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LEftCY m KURT WALDHEIM
SECRETARY GENERAL UNITED NATIONS
NEERK/USA
1 ANK YOU FOYUR TELEGRAM DATED DECEMBER 14 197̂ -BY WHICH
YOU KINDLY TRANSMITTED TO WE TE TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION 453
(1379) OF THe. bLCURlTY COUNCIL I Afl VERY GRATIFIED THAT
THE
COUNCIL REQUE3TEDE AGAIN YOCELL£lvCY' TOCGfoTINUL YOUR
MSSION OF GOOD OFFICE^ TOWARDS A JUST AND LASTING SOLUTION
OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM BEST WISHES WARM REGARDS
GEORGE -RLIS
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2O November 1979
Gist of Ambassador Eralp's statement before the plenarymeeting
of the General Assembly on 19 November 1979
Ambassador Eralp developed his statement along threemajor
lines:
a) reiterating the Turkish side's support for the inter-communal
talks as the only way to obtain a viable solutionto the Cyprus
problem;
b) stressing the Turkish Government's objective asnot being the
partition of the island of Cyprus;
c) alleging that the Greek Cypriot side has neither
the intention nor the interest to engage in a
substantialnegotiating process.
In the course of his speech, Ambassador Eralp madethe following
statements which pertain to the presentdebate in the General
Assembly:
"The Turkish Government...gives unqualified supportto the
mission of good offices of the Secretary-General.
"provisions that would lead to the internationalizationof the
question render the present draft resolution evenmore unrealistic
and will inevitably have devastating effectson the intercommunal
negotiating process. In short, it isa draft likely to delay the
solution of the problem sinceit fails to recognize the fact that
all aspects of theCyprus question fall within the purview of the
intercommunalnegotiations.
"Thus it is not realistic to call for the implementationof those
resolutions in all their aspects without takinginto account
subsequent developments /Vienna Agreements,the Makarios-Denktash
guidelines and the ten-pointagreement of 19 May 1979/."
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UNITED NATIONS
G E N E R A LA S S E M B L Y
S E C U R I T YC O U N C I L
GEIERAL
A/3U/659S/136091 November 1979
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
GENERAL ASSEMBLYThirty-fourth sessionAgenda item 21QUESTION OF
CYPRUS
SECURITY COUNCILThirty-fourth year
Letter dated 6 November 1979 from the Permanent Representative
ofTurkey to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General
I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 6 November
1979 addressedto you by Mr. Nail Atalay, the representative of the
Turkish Federated State ofCyprus.
I should be grateful if this letter vere circulated as a
document of theGeneral Assembly, under agenda item 21, and of the
Security Council.
(Signed) Orhan ERALPAmbassador
Permanent Representative
79-29109
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A/3V659S/13609EnglishAnnexPage 1
ANNEX
Letter dated 6 November 1979 from Mr, Nail Atalayto the
Secretary-General
At the outset of my letter I would like to put on record that we
are not atall happy with this endless exchange of letters and
counter letters between theTurkish and Greek sides. We are of the
opinion that it is all a waste of time andmaterials especially of
the Organization. Not much will "be achieved by the litanyof
accusations and counter accusations. These only poison the
atmosphere andhinder the process of negotiations which you are
doing everything possible toencourage between the representatives
of the two communities.
In this spirit and upon instructions from my Government I have
the honour torefer to the letter circulated as a document of the
United Nations (A/3^/6U7-8/13605) on 2 November 1979 and signed by
Mr. Andreas Mavrommatis as the so-called"Permanent Representative
of Cyprus to the United Nations" and answer his
baselessallegations:
1. As Your Excellency is well aware, in May 1975 the
representative ofthe International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC), who had been sitting withthe sub-committee on humanitarian
matters, informed the sub-committee thatICRC's help on humanitarian
matters "since the beginning of its action inCyprus was intended to
be a temporary one which would come to an end once thephase of
emergency was over". This phase is now over. In spite of this,
thepractice of exchanging Red Cross messages - without stamps - was
allowed tocontinue while a great number of Greek Cypriots living in
the north used thenormal postal services of the Turkish Federated
State of Cyprus (TFSC) tosend and receive letters and parcels from
abroad. The message-stationaryused by the Greek-Cypriot side is the
property of the Tracing Agency of ICRCwhich terminated its
activities in Cyprus more than four years ago.Furthermore, the
communication activities within TFSC came up for examinationwhen
the Greek-Cypriot side tried to cut off all the Turkish Cypriots
from allpostal communication by its unconstitutional, untimely and
discriminatingmove at the Universal Postal Union. It was then
decided that the exchange ofmessages was not warranted and should
have been discontinued long ago. Nocountry in the world allows ICRC
procedures and stationary to be used - freeof charge - in
circumstances of normality which prevails in Cyprus four yearsafter
the ending of the activity of ICRC.
2. As regards the so-called "enclaved Greek Cypriots" one only
has tolook at the relevant parts of Your Excellency's last three
reports to theSecurity Council, including the most recent one, to
discover the falsehood ofthe Greek-Cypriot accusations regarding
the living conditions of these people.The extracts below, taken
from Your Excellency's report to the SecurityCouncil (S/129̂ 6,
paras. 35-37) are further confirmation of this fact:
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A/3V659S/13609EnglishAnnexPage 2
"35. Medical care available to Greek Cypriots in the north is as
goodas that provided to Turkish Cypriots in the same area ...".
