United NatLons Force in Cyprus. This dtuetton is described in detail in th@ Secretary-General’s report (S/21340) and in his letter dated 31 Nay 1990. Toqether with the other troop-contributinq countries, Finland has dn many OCCASION drawn the Council’s attention to this regrettable situation. we believe thet it is absolutely necessary to alleviete the heavy burden carried at present by trW+-Contributinq countries by financinq the United Nations portion of the cost throuqh assessed contributions, 8s suqqested by the Secretary-General in his report. f also take this o~octunity to stress that the presidential statesent deted 30 May 1990 (S/21323) concerning the United Nation5 peace-keeping operations is, of Cout5e. fully applicable to the Force in Cyprus. We wish to note that Peace-kWpinq operations are bzmporery measures intended to facilitate the settlement of dieferences end conflicts and thet they should never be mnsidered 88 takinq the Piece of the ultiruate goal, a negotiated settlement at the earliest Possible date. In the @resent case, it is incumbent upon us once aqain to ask the leaders of the tm communities to redouble their efforts with 8 view to reaching a mutually acceptable settlement of the Cyprus problem. The PRESlUENT (interpretation f ram French) : P thank the representative of Finlad for the kind words he addressed to me. J%(/GB S/W/2928 Mr. VORONTSOV (Union of Soviet SociaList Republics) (interpretation from Russian) : Sir, I welcorm your accession (32 the presidency of the Security Council and I feel sure that under your presi&ncy rye will be able, in the spirit of co-operation, to resolve any matters that are on the Council's aqendaa 1 should also like sincerely to thank the representative of Finland, who successfully discharged his work in dealinq with the difficult problems factnq the Council in May. I am very happy to welconr? the new representative of the People’s Republic of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to international relations and diplomacy, specifically discussing the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and the financial burden carried by contributing countries. The mention of assessed contributions and the presidential statement on peacekeeping operations suggests that the topic is related to international cooperation and diplomacy.

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International relations