discussed the item entitled "The situation in Cyprus: report of the Secretary-General on his mission of good offices in Cyprus (S/21183)"51
Resolution 649 (1990)
of 12 March 1990

6. Decides to remain actively seized of the situation and the current effort;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Security Council, in his report due by 31 May 1990, of the progress made in resuming the intensive talks and in developing an agreed outline of an overall agreement in line with the present resolution.

The Security Council,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 8 March 199052 on the recent meeting between the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus and on his assessment of the current situation,
Recalling its relevant resolutions on Cyprus,
Recalling also the statement made by the President of the Security Council on 22 February 199049 calling upon the leaders of the two communities to demonstrate the necessary goodwill and flexibility and to cooperate with the Secretary-General so that the talks will result in a major step forward toward the resolution of the Cyprus problem,
Expressing its regret that, in the more than twenty-five years since the establishment of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, it has not been possible to achieve a negotiated settlement of all aspects of the Cyprus problem,
Concerned that, at the recent meeting in New York, it was not possible to achieve results in arriving at an agreed outline of an overall agreement,
1. Reaffirms in particular its resolution 367 (1975) of 12 March 1975 as well as its support for the 197753 and 197954 high-level agreements between the leaders of the two communities in which they pledged to establish a hi-communal Federal Republic of Cyprus that will safeguard its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-alignment, and exclude union in whole or in part with any other country and any form of partition or secession;
2. Expresses its full support for the current effort of the Secretary-General in carrying out his mission of good offices concerning Cyprus;
3. Calls upon the leaders of the two communities to pursue their efforts to reach freely a mutually acceptable solution providing for the establishment of a federation that will be hi-communal as regards the constitutional aspects and hi-zonal as regards the territorial aspects, in line with the present resolution and their 1977 and 1979 high-level agreements, and to co-operate, on an equal footing, with the Secretary-General in completing, in the first instance and on an urgent basis, an outline of an overall agreement, as agreed in June 1989;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to pursue his mission of good offices in order to achieve the earliest possible progress and, toward this end, to assist the two communities by making suggestions to facilitate the discussions;
5. Calls upon the parties concerned to refrain from any action that could aggravate the situation;

Adopted unanimously at the 2909th meeting.
Decisions
At its 2928th meeting, on 15 June 1990, the Council decided to invite the representatives of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the item entitled "The situation in Cyprus: report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus (S/21340 and Add.1)" 55
At the same meetingxthe Council also decided to extend an invitation to Mr. uzer Koray under rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure.
Resolution 657 (1990)
of 15 June 1990
The Security Council, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus of 31 May and 13 June 1990,56 Taking note also of the recommendation by the Secretary-General that the Council extend the stationing of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus for a further period of six months, Noting that the Government of Cyprus has agreed that in view of the prevailing conditions in the island it is necessary to keep the Force in Cyprus beyond 15 June 1990, Reaffirming the provisions of resolution 186 (1964) of 4 March 1964 and other relevant resolutions, l. Extends once more the stationing in Cyprus of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force established under resolution 186 (1964) for a further period ending on 15 December 1990; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his mission of good offices, to keep the Security Council informed of the progress made and to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution by 30 November 1990; 3. Calls upon all the parties concerned to continue to co-operate with the Force on the basis of the present mandate.

51 Sec Ojjicial Records of tilt· Security Council, Forty-fifth Year.
Supplement ji1r January, Fehnwry and March 1990. 52 Ibid., document S/21183. 53 Ojjicial Records of tile Secunn· Council, Thirty-second Year, Sup-
plement jilT April. May and June 1977, document S/12323. 54 /hid., T/iirty-jiJurtli Year. Su;1plement jilT April, May and June
1979, document S/ 13369, para. 5 I

Adopted unanimously at tile 2928til meeting.
ss Sec Ojjicial Records of the Security Council, Forty-fifth Year, Su~flemellt jiJT April. May and June 1990.
/hid., dllcumcnts S/21340 and Add. I.

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