"36. In regard to agricultural activities, there are no major
complaintsabout freedom of movement, Greek Cypriots continue.to
have access alsoto fields at some distances from their
villages."
"37. As indicated in my last report, there appears to be no
restrictionon freedom of worship in the north whenever the services
of a priestare available."
Similar remarks with regard to the living conditions of the
Greek Cypriots inthe north are also made in Your Excellency's most
recent report to the SecurityCouncil (S/13369, paras. 28, 29 and
3k):
"28. IMFICYP continues to discharge humanitarian functions and
to promotenormalization of the living conditions of the Greek
Cypriots remainingin the north. Temporary visits to the south for
family reasons havecontinued to be made possible on an ad hoc
basis, both directly andthrough the good offices of UNFICYP
..."
"29. All transfers (from north to south) continue to be
monitored byUNFICYP to ensure that they have been undertaken
voluntarily."
"3̂ . No restrictions of freedom of worship in the north have
beenreported for the period under review."
It is obvious, therefore, that the Greek-Cypriot Administration
cannot createa case out of living conditions of the Greek Cypriots
residing in the north. Itis also evident from the same statements
of the Greek-Cypriot residents themselvesthat their living
conditions in the north are perfectly satisfactory, and couldeven
be better if the subject were not exploited by the Greek-Cypriot
leadershipfor propaganda purposes, causing apprehension and
psychological stress amongstthese people.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a
document of theGeneral Assembly, under agenda item 21, and of the
Security Council.
(Signed) Nail ATALAYRepresentative of the
Turkish Federated State of Cyprus
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NY/XXII/75
6 November 1979
Your Excel 1ency,
At the outset of my letter I would l i k e to put on record
that
we are not at all happy with this endless exchange of letters
and
counter letters betv/een the Turkish and Greek sides. We are of
the
o p i n i o n that it is all a waste of time and materials
especially of
the Organization. Not much w i l l be achieved by the litany of
accusations
and counter accusations. These, only poison the atmosphere and
hinder
the process of negotiations which you are doing everything p o s
s i b l e to
encourage between the representatives of the two
communities.
In this spirit and upon instructions from my Government I
have
the honour to refer to the letter circulated as a document of
the
United Nations (A/34/647-S/13605} on 2 November 1979 and signed
by
Mr. Andreas Mavrommatis as the so-called "Permanent
Representative of
Cyprus to the United Nations" and answer his baseless
allegations:
1. As Your Excellency is well aware, in May 1975 the
represen-
tative of ICRC who had been sitting with the sub-committee on
humani-
tarian matters informed the sub-committee that the ICRS's help
on
humanitarian matters "since the b e g i n n i n g of its action
in Cyprus was
intended to be a temporary one which would come to an end once
the
phase of emergency was over." This phase is now over.' In spite
of this,
H.E. Dr. Kurt W a l d e h i mSecretary - General ofthe United
Nations
New York
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TURKISH PERMANENT MISSIONTO THE U N I T E D NATIONS
6 November 1979
Excel 1ency,
I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated
6 November 1979 addressed to you by Mr. Nail Atalay, the
representative of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated
as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 21,
and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Excellency, the -assurances of my highest
consideration.
Orhan EralpAmbassadorPermanent Representative
H.E. Dr. Kurt W a l d h e i mSecretary - General ofthe Uni ted
Nations
NEW YORK
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the practice of exchanging Red Cross messages - without stamps
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was allowed to continue while a great number of Greek
Cypriots
l i v i n g in the north used the normal postal services of the
Turkish
Federated State of Cyprus (TFSC) to send and receive letters
and
parcels from abroad. The message-stationary used by the
Greek
Cypriot side is the property of the Tracing Agency of ICRC
which
terminated its activities in Cyprus more than 4 years ago.
Furthermore,
the communication activities w i t h i n the TFSC came up for
examination
when the Greek Cypriot side tried to cut off all the Turkish
Cypriots from
all postal communication by its unconstitutional, untimely
and
d i s c r i m i n a t i n g move at the UPU. It was then decided
that the'exchange
of messages was not warranted and should have been discontinued
long
ago,, No country in the world allows ICRC procedures and
stationary
to be used - free of charge - in circumstances of normality w h
i c h
p r e v a i l s in Cyprus four years after the e n d i n g of
the activity of ICRC,,
2 „ As regards the so-called "enclaved Greek Cypriots" one
only
has to look at the relevant parts of Your Excellency's last
three
reports to the Security Council, including the most recent one,
to
discover the falsehood of the Greek Cypriot accusations
regarding the
l i v i n g conditions of these people. The extracts below,
taken from
Your Excellency's report to the Security Council (S/12946 of
1 December 1978) are further confirmation of this fact:
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Paras. "35. Medical care a v a i l a b l e to Greek Cypriotsin
the north is as good as that p r o v i d e dto Turkish Cypriotsin
the same area..."
"36. In regard to agricultural activities, thereare no major
complaints about freedom ofmovement, Greek Cypriots continue to
haveaccess also to fields at some distances fromt h e i r v i l l a
g e s . "
"37. As indicated in my last report, there appearsto be no
restriction on freedom of worshipin the north .whenever the
services of a priestare a v a i l a b l e . "
S i m i l a r remarks with regard to the l i v i n g conditions
of the Greek
Cypriots in the north are also made in Your Excellency's
most
recent report to the Security Council (S/13369 of 31 May
1979):
Paras. "28. UNFICYP continues to discharge humanitarianfunctions
and to promote normalization of thel i v i n g conditions of the
Greek Cypriots remainingin the north. Temporary visits to the south
forfamily reasons have continued to be made possibleon an ad hoc
basis, both directly and through thegood oTfices of UNFICYP..."
