The report of the Secretary-General on his mission of good offices in Cyprus submitted to
the Security Council on 3 April 1992 and the subsequent resolution 750/92 adopted by the
Security Council are the product of the Secretary-General's determination to reach a
negotiated settlement in Cyprus. The Secretary-General conveyed with the report, as
requested by the Council, a "set of ideas" as they had evolved up to that point (even
though conditions for an international high-level meeting were not ripe). The "ideas"
included in the 3 April report did not, therefore, form a complete blueprint for a framework
agreement.
The "set of ideas" contains both positive and negative elements, the then President
Vassiliou said on 15 April and he explained that they were only presented as a basis for
negotiation. Any new constitutional arrangement would ensure the human rights and
fundamental freedoms of all Cypriots, rights and freedoms which would be reinforced by
Cyprus' accession to the European Community, he concluded.
After considering the report of the Secretary-General, the Security Council approved
Resolution 750 (1992) on 10 April, 1992. The Security Council endorsed the "ideas"
described in paras. 17-25 and 27 of the Secretary-General "as an appropriate basis for
reaching an overall framework agreement, subject to the work that needs to be done on the
outstanding issues, in particular on territorial adjustments and displaced persons, being
brought to a conclusion as an integrated package mutually agreed upon by both
communities." The Greek Cypriot side saw this as having a potentially positive influence
in encouraging all parties to cooperate with the Secretary-General in filling the existing gaps
in a manner consistent with the U.N. Charter and customary international law and in
accordance with mandatory U.N. resolutions.
The other main provisions of Security Council Resolution
750 (1992) are that it:
