The U.N. Security Council renewed on Friday the mandate of the U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus for another six months through June 15, 2008.
In a resolution adopted unanimously, the Council also noted with concern the lack of progress on "the July 8 process" and called on all parties to immediately engage constructively with the U.N. efforts, and to cease mutual recriminations.
It urged all parties to show flexibility and political will over the coming months to make measurable progress to allow fully fledged negotiations to begin.
On July 8 last year, the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders signed a set of principles and decisions, recognizing that the status quo was unacceptable and that a comprehensive settlement was both desirable and possible.
They agreed to begin immediately a two-track process involving discussions by technical committees of issues affecting the day-to-day life of the people, and concurrently, consideration by working groups of substantive issues, leading to a comprehensive settlement.
Source: Xinhua
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