"29. All transfers (from north to south) continue to bemonitored
by UNFICYP to ensure that they have beenundertaken
voluntarily."
"34. No restrictions of freedom of worship in the northhave been
reported for the period under review."
It is Obvious , therefore, that the Greek'Cypriot Administration
cannot
create a case out of living conditions of-the Greek Cypriots
residing in the north.
It is also evident from the same statements of the Greek Cypriot
residents
themselves, that their l i v i n g conditions in the north are
perfectlyr
satisfactory, and could even be better if the subject were not
exploited
by the Greek Cypriot l e a d e r s h i p for propaganda
purposes, causing
apprehension and psychological stress amongst these people.
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I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a
document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 21, and
of
the Security C o u n c i l ,
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest
consideration.
N a i l AtalayRepresentative ofthe Turkish Federated Stateof
Cyprus
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TO: STROHAL
FOR; SECRETARY-GENERAL
FROM: FEREZ DE CUELLAR
DATE: 22 AUGUST 79
NUMBER STR525-8.
UP-DATE OH THE CYPRUS INITIATIVE.
1. THE REPLY OF BOTH SIDES TO THE INITIATIVE FOR THE RESUMPTION
OF THE
INTERCOMMUHAL T4LKS HAS ONLY BEEN CONVEYED ON 21 AUGUST AND 22
AUGUST.
MR. DENKTASH HAS MAINTAINED HIS POSITION, THAT THE NEW APPROACH,
IN SO
FAR AS IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO HIM VERBALLY BY MR.
GALJDNDO-POHL, DOES
NOT FULFIL THE REQUIREMENT OF HIS COMMUNITY; NAMELY, THE
UNEQUIVOCABLE
CONFIRMATION OF THE CONCEPT OF "BIZONALITY", NOR THE CONCEPT OF
SECURITY
AS AGREED UPON, IN HIS VIEW, BY ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS BN TWELVE
FEBRUARY
1977. IN OTHER WORDS, MR. DENKTASH HAS MAINTAINED THE POSITION
THAT ONLY
IF THE CONCEPTS OF "BIZONALITY" AND SECURITY ARE ACCEPTED
"WITHOUT BEING
ERODED IN ANY WAY", THEN THE TALKS CAN RESUME.
2. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER AND
TURKISH
FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS IN ANKARA HAVE MADE IT KNOWN THAT IN
THEIR VIEW THE NEW
APPROACH DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE EVENHANDED. THIS IMPLICATION IS
ALSO
CONTAINED IN THE TALKING PAPER WHICH-WAS READOUT TO MR.
GALINDO-POHL IN
NICOSIA ON 21 AUGUST SŶ HE.DIENKTASH.
3. THE GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE HAS SHOSEN TO DISREGARD OUR
PRESENTATION OH
THE CONCEPT OF SECURITY AS BEING REFERRED TO BOTH COMMUNITIES,
BY STRESSING
THAT THESE MATTERS CONCERN "THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS AS A WHOLE
AND ALL £P
ITS CITIZENS".
4. PRESIDENT KYPRIANOU HAS MADE IT CLEAR BOTH THROUGH PUBLIC
STATEMENTS
AND DURING CONSULTATION WITH UN OFFICIALS THAT HIS SIDE ITENDS
TO PURSUEA
THE GOAL OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE CYPRUS QUESTION. FOR THE
CYPRUS
GOVERNMENT, IT WAS INDICATED TO MR. GALINDO-POHL, THAT IT HAD
BECOME A
" MURT" TO GO TO HAVANA.
5. IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESPONSE OF THE TWO SIDES, WHICH WAS
EMERGING EVEN BEFORE
THE OFFICIAL RESPONSES WERE CONVEYED, IT WAS THOUGH APPROPRIATE
TO KEEP
THE MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMED OF THE CURRENT
EFFORTS OF THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE ISSUE. ALL MEMBERS, PERMANENT AMD
NON-PERMANENT,
HAVE THEREFORE BEEN BRIEFED AND HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR THANKS FOR
HAVING BEEN
KEPT INFORMED AND THEIR SUPPORT TO THE PRESENT EFFORT. SOME HAVE
TAKEN
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PARALLEL DIPLOMATIC ACTION IN THE CAPITOLS CONCERNED IN SUPPORT
OF THE
INITIATIVE.
6. IN THE LIGHT OP THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH THE T¥© SIDES SEEM TO
HAVE WITH
THE WORDING CHOSEN TO PRESENT THE NEW INITIATIVE, SOME
AMENDMENTS HAD BEEN
DEVISED IN ORDER TO BRIDGE THE GAP. THIS HAD BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
ALSO BY
THE FACT THAT MR. GALINDO-POHL HAD NOT HANDED TO THE SIDES ANY
WRITTEN
PAPER. HOWEVER, WHEN FIRST APPROACHED ON 22 AUGUST, PRESIDENT
KYFRIANOU DID NOT FIND
THE AMENDMENTS HELPFUliT ALL. MR. DENKTASH WILL BE APPROACHED ON
THE SAME
GROUND ON 23 AUGUST.
