UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RE?ORT BY 'IRE SEC UNITED NATIORS (For the period 11 June to 5 December 1$66) TABIEOFC TS PRRe INTRODUCTION.............................. 3 I. THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-FIXPING FORCE IR CYPRUS ......... 4 A. Ccmposition and deployment ................. 4 B. Function and guiding principles ............... 6 C. Relai;ions with the Government and ::ith the Turkish Cypriot leadership .......................... D. Freedcm of movement of the United Nations Force ........ II. ACTIVITIES TGWRDS PRRVEXTING A RECURREWE OF FIGRTIKG ABD CONTRIBUTIEG TO THE RESTORATION ADD MIWWQ~CE OF IAW ARD ORDER ............................... 10 A. Military situation ...................... 10 (i) Armed forces in Cyrpus other than UHFICYP ........ 10 (a) Government armed forces ............... 10 (b) Turkish Cypriot armed elements ........... 11 (c) The Greek and Turkish Rational Contingents ..... 11 (ii) General assessment of the situation with regard to preventing a recurrence of fighting ........... 12 B. Specific developments and action taken by UBFICYP ....... 14 (i) Extension and improvement of fortifications ....... 14 (ii) Mora/Melousha ...................... 15 (iii) Arsos .......................... 18 (iv) Trypimeni ........................ 20 66j2032 / . ...................... 20 a .......................... 24 ..................... 24 (viii) Ghaziverara ........................ 25 (ix) Chervaaee of cease-al-e ............... 26 C. ce of kss and order ... 27 I?olice .......... 27 (ii) Investigation of cr 1 strife ..... 28 (iii) Forest fires ....................... 30 ACTIVITIES TO% TIcoHs.......... 33 A. Generalassessment. ...................... 33 B. Freedom of ~~e~@~t of thc2 ~~~~~~tion ............. 34 C. Efforts to restore m c activit.ties ......... 39 D. Measures to assist ref es and other distressed persons .... 45 E. Nomalization of the public services .............. 47 F. The functioning of the la?1 ccwts and the administration ofjustice ........................... 52 Iv. GCOD OFFICES OF TRR SPECIAL RJZPRESEN!ATIVE O?? THE SECRETARY-GREEFUlLIRC!@RUS .................... 56 V. I~DIATIONEFFORT. ......................... 57 VI. FIHAIWALASPECTS ......................... 58 VII. OBSERVATIONS ............................ 60 me - DEPLOYHENT OF UNFICYP I31 LECEMBER 1966 / . / . 3. Near the end Ol‘ the periad c United Nations Force in Cyprus (?I l?Ir civilian police (S/7350, the Force tras as folhws: Military Austria Canada - HQ Il!@TcYP and y Police . - Battalian a dran.... 110 Denmark 29 -Battalion . 9 Finland -HQwFIc and Ulltary Polka . 22 -Battalian . -586 Ireland - IQ IJ?ETm and Haitq Police . 15 - Battalion . 5ag Sweden - HQ UNFICYP andMilitaryPo?&e . 16 - Battalion . z -502 United ICingdcu - II& UHFICYP and Klitary Police . 153 - Battalion and reteonnaissancc swoon . 736 - Helicopter support . 39 - UNFICYP logistic support wits . -164 Total military personnel: .I. / ...................... rk ........................ ...................... Sweden ........................ 4. s t6& -_ D the period of this Peport: --RGtitiOnS 64 involved 831 all ranks. At the sa b) -: A rotaticm involved 3Ofi2all ranks. (cl : A rotation and between 23 and j0 Septemberinvolved 5x9 all ranks. (a) Ireland: A rotation between 29 Septemberand 12 October 1$6 involved 513 all ranks. (e) --Sweden: There uas a reducticn iii strength between 6 July and 17 August ~$66 of 1% all ranks. A rotation between 24 and 29 Cctcber 1% imolved 550 all ranks. (f) --United Kinzzdcm: A rotation be&seen25 Cctobe~ and 6 Eov~ber 1566 involved 570 all ranks. 5. 'Ihe Force continue3 to be deplc'yed as fcllC.Vs (see attached hap): iIQ UI@ICyP, including HQ UKCIVPOL: international ZTicosia Best District Danish Contingent Danish Civilian Police Austrian Civilian Police / . s/7611 English Page 6 Finnish Contirygent Austrian Civilian Peliee Fanagusta Zone Swedish Contingent Swedish Civiltan Police Limassol Zone New Zealand Civilian Police Australian Civilian Police Lefka District Irish Contingent Australian CW.lian Police Kwenia District Canadian Contingent Danish Civilian Police 6. lke Force remains under the ccmmandof l4sjor-GeneralA.E. Martola. Mr. C.A. Bernardes continues as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General inCyprus. B. FunctLon ai33 stiaiw principles 7. The function of the United Nations Peace-KeepingForce in Cyprus was defined by the Security Council, in kts resolutLo.onof 4Ikz~h 1964, in the following terms: "in the interest of preserving international peace and security, to use its best efforts to prevent a recurrence of fighting and, as necessary, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and a return to normal condit%ons". 