Created under a UN Security Council resolution in March 1964, UNFICYP monitors the buffer zone between the Turkish Cypriot north and the Greek Cypriot south, and is charged with maintaining the ceasefire on the divided island.
Uspostavljene rezolucijom Saveta bezbednosti UN-a usvojenom 1964. godine, UNFICIP nadziru tampon zonu između severnog dela ostrva koji kontrolišu kiparski Turci i grčkog južnog dela pod upravom kiparskih Grka.