7. IT IS WORTHWHILE NOTING THAT ON 22 AUGUST IN THE COURSE OF
AN
INTERVIEW WITH A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, MR. DENKTASH CALLED FOR
AN
IMMEDIATE INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN HIMSELF AND PRESIDENT
KYFRIANOU WITH
THE PARTICIPATION OF OTHER LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES UNDER
THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF MR. GALINDO-POHL. HE COMMENTED ON HIS PROPOSAL
BY SAYING
THAT " SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE VERY QUICKLY" IN ORDER TO
OVERCOME
DIFFICULTIES. WE HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION, NEITHER FORMAL NOR
INFORMAL
OF THIS PROPOSAL.
8. THE GREEK CYPRIOTS SEEM MORE AND MORE ATTRACTED BY THE
FORTHCOMING
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS; INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE DRAFT
RESOLUTION BEING PREPARED
FOR THE NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES CONFERENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED
ANOTHER
"SUCCESS" FOR ;••:?. PRESIDENT KYPRIANOU. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT
is WORTHWHILEUOTHfiC THAT DESPITE SEVERAL DEMARCHES MADE IN ANKARA
BY PERMANENT MEMBERS
OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S
INITIATIVE,
THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO ADVISE MR. DENKTASH TO
SOFTEN
HIS ATTITUDE. MR. ECEVIT'S PARTY'S UNCERTAIN PROSPECTS IN THE
FORTHCOMING
PARTIAL ELECTIONS OF 14 OCTOBER BAY HAVE A ROLE IN THIS MATTER.
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A/3VU62S/1353U12 September 1979
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
GENERAL ASSEMBLYThirty-fourth sessionItem 21 of the provisional
agenda*QUESTION OF CYPRUS
SECURITY COUNCILThirty-fourth year
Letter dated 11 September 1979 from the Permanent Representative
ofTurkey to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General
I have the honour to attach herewith a letter dated 11 September
1979 addressedto you "by Mr. Nail Atalay, the representative of the
Turkish Federated State ofCyprus.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a
document of theGeneral Assembly, under item 21 of the provisional
agenda, and of the SecurityCouncil.
Orhan ERALPAmbassador
Permanent Representative
* A/3U/150.
79-23353
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AfflJEX
Letter dated 11 September 1979 from Mr. Hail Atalayto the
Secretary-General
I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated 1 September
1979addressed to Your Excellency by Dr. Fazil Kuguk, former
Vice-President of theRepublic of Cyprus. *
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as a
document of theGeneral Assembly, under item 21 of the provisional
agenda, and of the SecurityCouncil.
(Signed) Nail ATALAYRepresentative of theTurkish Federated
State
of Cyprus
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APPENDIX
Letter dated 1 September 1979 from Mr. Fazil Kuquk tothe
Secretary-General
It is with grave concern that I am following your efforts to
have theintercommunal talks resumed. The Greek Cypriot propaganda
campaign to the effectthat the Turkish Cypriot side has caused a
rupture in the talks by puttingpreconditions seems to gain ground
in the absence of an equal chance for theTurkish Cypriots to be
heard at international fora, numerous are letters andmessages by me
to the United Nations Secretariat from 19̂ 3 onwards - during
mytenure of office as the Vice-President of Cyprus - pointing out
that any decisiontaken in the absence of the Turkish Cypriot
community would not be binding on it.It is because of this apparent
injustice to the. Turkish Cypriot side that theGreek Cypriot
authorities prefer one-sided propaganda and resolutions
frominternational fora to serious and sustained negotiations at the
intercommunallevel. It is a pity that no one is pointing out to the
Greek Cypriot leaders theutter incompatibility of their present
efforts at international fora with theletter and spirit of the
agreement of 19 May 1979- Each and every resolutionwhich the Greek
Cypriots have one-sidedly secured from various international forain
the past and which they endeavour to get now and hereafter is a
well-calculatedassault on the' concept for intercommunal agreement
which they have seeminglyaccepted at summit conferences only to
negate at the next international meeting.
Each year the Greek Cypriot side chooses to resort to
international fora asa means for prolonging the settlement of the
Cyprus problem and they use theone-sided and unrealistic
resolutions which they get from those conferences asnew reasons for
delaying the settlement for another year. This vicious circleis
achieving a rather permanent pattern and the condemnation of Turkey
(forhaving saved the Turkish Cypriot community and the bi-national
independence fromutter destruction) has become a sine qua non of
their one-sided resolutions.
The late Archbishop Makarios, whose conspiracy with the
Government of Greecein 1963 led to the formation of secret armies
which launched their pre-plannedattack 'On the Turkish Cypriots on
21 December 1963, is on record for havingstated that the Greek
Cypriots will not sign any agreement which bars Enosis(union with
Greece) and that he will consent to the change of status of
"theGovernment of Cyprus" only for Enosis. He saw no reason to
conceal that to eachand every government in Greece he had offered
Cyprus and that union with Greececontinued to be his unchanged goal
for the fulfilment of which he had taken a"holy oath" in 1950 which
he had never violated.'
"The Government of Cyprus" which Archbishop Makarios was ready
to forego ifonly Enosis was achieved was the Greek Cypriot wing of
a bi-national governmentwhich he had destroyed by force of arms in
I960 and thus usurped the rights ofthe co-partner Turkish
community. This grotesque Greek Cypriot Administration,which
violated every single article of the human rights convention from
1963
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to 197̂ 5 has now been taken over by Mr. Kyprianou, who declares
that he isfollowing the footsteps of his leader Archbishop Makarios
.
