Report of the Secretary-General of 9 January 2015 (S/2015/17) on the United Nations operation in Cyprus

The UN Security Council adopted today a resolution on the renewal of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for six more months until the end of July 2015.

The full text of the resolution 2197 adopted today is as follows:

“The Security Council,

Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General of 9 January 2015 (S/2015/17) on the United Nations operation in Cyprus,

Noting that the Government of Cyprus is agreed that in view of the prevailing conditions on the island it is necessary to keep the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) beyond 31 January 2015,

Noting the intention of the Secretary General to report on his Good Offices in the next reporting period, and echoing the Secretary-General’s firm belief that the responsibility for finding a solution lies first and foremost with the Cypriots themselves, and reaffirming the primary role of the United Nations in assisting the parties to bring the Cyprus conflict and division of the island to a comprehensive and durable settlement,

Expressing its support for the ongoing efforts of the Secretary General’s Special Advisor Espen Barth Eide, noting the importance of a conducive environment, and calling for the resumption of structured negotiations without delay, in a results oriented manner as agreed to in the Joint Declaration adopted by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on 11 February 2014, and stressing the need for renewed efforts of the leaders and negotiators to reach a comprehensive settlement as soon as possible,

Recalling the importance attached by the international community to all parties engaging fully, flexibly and constructively in the negotiations and noting that the negotiations have not yet resulted in an enduring, comprehensive and just settlement based on a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as set out in the relevant Security Council resolutions, encouraging the sides to intensify the substantive negotiations on the unresolved core issues interdependently, and stressing that the status quo is unsustainable,

Noting the need to advance the consideration of and discussions on military confidence building measures, calling for renewed efforts to implement all remaining confidence building measures, and for agreement on and implementation of further steps to build trust between the communities,
Reaffirming the importance of continued crossings of the Green Line by Cypriots, and encouraging the opening by mutual agreement of ther crossing points,

Convinced of the many important benefits, including economic benefits for all Cypriots that would flow from a comprehensive and durable Cyprus settlement, urging the two sides and their leaders to foster positive public rhetoric, and encouraging them clearly to explain the benefits of the settlement, as well as the need for increased flexibility and compromise in order to secure it, to both communities well in advance of any eventual referenda,

Highlighting the importance of the supporting role of the international community, and in particular that of the parties concerned in taking practical steps towards helping the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders to exploit fully the current opportunity,

Taking note of the assessment of the Secretary-General that the security situation on the island and along the Green Line remains stable, and urging all sides to avoid any action, including violations of the military status quo, which could lead to an increase in tension, undermine the progress achieved so far, or damage the goodwill on the island,

Recalling the Secretary-General’s firm belief that the situation in the buffer zone would be improved if both sides accepted the 1989 aide-memoire used by the United Nations,

Noting with regret that the sides are withholding access to the remaining minefields in the buffer zone, and that demining in Cyprus must continue, noting the continued danger posed by mines in Cyprus, noting also recent proposals and discussions on demining, and urging rapid agreement on facilitating the recommencement of demining operations and clearance of the remaining minefields,

Commending the work of the Committee on Missing Persons, highlighting the importance of intensifying its  activities, noting that half of all missing persons have yet to be located and more than 70% have yet to be identified, urging the opening up of access to all areas expeditiously to allow the Committee to carry out its work, and trusting that this process will promote reconciliation between the communities,

Agreeing that active participation of civil society groups, including women’s groups, is essential to the political process and can contribute to making any future settlement sustainable, recalling that women play a critically  important role in peace processes, welcoming all efforts to promote bicommunal contacts and events including, inter alia, on the part of all United Nations bodies on the island, and urging the two sides to promote the active engagement of civil society and the encouragement of cooperation between economic and commercial bodies and to remove all obstacles to such contacts,

Stressing the need for the Council to pursue a rigorous, strategic approach to peacekeeping deployments,

Welcoming the intention of the Secretary-General to keep all peacekeeping operations under close review to ensure efficiency and effectiveness, including a review of UNFICYP when appropriate, and noting the importance of contingency planning in relation to the settlement, including recommendations as appropriate for further adjustments to UNFICYP’s mandate, force levels and other resources and concept of operations, taking into account developments on the ground and the views of the parties,

Noting with appreciation the efforts of Lisa Buttenheim as the Special Representative of the Secretary General and , Force Commander Major General  Kristin Lund,  welcoming the Secretary General’s appointment of Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide.

