Is one of the longest-running UN Peacekeeping missions. It was set up in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on the island and bring about a return to normal conditions.
The Mission’s responsibilities expanded in 1974, following a coup d’etat by elements favouring union with Greece and a subsequent military intervention by Turkey, whose troops established control over the northern part of the island.
Since a de facto ceasefire in August 1974, has supervised the ceasefire lines; provided humanitarian assistance; and maintained a buffer zone between the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot forces in the north and the Greek Cypriot forces in the south. ’s Chief of Mission also serves as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Cyprus and in that capacity leads efforts to assist the parties in reaching a comprehensive settlement.
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The ceasefire lines extend over 180 kilometers across the island. In the absence of a formal ceasefire agreement, ’s 800-plus troops and 60-plus police officers deal with hundreds of incidents each year.
Also delivers humanitarian aid to Greek Cypriots and a small Maronite community living in the northern part of the island and it assists Turkish Cypriots living in the southern part of the island.
Supports the fullest possible resumption of normal civilian activity in the buffer zone, keeping in mind that this is still an area under permanent armed watch by military on both sides. To this end, it facilitates the resumption of farming in the buffer zone where safe, and assists both communities on matters related to the supply of electricity and water across the lines.
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The Mission’s work is based on four components that work together closely: the military, UN Police (UNPOL), the Civil Affairs Branch and Administration, which supports all activities. The Mission counts almost 1100 personnel. Since 1964, almost 186 UN personnel have lost their lives while serving in .
The Security Council established through resolution 186 (1964) on 4 March 1964 and has renewed the Mission’s mandate for six-month terms since then.
Attempts to solve the Cyprus conflict and reunify the island have so far been without result, although relations between north and south have improved over the years. Among other things, this led to the opening of several crossing points across the buffer zone, most notably across Ledra Street in old Nicosia on 3 April 2008.
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Originally, was supported entirely by voluntary contributions. This resulted in a shortfall, which prompted the UN General Assembly in 1993 (resolution 47/236) to decree that henceforth the costs not covered by voluntary contributions should be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17 of the UN Charter.
Today, one-third of ’s budget is financed by the Government of Cyprus, while the Government of Greece contributes $6.5 million annually. The rest is financed from contributions assessed on the entire membership of the United Nations, as decreed in 1993.The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevt a recurrce of fighting following intercommunal violce betwe the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to contribute to the maintance and restoration of law and order and to facilitate a return to normal conditions.
Following the 1974 Greek Cypriot coup d'état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the United Nations Security Council extded and expanded the mission to prevt the dispute turning into war, and UNFICYP was redeployed to patrol the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus and assist in the maintance of the military status quo. Since its establishmt, the force has also worked in concert with the Special Represtative of the Secretary-Geral and represtatives of the two communities to seek an amicable diplomatic solution to the Cyprus dispute.
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Initially, UNFICYP consisted of military and civilian contingts drawn from Australia, Austria, Canada, Dmark, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Swed, and the United Kingdom. However, over its long history the force has be the subject of various UNSC resolutions and reorganisations, and currtly comprises contingts from Argtina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, El Salvador, Ghana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Montegro, the Netherlands, Peru, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevt a recurrce of fighting following intercommunal violce betwe the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to contribute to the maintance and restoration of law and order and to facilitate a return to normal conditions.
Following the 1974 Greek Cypriot coup d'état and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) extded and expanded the mission to prevt the dispute turning into war, and UNFICYP was redeployed to patrol the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, and assist in the maintance of the military status quo. Since its establishmt, the force has also worked in concert with the Special Represtative of the Secretary-Geral and represtatives of the two communities to seek an amicable diplomatic solution to the Cyprus dispute.
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On 5 December 2006, the United Nations Secretary-Geral Kofi Annan recommded a further six-month extsion in the mandate of the UN mission that has be deployed on the island for over four decades. Mr. Annan said that while the situation remained calm and stable with no major violations of the ceasefire lines, he regretted the continued stalemate in the political process and the missed opportunities over the past 10 years.
UNFICYP is headquartered from the Blue Beret Camp next to the abandoned airport of Nicosia. The currt force commander is Major Geral Ingrid Gjerde of Norway, (UNFICYP) Force Commander of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.
Upon UNFICYP's arrival on the island, the national contingts were each assigned a sector, which mostly coincided with the boundaries of the civil districts:
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Wh, in October 1973, the Irish contingt was withdrawn from Cyprus in support of the United Nations Emergcy Force during the Yom Kippur War, the Austrian contingt was relocated from Paphos District (which was subsequtly absorbed by the British contingt) to Larnaca District to replace them, with the Western half, which had previously be patrolled by the British contingt, absorbed into the Austrian sector.
Canada in UNFICYP – From 15 March 1964 to 15 June 1993, Canada maintained a battalion-sized contingt of peace-support troops in UNFICYP. During this period, the Canadian contingt wt through 59 rotations and some 25, 000 CAF personnel completed six-month tours on the island. With Dmark, Ireland and Finland, Canada was one of the four original contributors of troops to UNFICYP, committed by the governmt of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson on 12 March 1964. The lead elemts of the initial rotation of the Canadian contingt arrived on 15 March 1964, followed by a brigade headquarters, the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régimt, and a Reconnaissance Squadron from The Royal Canadian Dragoons mounted in Ferret scout cars that were transported to Cyprus by HMCS Bonavture. By 1993, wh Canada withdrew its combat arms contingt from UNFICYP, every infantry battalion of the Regular Force had deployed to Cyprus at least once, and Regular Force artillery and armoured regimts had reorganized for infantry duties to take their turns. The currt contribution are small numbers of staff officers on one-year rotations. The operation name “Snowgoose” dates from July 1974, wh the Canadian contingt in UNFICYP — originally made up of 1 Commando, Canadian Airborne Regimt, and the Airborne Field Squadron (the combat gineer elemt of the Canadian Airborne Regimt) — was rapidly augmted by 2 Commando and 3 Commando in response to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that began on 20 July 1974.
As of 31 May 2012, the total strgth (military personnel and civilian police) of UNFICYP is 926 individuals. The 858 military personnel are from Argtina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Hungary, Paraguay, Peru, Serbia,
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UNFICYP's military personnel are mostly divided up into national contingts, with each major contingt being responsible for one of the buffer zone's three remaining sectors. The Argtine contingt includes soldiers from the Argtine military forces, including the Argtine Army and the Argtine Marines, as well as from Brazil, Paraguay and Chile; whereas the Slovak contingt includes soldiers from Croatia.
There are 69 civilian police officers supplied by Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, El Salvador, India, Ireland, Italy, Montegro, the Netherlands and Ukraine. In addition, UNFICYP has 147 civilian staff members, 39 of whom were internationally recruited and 108 locally recruited.
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The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a demilitarised zone, patrolled by UNFICYP, that was established in 1974 following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and de facto partitions the island into the area controlled by the Governmt of Cyprus (which is the de jure governmt for the tire island save for the British Sovereign Base Areas) in the south and that under the illegal Turkish occupation in the north.