The Turkish Cypriot community has defied the unconstitutional
rule ofArchbishop Makarios from 1963 to 197̂ and has resisted the
coup by the Greek Juntathus saving its members from common graves
only with the legitimate interventionby Turkey. The presentation of
facts by the Greek Cypriot aggressors to theinternational fora is
grossly distorted. It will be impossible to solve theCyprus problem
as long as the United Nations permits this distortion to continue
ininternational fora. ,
Turkish and Greek Cypriots have lived a,s two distinct
nationalities in Cyprusfor four centuries without intermixing, each
guarding its national and religiouscharacteristics and
institutions, each having its own language schools,
separatecultures and traditions. Greek Cypriots always regarded
themselves as Greeksand aspired at uniting the island with Greece
while the Turkish Cypriots resistedthis policy of union with Greece
and claimed the right of reversion to Turkey incase of a change of
sovereignty over the island. Few people know that GreekCypriots
never ruled the Turkish .Cypriots in kdO years of coexistence and
theyhave no moral, legal or political right to do so now short of
an intercommunalagreement for the re-establishment of a partnership
government which they hadwilfully destroyed in 1963 and refused to
re-establish until this day.
In short, the chronological events of Cyprus are:
1571-1878 Turkish rule in Cyprus.
1878 - Administration of the island handed to Britain, Ottoman's
retaining theright of sovereignty. The two communities live under
British rule retaining theirseparate identity.
- Great Britain unilaterally annexes the island. Turkish
Cypriots aredeclared to be alien enemies by Britain which, with the
help of Greek Cypriots,begins oppressing the Turkish Cypriots. The
Turkish Cypriots who were thedominant elements in the island begin
to wane economically and otherwise becausetheir leaders are put
into prison, etc.
Greek Cypriots vie with each other in harassing the Turkish
Cypriots.
Between 191̂ -1923 many Turkish Cypriots are forced to leave the
island.
During these years the Turkish community's plight is enormous.
But for eachmovement by Greek Cypriots to materialize Enosis
Turkish Cypriots immediatelymake a counter move. Enosis for the
Turkish Cypriots is permanent loss of hope forfuture liberty and
freedom; for the Greek Cypriots liberty and freedom can only
beachieved by union with Greece.
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1931 - Greek Cypriots revolt for Enosis.
Stringent measures adopted by Britain hit the Turkish community
very hard.
All Enosis leaders are expelled and all Enosis propaganda is
prohibited.
- At the end of the Second World War Enosis leaders are allowed
toreturn to Cyprus and the prohibition on Enosis movement is
lifted.
An upsurge of Enosis activity by the Greek Cypriots is countered
by anupsurge of demand by the Turkish Cypriots for putting an end
to such activities orelse for returning the island to its ex-owner
Turkey.
1950 - Archbishop Makarios takes the "holy oath" to unite the
island withGreece.
- In agreement with the Greek Government the Archbishop
clandestinelybrings to Cyprus terrorists and war material under the
leadership of thenotorious Colonel Grivas and puts all church funds
at the disposal of terroristsfor achieving Enosis.
Self-government or independence are declared to be "traps for
destroyingEnosis" and all those who wish self-government or
independence are labelled"traitors to the national cause".
1 April 1955 - MOKA launches its terrorism which lasts until
1958. Duringthese four years hundreds of Turkish Cypriots are
murdered; 6,000 Turkish Cypriotsare forced to flee from 33 villages
where all Turkish properties are destroyed.Enosis is the war cry,
"death to the Turkish Cypriots" is the national flag underwhich
Greek Cypriot youth is trained. Turkish Cypriots form their own
undergroundorganization and retaliate in self-defence. Greece
supports the Greek Cypriotsin political propaganda and materially.
As the death-toll of Turkish Cypriotsbegins to rise Turkey becomes
acutely concerned.
Turkish Cypriot resistance to Greek Cypriots and Turkey's
growing concernleads to a compromise solution.
1959 - Zurich and London agreements are signed. A partnership
Republic isborn in I960.
1960 - Archbishop Makarios, who has become the President of a bi
-nationalState, categorically states that the aim is still Enosis.
He aims at abolishingthe I960 agreements, which prohibit Enosis and
guarantee intercommunal accord.He sets up secret armies.
1963 - Greek Cypriot offensive begins when the Turkish side
rejects theArchbishop's offers to amend the Constitution.
103 Turkish villages are evacuated under Greek Cypriot threats
and attacks .
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Thirty thousand Turkish Cypriots "become refugees for 11 years.
All Turkish Cypriotelements in the partnership government are
ejected by force of arms and TurkishCypriots declared to be a rebel
community just because it refused to succumb tothe unorthodox and
unconstitutional rule of terror by the Greek side!
Twenty thousand Greek mainland troops are clandestinely imported
into theisland. Harassment of Turkish Cypriots, denial of all human
rights continueunabated until
The coup leads to Turkey's intervention and Turkish Cypriots
find peace inCyprus for the first time in 11 years .
In 1975 an exchange of population agreement is reached between
the two sidesand all those who wish to move to their sector are
helped by UHFICYP to do so.All Turkish Cypriots, save 150, who had
suffered the indignities and terror,injustice and hardship of
living in a Greek Cypriot dominated area for 11 yearsand who had
known no day of peace, free from fear or anxiety, chose to move
northto the liberated sector. All Greek Cypriots, save about 2
,,000, eventually movedsouth to the Greek sector.
