United Nations Security Council Resolution 716

UN Security Council Resolution 716
Divided Cyprus
Date	11 October 1991
Meeting no.	3,013
Code	S/RES/716 (Document)
Subject	Cyprus
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Austria  Belgium  Cuba  Ecuador  India  Ivory Coast  Romania  Yemen  Zaire  Zimbabwe
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United Nations Security Council resolution 716, adopted unanimously on 11 October 1991, after noting a report of the

The Council reaffirmed its position on Cyprus, most recently in its Resolution 649 (1990) regarding the establishment of an independent, non-aligned, bi-communal federation without a union with another country. It called upon the parties involved to fully adhere to the aforementioned principles, requesting their co-operation with the Secretary-General and noting his intention to resume negotiations in November 1991 to complete an overall framework agreement. The best way to do this, the Council felt, was to consider a high-level international meeting chaired by the Secretary-General in which the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus, along with Greece and Turkey would participate.

The resolution ended by requesting the Secretary-General to report on whether sufficient progress had been made to convene the high-level meeting and to convey the development of the "Set of Ideas". By December 1991, efforts for a solution had failed, with the Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar reiterating that Cyprus' "sovereignty will be equally shared but indivisible" and that the solution would be based on a "constitutional arrangement" negotiated on an equal platform and approved through separate referendums.^[1]

See also

• Cyprus dispute
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 701 to 800 (1991–1993)
• United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
• Turkish invasion of Cyprus

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