Security Council renews mandate of UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

Representatives vote on a draft resolution during a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on Jan. 30, 2026. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a year, until Jan. 31, 2027.

Resolution 2815 affirms the Security Council's intention to continue to closely monitor the situation in Cyprus and its readiness to review the implementation of this resolution.

It condemns the continued violations of the military status quo along the ceasefire lines, and stresses the need for the sides and all involved parties to respect UNFICYP's mandated authority in and delineation of the buffer zone.

It urgently calls on both sides to respect the integrity and inviolability of the buffer zone, to remove all unauthorized constructions and to prevent unauthorized military or civilian activities within and along the ceasefire lines.

After the independence in 1960, the tensions between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities increased. UNFICYP was set up by the UN Security Council in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the two sides. ■