In the light of these realities the four -point summit agreement
of 1977reached between the leaders of the two communities foresaw a
bi-zonal, bi-communalnon-aligned federal republic'. ' This was
confirmed in the summit meeting of19 May 1977-
Greek Cypriot leaders, however, proclaim that they will revert
Cyprus topre-197̂ days (i.e. armed dominance over the Turkish
Cypriots at all costs)through a policy of long struggle. Contrary
to the summit agreements referred toabove, they continue one-sided
propaganda at international fora and attempt todeceive the world at
the expense of the rights and freedoms of the TurkishCypriot
community.
I wish to put on record my anxiety at the continued sufferance
of theGreek Cypriot side to attempt to deceive the world at large
and at the unrealisticresolutions which seem to spurt from
international organizations at the beg andcall of the Greek Cypriot
side. The treatment by the international world body ofthe aggressor
as the aggrieved can bring no peace and justice to Cyprus .
Let us hope that truth and reality will one day triumph over a
decade-oldGreek propaganda.
I shall be glad if you kindly have this letter circulated as a
UnitedHations document .
(Signed) Fazil KUCUKVice-President of the Republic
'• . ' ' of Cyprus (1960-1973); Editorand Doctor of Medicine
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OF COOPERATION,
W H I C H , HE S A I D , BOTH PRESIDENT KYPRIANOU AND MR.
DENKTASH HAD
SHOWN AND THAT HE WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE TEN POINTS OF THE
AGREEMENT W O U L D CONSTITUTE A SOLID BASIS FOR THE RESUMPTION
OF
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WHICH WAS HELD IN NICOSIA THIS W E E K , REFERRED TO. THE
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"THIS
QUESTION IN THE FORTHCOMING INTERCOMMUNAL TALKS WILL BE A
TEST
CASE FOR THE GOODWILL PRESENT ON THE OTHER SIDE'. HE SAID
THIS T I M E *WE W A N T NEGOTIATIONS, NOT ENDLESS TALKS
WITHOUT
RESULTS. THERE MUST BE A B R E A K T H R O U G H AT THE EARLY
STAGES'.
HE SAID THE TEN POINT AGREEMENT WAS 'A GOOD BASIS AND
ALRIGHT
FRAMEWORK FOR AN OVERALL SOLUTION TO THE CYPRUS PROBLEM.•e.. . .
IN VIEW OF OUR EXPERIENCE UNDUE OPTIMISM IS NOT'
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NOTE FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON \JCONVERS AT I ONWITH THE
CHARGE D'AFFAIRES OF TURKEY ON
22 JUNE 1979
Mr. Akiman, the Charge d'Affaires of the PermanentMission of
Turkey, outlined the point of view of theTurkish side concerning
the recent developments in theintercommunal talks as follows:
1. The Turkish side has no intention to dragout the
intercommunal talks. It sincerelydesires a meaningful and
result-oriented
> dialogue.
2. There is no question of drawing back fromthe
Denktash-Kyprianou agreement, or fromthe principle that priority is
to be givento the question of the resettlement ofVarosha.
3. However this attitude does not mean thatthe Turkish side will
take upon itselfobligations concerning Varosha without
anunderstanding between the two communitieson certain minimum
common denominators.The Denktash-Kyprianou agreement does notlend
itself to such an interpretation.
4. if the Greek side persists in its presentattitude, it will
not be possible to achievethe desired progress in a short period
oftime.
Mr. Akiman explained that when Mr. Onan mentioned theprinciples
of bi-zonality and security, Mr. loannides saidthat it was not
acceptable to add anything to the fourguidelines and to the
ten-point agreement of 19 May 1979?that "bi-zonality" and
"security" had been deliberatelyomitted from the guidelines and
could therefore not beconsidered as a binding part of the basis for
the intercommunal
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talks. in the Turkish view, this meant that any
substantiveTurkish Cypriot proposals which invoked bi-zonality
andsecurity would ipso facto be rejected by the Greek Cypriotson
the grounds that they used a different basis from theone that had
been accepted on 19 May.
Mr. Urguhart gave an account of the Secretary-General'sreply to
Mr. Onan's inquiry and explained that bi-zonalityand security had
been implicitly accepted by Greek Cypriotspokesmen, whose
statements to that effect were on record.There would be no
difficulty about submitting proposalswhich were guided by these
concepts; but it would causegreat difficulties to ask the Greek
Cypriots to acceptthese concepts in the abstract as additions to
the ten-point agreement or the guidelines. Mr. Perez de
Cuellarwould be returning to New York for consultations on 23
June.The Secretary-General would discuss with him ways andmeans of
getting around this difficulty, which should notbe an insuperable
one, and returning the talks to the rightcourse. Mr. Akiman would
also no doubt be talking toMr. Perez de Cuellar next week.
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TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION
TO THE UNITED NATIONS
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New York, 13 l-iune 1979
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to transmit to you herewith the
text of a message from Prime Minister Ecevit of Turkey
in reply to your message of June 5» 1979 addressed to him.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my
highest consideration.
Orhan EralpAmbassadorPermanent Representative
H.E.Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General of the
United NationsUnited NationsNew York, N.Y., 1001?
