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". It has periodically been extended.
Tri meseca pošto su tenzije između kiparskih Grka i Turaka u decembru 1963. godine prerasle u nasilje, Savet bezbednosti usvojio je rezoluciju o osnivanju UNFICYP sa mandatom da “spreče ponavljanje sukoba i, po potrebi, da pomogne u održavanju i ponovno uvođenju zakona i reda.” Mandat misije je redovno produžavan.