The Nicosia Airport Incident of 1974: A Peacekeeping Gamble.

The article discusses the peacekeeping gamble in Nicosia Airport Incident of 1974. The United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) taken an initiative to consolidating an agreed but then an unexpected event had happened wherein a fight between the United Nations (UN) force and Turkish forces occurred. That fight have grave repercussions not only for the UN and troop-contributor countries but also for the cohesion of North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO). UN peacekeeping forces created and maintained an intercommunal contribution to the political search for a peaceful settlement of the underlying constitutional problems. Furthermore, UNFICYP have been fortunate in the outcome of its peacekeeping gamble at the Nicosia airport.