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Ankara, June 15, 1979
Dear Mr. Secretary-General,
Acknowledging receipt of your message dated June 5th,1979
concerning the issue of " Missing parsons " in Cyprus, I
would like to inform you that its contents have been
transmitted
to the attention of H.E. President Denktas,.
President Denktas has reaffirmed that the matter is
before the Council of Ministers of the T F S C with his
favourable recommendations.
As the Government of the Turkish Federated State of
Cyprus has been seized of the matter, it would naturally be
impossible for me to interfere with this process. I?
however,
approached President Denktas, suggesting the consideration
of
this important question with due urgency.
I will also venture to urge Your Excellency to send a
personal message to President Denktas, for the same purpose.
Please accept, Mr. Secretary-General, the assurances of
my highest consideration.
Biilent Ecevit . -./Prime Minister of Turkey
jjj-E.'.Dr. :Kurt ValdheimSecretary-General of the,:. • United
Nations
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
5 June 1979
Dear Mr. Ambassador,
I should appreciate it very much if you wouldtransmit the
following message to His Excellency Mr.Bulent Scevit, Prime
Minister of the Republic ofTurkey, at your earliest
convenience:
"Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
As the date set for the resumption ofthe intercommunal talks on
Cyprus approaches,1 feel increasingly concerned over the delayin
finalizing the agreement regarding theCommittee on Missing persons.
As you know,agreement on this subject x\?a.s reached atthe
high-level meeting in Nicosia on13-19 May on the basis of a
compromiseformula that I put forward in pursuance ofmy good offices
mission. Under this proposal,it would be understood that 'the
representativeof the Secretary-General to be appointedin the
pursuance of General Assemblyresolution 33/172 will, in reaching a
bindingindependent opinion, act in consultationwith the parties.'
In my view, this textshould fully safeguard, the position of
theTurkish Cypriot side. Mr. Denktash, whileaccepting my
suggestion, undertook tosubmit it to his appropriate authorities.My
Special Representative has since beeninformed by Mr. Denktash's
office that ithas not yet been possible to arrive at aconsensus on
this matter.
I am concerned, that any further delayin finalizing the
agreement would have anadverse effect on the atmosphere of
theforthcoming intercommunal negotiations. May
His ExcellencyMr. Orhan EralpPermanent Representative of
Turkeyto the United Nations
New York
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I therefore convey this personal appealto you, Mr. Prime
Minister, to exert yourinfluence with a view to having theNicosia
agreement on this matter finalized,so as to make it possible for
this tragicproblem to be settled and to remove a sourceof discord,
on the eve of the resumption ofthe intercoramunal talks.
Please accept, Mr. Prime Minister,the assurances of mv hicrhest
consideration.
Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General"
Please accept, Mr. Ambassador, the assurancesof my highest
consideration.
Kurt Waldheim
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Thursday 31 May 1979
NOTE FOR THE FILE
The Secretary-General spoke to the Ambassador of Turkey
today regarding the possibility of rejection by Mr. Denktash
of the compromise formula concerning missing persons in
Cyprus. He felt that such a rejection would inevitably
have an adverse effect on the prospects for the resumption
of inter-cominunal talks and urged that the Turkish
government
should use its influence with the Turkish-Cypriot leadership
to have the compromise formula accepted.
The Secretary-General expressed the view that as
Special Representative had to act in consultation with two
parties the position of both sides was fully protected and
there should not be any apprehension that any arbitrary
action
could be taken. The Turkish Ambassador promised to convey
the Secretary-General's request to his government/
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NE.IlKc.rt SHOULD WE BE PESSIMISTIC*. HE SAID IN THE PAST W H E
N
BALKING ABOUT 'FEDERATION*, THE TWO SIDES WERE T H I N K I N
G
IN DIFFERENT TERMS, 'SO IT HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED THAT WHEN
WE T A L K ABOUT FEDERATION THIS TIME WE M E A N THE SAME
THING.
REFERRING TO D E M I L I T A R I S A T I O N , MRJjYPRIANOU SAID
THAT HE_JJJOUGHT
THAT CYPRUS SHOULD HAVE ONLY A SMALL CYPRIOT POLICE FORCE
COMPOSED OF GREEK AND T U R K I S H CYPRIOTS SUPERVISED BY AN
INTER-
NATIONAL POLICE FORCE OF THE UN. PARA.__ .
INDEPENDENT D A I L Y A G O N REPORTS THAT KATO VAROSHA IS
BEING
EVACUATED AND THAT THE T U R K I S H CYPRIOTS AND SETTLERS FROM
M A I N L A N D
T U R K E Y L I V I N G THE AREA ARE BEING MOVED TO THE TURKISH
CYPRIOT
VILLAGE OF PERGAMOS. THE REMOVAL, SAID THE PAPER, STARTED
TWO DAYS AGO ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TURKISH CYPRIOT ADMIN-
I S T R A T I O N , 'IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THIS AREA IS
EXPECTED
TO BE R E T U R N E D TO THE GREEK CYPRIOT REFUGEES ONCE AN
AGREEMENT
HAS BEEN REACHED '. THE PAPER QUOTES TURKISH CYPRIOT REPORTS
TO THE EFFECT THAT D E N K T A S H IS PREPARED TO FREE ONLY A
SMALL
PART OF FAMAGUSTA PROVIDED HIS CONDITIONS ABOUT THE AREA
THAT
WILL R E M A I N UNDER T U R K I S H CONTROL IS ACCEPTED.
PARA.
