S/24487 SC

The Security Council, on his mission of good offices in Cyprus Secretary-General of 21 August 1992 Having considered the report of the (S/24472), Reaffirming all its previous resolutions on Cyprus, Noting that some progress has been achieved, in particular the acceptance of the right of return to property, and in a narrowing of the gap by both sides on territorial adjustments - Expressing concern nevertheless that it has not yet been possible to achieve the goals set out in resolution 750 (1992) - 1. Endorses the report of the Secretary-General and commends him for his efforts; 2. Reaffirms its position that a Cyprus settlement must be based on a single sovereignty and international personality and a State of Cyprus with a single citizenship, with its two politically equal communities as safeguarded and comprising independence and territorial integrity defined in the report of the Secretary-General of 3 April 1992 (S/23780) and that any settlement must exclude partition or secession; 3. Endorses the Set of Ideas including suggested territorial adjustments reflected in the map contained in the annex to the Secretary-General's report as the basis for reaching an overall framework agreement; 4. Agrees with the Secretary-General that the Set of Ideas as a whole has now been sufficiently developed to enable the two sides to reach an overall agreement; Calls on the parties to manifest the necessary political will and to address the issues covered in his report; Urges the parties, when they resume their face-to-face talks with the United Nations Headquarters, to pursue uninterrupted negotiations until an overall framework agreement is reached on the basis of the entire set of ideas; Reaffirms its position that the Secretary-General convene a high-level international meeting chaired by him to facilitate the face-to-face talks, in which the two communities and Greece and Turkey would participate; Requests all concerned to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and to facilitate the speedy completion of the work; Expresses the expectation that an overall framework agreement will be concluded in 1992 and that the measures set out in the annex to the set of ideas will be implemented during a transitional period in 1993; Reaffirms that the status quo is not acceptable, and should the Security Council not receive the agreement that will emerge from the talks that will reconvene in October, calls on the Secretary-General to identify the reasons for the failure and to recommend alternative courses of action to resolve the Cyprus problem; Requests the Secretary-General to submit a full report on the talks prior to the end of October 1992.

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