A/HRC/22/18 I. Introduction 1. On 13 February 1975, the Commission on Human Rights adopted resolution 4 (XXXI) on the question of human rights in Cyprus, in which the Commission, inter alia, called upon all parties concerned to adhere strictly to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international instruments in the field of human rights and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council and to take urgent measures for the return of all refugees to their homes in safety. In resolution 361 (1974), the Security Council had called upon “all parties to do everything in their power to alleviate human suffering, to ensure the respect of fundamental human rights for every person and to refrain from all action likely to aggravate the situation”. In resolution 3450 (XXX), the General Assembly expressed its grave concern about the fate of a considerable number of Cypriots who are missing as a result of armed conflict in Cyprus and requested the SecretaryGeneral to provide the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-second session with information relevant to the implementation of this resolution. The Secretary-General’s first report on this issue (E/CN.4/1186 and Corr.1), prepared in pursuance of Commission on Human Rights resolution 4 (XXXI) and of General Assembly resolution 3450 (XXX), was submitted on 4 February 1976. 2. Subsequently, in resolution 4 (XXXII) of 27 February 1976, the Commission on Human Rights, inter alia, recommended that the communities do their utmost to find a just and lasting peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem based on respect of the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and non-alignment of the Republic of Cyprus, which solution would also guarantee the full enjoyment in mutual confidence by the whole population of Cyprus of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Commission also urged all parties to refrain from unilateral actions in contravention of the relevant United Nations resolutions, including changes in the demographic structure of Cyprus. 3. Furthermore, in its resolution 1987/50 of 11 March 1987, the Commission on Human Rights, inter alia, reiterated its previous calls for the full restoration of all human rights to the population of Cyprus, in particular to the refugees; called for the tracing of and accounting for missing persons in Cyprus without any further delay; called for the restoration and respect of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Cypriots, including freedom of movement, the freedom of settlement and the right to property; and requested the Secretary-General to provide the Commission, at its forty-fourth session, with information relevant to the implementation of resolution 1987/50. 4. Reports on the question of human rights in Cyprus were presented annually to the Commission on Human Rights from 1976 to 2006. In its decision 2/102 of 6 October 2006, the Human Rights Council requested the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to “continue with the fulfilment of their activities, in accordance with all previous decisions adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and to update the relevant reports and studies”. Since 2007, OHCHR has submitted reports on the question of human rights in Cyprus to the Council on an annual basis. 1 5. As at 30 November 2012, Cyprus remains divided, with a buffer zone maintained by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). In its resolution 2058 (2012), adopted on 19 July 2012, the Security Council decided to extend the mandate of UNFICYP for a further period ending 31 January 2013. In the same resolution, the Security Council welcomed the progress made so far in the fully fledged negotiations to bring the Cyprus conflict and division of the island to a comprehensive and durable settlement, and it 1 4 A/HRC/4/59; A/HRC/7/46; A/HRC/10/37; A/HRC/13/24; A/HRC/16/21; A/HRC/19/22.