Ronaldo Costa Filho (Brazil), whose country is holding the 15-nation Security Council’s rotating presidency for July, announced that on 13 July, the Council will convene a meeting on troop- and police-contributing countries to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) while the resolution to renew the Force’s mandate is scheduled for voting on 28 July.
The President for the month told a United Nations Headquarters press conference on Friday that behind the doors negotiations will also be held for the resolution to renew UNFICYP’s mandate on 18 July.
He also announced that the resolution renewing the mandate for a further six months is scheduled to take place on 28 July.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results.
Source: Cyprus News Agency