8. That resolution uas reafI'irmed by the Council in its subsequentresolutions of 13 March, 20 June, 9 August, 25 Septemberand 18 December164, 19 March, 15 June, 10 August and 17 December1565, 16 March 1566, and in its resolution of 16 June 1$6. , in in effect. rt of 2 Hay 1954 . al with the prcbblems of c of the ~e~t~o~s~~ps between the ef of Staff the senlor Political and Police Adviser have continued to Officers representing IL Between lOJune a e&y-four ueetings WittI the nt PoljhticaE fker Cypriot FoJ.itical 12. During the per% ied from various causes and twenty-seven men were a 13. ti lioveaber who had attempted t TurUsh Cypriot per the Lefla district. The Force Cc er ordered an immediate rnvestigation, as a result of which the five men :rere repatriated in custody for appropriate action by . their national autnorities. !&he Government of Cyprus was promptly and fully informed. A communication was sent by the Ccmmander to the office of the Vice- :, President drawing attention to the incident, pointing out that it vas not the first time that attempts had been made by certain Turkish Cypriots to suborn UBFICYP soldiers, and requesting the Turkish Cypriot leadership to take every possible step to ensure that such grave malpractices by personnel under their control m?re not repeated. lk. !&is incident is an isolated one. The discipline, understanding and bearing of the officers and men of the United Uations Force continue to be Of a high order. / . s/7611 ilnglish Page S c. 15. UNPICYPhas continued to maintain cPose hai-& bca? t:l Cyprus Gcvernmentand the Turkish riot leadership. 16. Negotiation and good offices to be the ~@thcds on-dissuaai one side or the other frcm taking acti0k-4 which might hawe serious consciences for the peace and trancpaillity of the island. Casesstill occur, however, imere measuresare taken by one siae or the oth~~ either without UIWICYP, or in disregard of its advice. This is _partic so in the case cbf the action taken by both sides to improve end extend fartifieations throu&out the island (paras. 46-46). D. li'. During the period covered by this report 1 have been denied freedcm of movementon twenty-six occasions, in hen of which they were threatened v:ith weapons. 1:. 14ost of these incidents occurred in areas of confrontation, where both sides were building up or improving their positions, and the UDPIC soltliers involved xrere mostly membersof routine patrols operating between the forward defence lines of the Sational Guard and the Turkis~~Cypriot fighters. 19. The most serious of these incidents occurred on 13 October, when a two-man UNFICYPpatrol was intercepted and beaten by four Turkish Cypriot fighters v!?ile carrying out a routine patrol. !ke Force Ccmmardermade a strong protest ta the Tur::ish Cypriot leadership , which ex..ressed its deep regret at the incident and assured him that proper disciplinary action vould be taken against those responsible. 20. A second serious incident occurred on 3 November~$66, when the meubersof a two-man UNFICYPpatrol uere manhandledby Turlcish Cypriot fighters and kicked. The Force Ccmmanderagain lcdged a strong protest ~5th the Tuzf:isi~ Cypriot leadership, vhf&, while replying that there :ias no justification for the incident and that it vould see that disciplinary action ::as taken, alleged at the sametime that the UUFICY?patrol had provoked the fighters by marking a mapnear one of their positions and acting in a suspicious and threatening manner. The Force Ccmmanderthereupon sent a further letter to the leadership stressing that the / . l / . s/76= English Page 10 II. ACT~~T~~S ANDCONTRIS (i) (a) Governmentarmed forces 22. The numerical strength of the Nationsl Guard has been significantly reduced during the period covered. by this report. The conscripts of the l$io-1$6 age- groups have been released, so that the seti e Haticnal Guard no mainly consists of the young conscripts of age-groups, the 1atteF having reported for duty on 4 Ju by the Council of IQnisters earlier tkis year (S have thus been conscripted into the National Guard since June I$4 fcF VaP~ouS pSiOdS . 23. According to an official by the Gwerment, the Council of Rinisters decided on 28 July up for sertice in the National Guard all Greek Cypriots living abroa& who e within the nine e-groups mentioned above, except those who em&rat t of e Conscription Law of 1964 snd who are permanent residents in a foreign country. 24. No precise information is available to WF'ICYP regarding the numberof Greek officers and other categories of military personnel frcm Greece now in Cyprus, although their presence in the Island as membersof the hational Guard has been confirmed (S/7350, para. 19). 25. In addition to a normal training snd instruction programme,the Kational Guard has stayed, during the period covered by tbis report, a series of large- scale exercises