Echoing the Secretary-General’s gratitude to the Government of Cyprus and the Government of Greece for their voluntary contributions to the funding of UNFICYP, and his request for further voluntary contributions from other countries and organizations, and expressing appreciation to member states that contribute personnel to UNFICYP,

Welcoming and encouraging efforts by the United Nations to sensitize peacekeeping personnel in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases in all its peacekeeping operations,

1. Acknowledges the progress made so far in the fully fledged negotiations, but notes that this has not been sufficient and has not yet resulted in a comprehensive and durable settlement, and calls for an urgent resumption of  structured negotiations to reach decisive progress on the core issues;

2. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General(S/2015/17)

3. Recalls Security Council resolution 2026 (2011), and calls upon the two leaders to:
(a) Put their efforts behind further work on reaching convergences on the core issues;
(b) Continue to work with the Technical Committees with the objective of improving the daily lives of the Cypriots;
(c) Improve the public atmosphere for the negotiations, including by focussing public messages on convergences and the way ahead, and delivering more constructive and harmonised messages; and
(d) Increase the participation of civil society in the process as appropriate;

4. Urges the implementation of confidence-building measures, and looks forward to agreement on and implementation of further such mutually-acceptable steps, including military confidence building measures and the opening of other crossing points, that can contribute to a conducive environment for a settlement;

5. Welcomes all efforts to accommodate the Committee on Missing Persons exhumation requirements and calls upon all parties to provide more expeditious, full access to all areas, given the need to intensify the Committee’s work;

6. Reaffirms all its relevant resolutions on Cyprus, in particular resolution 1251 (1999) of 29 June 1999 and subsequent resolutions;

7. Expresses its full support for UNFICYP and decides to extend its mandate for a further period ending 31 July 2015;

8. Calls on both sides to continue to engage, as a matter of urgency and while respecting UNFICYP’s mandate, in consultations with UNFICYP on the demarcation of the buffer zone, and on the United Nations 1989 aide-memoire, with a view to reaching early agreement on outstanding issues;

9. Calls on the Turkish Cypriot side and Turkish forces to restore in Strovilia the military status quo which existed there prior to 30 June 2000;

10. Calls on both sides to allow access to deminers and to facilitate the removal of the remaining mines in Cyprus within the buffer zone, and urges both sides to extend demining operations outside the buffer zone;

11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on implementation of this resolution, including on contingency planning in relation to the settlement, by 10 July2015 and to keep the Security Council updated on events as necessary;

12. Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNFICYP to implement the Secretary-General’s zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action including the conduct of pre-deployment awareness training, and to take disciplinary action and other action to ensure full accountability in cases of such conduct involving their personnel;

13. Decides to remain seized of the matter.”

 

BM’nin ilgili sayfası ile aşağıdaki sayfalardan alınmıştır.

http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/2015/17

CNA, Cyprus News Agency: http://www.cna.org.cy

30 Ocak 2015, KKTC Gazeteleri Ön Sayfaları

Vatandaşa Saygılı olan Ayakta Kalır

Ticaret, herkesin yapabileceği bir iş değil.

Önce müşteriyi, eski tabirle “Velinimet” olarak görmek gerekiyor başarılı olmak için.

Sonra da vatandaşa saygılı olmak ve bulunulan ülkenin ticari ahlakını bilmek gerekiyor.

 

Bulunan ülke diyorum çünkü KKTC’de yaşıyoruz ve bizim piyasamızda Kıbrıslı Türk insanının kültürü ve alışveriş alışkanlıkları geçerli. Başka bir ülkenin alışkanlıklarını zorla empoze etmeye çalışmak hem hoş değil, hem de müşterinin çıkıp gitmesine ve sonra bir daha da gelmemesine neden oluyor genelde.

