Secretary-General warns of need for alternatives.

• Position: UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali's views towards Cyprus

The Security Council may have to consider alternative ways to promote effective implementation of its many resolutions on Cyprus if current efforts do not succeed, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has warned.

In a 14 September report (S/26438), he said that the Turkish Cypriot side had not yet shown the goodwill and cooperation needed to achieve, agreement on a package of confidence-building measures related to the reopening of Nicosia international Airport and of the fenced area of Varosha under UN administration.

Mr. Boutros-Ghali also proposed sending a team of experts to Cyprus in early October to address questions about the effects of the package, including measures relating to economic imbalance between the, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. A team of civil aviation experts was also to be dispatched to assess technical requirements for reopening Nicosia International Airport.

The Council on 20 September expressed (S/26475) its continuing support for the efforts of the Secretary-General's mission of good offices in Cyprus, and those of his Special Representative Joe Clark and Deputy Special Representative Gustave Feissel, and fully endorsed observations made on the current situation.

The Council reiterated the obligation of both parties to cooperate fully and without delay in reaching promptly an overall framework agreement on the package and, in the first instance, to arrive at an agreement on the proposals related to Varosha and the airport, which would "create a climate more conducive to engaging in negotiations on the basis of the set of ideas" put forward by the Secretary-General and endorsed by the Council in resolution 774 (1992) of 26 August 1992.

The Council also expressed deep disappointment that an agreement on the package had not yet been reached, and agreed that the Secretary-General could not continue his current efforts indefinitely.

The Turkish Cypriot side was called upon to give its active support and the Council recognized the important role that Turkey could play in that effort.

The Council agreed that it was encouraging that there was widespread interest in the package among the Turkish Cypriot community, and it supported sending two technical teams to Cyprus.

The Security Council, in a 7 July letter (S/26050) to the Secretary-General, expressed its full support for his current efforts in Cyprus. The package of confidence-building measure", would benefit both communities and would have a...