formal negotiations to achieve a comprehensive and just settlement based on a
bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as set out in
relevant Security Council resolutions.
The members of the Security
Council reaffirmed their commitment to an enduring, comprehensive and just
settlement, and stressed the need to avoid unilateral actions, including
actions that violate the military status quo along the ceasefire lines or
encroachment into the Buffer Zone, and noted that such actions could raise
tensions on the island and undermine the prospects for a peaceful settlement.
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