 

Geçen sene yaz başında taşındığım Girne’deki evimde, kablolu telefon hattı olmasına rağmen, mevcut hattın İngiliz döneminden kalmış olması ve KKTC’deki ADSL sisteminin altyapısının da yeterli kalitede hizmet verememesinden dolayı, Wi-Fi sistemi ile internete bağlanmanın en iyisi olacağını düşünerek yerel bir GSM şirketinden “Sim kartlı Modem ve Data hizmeti” satın alarak sorunumuza bir çözüm getirdik.

 

Internet artık hayatımızın olmazsa olmazı haline geldiğinden ben ve eşim evde olduğumuz zamanlarda bu modem üzerinden internete bağlanıyoruz. Kullanma amacımız da film veya müzik indirmek değil, sadece mail alıp vermek, gazete okumak ve haber sitelerini dolaşmaktan ibaret.

 

Son 3-4 aydır, 3-7 Mbit arası olması gereken modemin hızı adeta kaplumbağaya dönüştü ve internete girmek bizim için eziyet olmaya başladı. Zaman zaman internet bağlantı sayfası bile açılamaz oldu hızın yavaşlamış olması nedeni ile. Modemini kullandığımız GSM şirketine yaptığımız sayısız iyileştirme ve hız arttırma başvurularımız sonuçsuz kalıp hiçbir şey değişmeyince de, son çareyi sim kartlı modemi iptal edip yerine yerel şirketlerden bir tanesinden Wsdl hizmeti almanın en iyisi olacağını düşündük.

 

Arkadaşlarımızdan, dostlarımızdan ve bu işten anlayan teknik donanımlı kişilerden aldığımız bilgiler üzerine iyi olduğuna inandığımız 2 şirkete başvurup bağlantı ücretleri, bakım, teknik servis ve arıza giderimi ile ilgili ön bilgiler aldık. Bir tanesinin personeli, kırık bir Türkçe konuşan bir yabancıydı, diğerinin sahipleri de Türkiye’den adamıza gelip yerleşmiş bir karı-kocaydı.

 

Son bir görüşme için gittiğimiz ilk şirkette bu sefer Türkçe bilmeyen, orta yaşlı bir İngiliz kadını bulduk karşımızda. Kendisinin her söylediğini kabul etmek ve her istediğini yapmak zorunda olduğumuz bir tavırla bizimle konuşmaya başladı. Benim kültürüme göre son derece saygısızca bir davranışla, kendinin ortaya koyduğu koşullarla bizi sınırlamaya çalışmak istemesi bardağı taşıran son damla oldu. Kendisine “kabul edilemez bir davranış içinde olduğunu, İngiltere’de belki bu tavırlarının geçerli olabileceğini ama burasının KKTC olduğunu ve ticarete devam etmek istiyorsa böyle davranamayacağını, bu nedenle de hizmetini de satın almayacağımı” söyleyip oradan eşimle ayrıldık.

 

Şirketin sahibi ile konuşmak ve personelinin bu tavrını şikayet etmek için şirketi aradığımda da başka hiçbir seçeneğin yer almadığı yönlendirme sistemi ile (zorla) şirket sahibinin sekreterine bağlandım. Sekreter hanım da, satıcı kadın gibi saygısızdı ve konuyu kendisine anlatmadığım takdirde, şirket sahibi ile konuşamayacağımı -kabul edilemez bir tavırla- söyledi. Müşterilerine böylesine saygısızca davranmayı ilke edinmiş bir şirketin sahibinin de beni aramayacağından emin olmama rağmen konuyu mecburen sekreter hanıma üstü kapalı anlattığım vakit de, telefon numaramı aldı ve “şirket sahibi sizi arayacak” diyerek telefonu kapattı. Tahminim de yanılmadığım zaman içinde doğru çıktı ve beni ne arayan oldu, ne de soran.

Gittiğimiz diğer şirkette ise birinciye kıyasla tamamen farklı bir davranışla karşılaştık. Sevgi dolu hitapları ve güler yüzleri ile şirketin sahibi karı-koca bizleri karşıladı.  Aklımızdaki her şeyi güle oynaya konuştuk ve sonunda bütün hizmeti bu sevimli, müşteri dostu karı-kocadan satın aldık…

 

Şimdi size soruyorum, “Siz olsaydınız ne yapardınız?” Hakareti ve adam yerine konmamayı mı tercih ederdiniz, yoksa güler yüzü ve sevgi dolu davranışı mı?

 

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