Some three months after tension between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots resulted in an outbreak of violence in December 1963, the Security Council endorsed a resolution on the establishment of UNFICYP with a mandate "to prevent a recurrence of fighting and, as necessary, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order".
Oko tri mjeseca nakon što je napetost među turskim i grčkim Cipranima rezultirala izbijanjem nasilja u prosincu 1963., Vijeće sigurnosti donijelo je rezoluciju o uspostavi UNFICYP s mandatom "sprječavanja obnove borbi i, po potrebi, doprinosa očuvanju i ponovnoj uspostavi reda i zakona".