SOCIALIST MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CALLED
YESTERDAY
FOR THE A B O L I T I O N OF ALL F O R E I G N WAR BASES ON
CYPRUS TERRITORY.
PARA.
SEVERAL PAPERS CARRIED A REPORT ON COMPLAINTS BY GREEK
CYPRIOT
RESIDENTS OF PRIAMOS STREET (NICOSIA) FOR BEING ALLOWED BY
THE UN FORCE TO VISIT THEIR HOMES ONLY ONCE A MONTH WHILE
IT WAS AGREED W I T H THE UN THAT TWO VISITS A MONTH WAS
NECESSARY
TO I R R I G A T E THEIR G A R D E N S ETC. THE REPORTS ADDED
THAT A DELATION
OF THE RESIDENTS HAD VISITED YESTERDAY THE MINISTRY OF
INTERIOR
TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER.
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TURKISH PERMANENT MISSIONTO THE UNITED NATIONS
\(lr
Orig.ooc Mr. Jonah for action
cc: Mr. Davidson
The Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United
Nations presents his compliments to the Secretary General of
the United Nations and with reference :to the latter' s note
of
March 26, 1979, seeking consent for the extension of the
terra
of office of Mr. Nxizhet Kandemir, Deputy Director of the
Division of Narcotic Drugs, regrets to inform him that
although
the Turkish Government would not have hesitated to second
his
services at the United Nations beyond the date of the
expiration
of his term of appointment, the current legislation of
Turkey
does not allow a further extension of his leave of absence
fro:n
Government service. The experience he has gained at the
United
Nations will be extensively utilized at the Turkish Ministry
of
Foreign Affairs.
While not being able to extend the leave of absence of
>r.r. Kandenir, the Turkish Government has decided to offer
the
services of another Turkish diplomat, Mrs. Filiz Dingraen,
Director
of the Department of International Organizations at the
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, and submit her candidature for the same
post
:-;hich will be vacated by Mr. Kandemir.
H.E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-General of theUnited Nations
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Turkey's membership in the relevant organs of the
United Nations is an evidence of her close interest in
international efforts for narcotic drugs control. An opium
grower itself, the measures it has taken recently have been
most effective in conrolling illicit opium growing and
trafficking. The assistance it has received from the United
Nations to enhance its efforts has been most valuable.
As head of the Department in the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs directly responsible with the coordination of
interna-
tional efforts and the many programmes and projects
sponsored
by the United Nations, Mrs. Dingmen has contributed to the
successful implementation of the many decisions taken at the
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United Nations. The wide experience, . she has gained as head
^
of the International Organizations Department, as well as
during
her earlier carreer both representing Turkey at several
international' fora and serving at a regional economic
organiza-
tion, make her eligible to serve in an international
organization
at a different capacity.
As it will be recalled the Turkish Government
attaches great importance to being represented.at the higher
•.echelons of the Secretariat. Therefore, Mrs. Dingmen's
appointment
.to -the United Nations Division of Narcotic Drugs will not
only
do justice to a competent candidate from Turkey who has
proven
herself during the many years she has served at the Ministry
of
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Foreign Affairs but will also assist in maintaining the
present
level of Turkish representation at the United Nations
Secretariat.
Furthermore, her candidature should also be considered
within the context of the many resolutions adopted by the
General Assembly advocating an increase in the number of
women
in the Secretariat.
The curriculum vitae of Mrs. Dingmen is enclosed.
The Permanent Representative of Turkey avails himself
of this opportunity to renew to the Secretary-General of the
United Nations the assurances of his highest consideration.
New York,
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CURRICULUM VITAE
OF MRS. FlLtZ DlNQMEN
Born in Zonguldak, Turkey, 1939.
Graduate of the Ankara Girls' Lycee and the Faculty
of Political Science, University of Ankara.
3rd Secretary and 2nd Secretary at the U.N. Department
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1961-65
2nd Secretary and 1st Secretary at the Turkish Permanent
Mission to the United Nations, 1965-67
Director at the RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development
in Teheran), 1968-70
Head of Section for Bilateral and Regional Economic
Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1970-72
Counsellor at the Turkish Permanent Mission to the
E.E.C. (European Economic Community), 1972-76
Assistant Director and later Director of International
Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, 1976-
Representative of Turkey in the 3rd Committee during
the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 25th, 32nd, and 33rd
sessions of the General Assembly
Presently Director of the International Organizations
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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TURKISH PERMANENT MISSIONTO THE UNITED NATIONS
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7 May, 1979
RAExcellency ,
I have the honour to attach, herewith, a letter dated
7 May 1979 addressed to you by Mr. Nail Atalay,
representative
of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus .
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as
a document of the Economic and Social Council/ under item 5,
Human Rights Question, and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest
consideration .
Orh.an EralpAmbassador
Permanent Representative
H. E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralUnited Nation
OrganizationNew York
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OFFICE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TURKISH FEDERATED STATE OF
CYPRUS
TEL: (212) 687-235O 821 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA, 1OTH FLOORNEW
YORK, NEW YORK 1OO17
May 7, 1979
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention
to the statement made by the Greek Cypriot representative in
the Social Committee of the ECOSOC on. 4 May, 1979 in which,
inter alia, he referred to the General Assembly resolution
33/172 of 20 December 1978, concerning the question of
missing
persons in Cyprus and he claimed that his administration has
been trying to establish the investigatory body as envisaged
•
in that resolution.
As Your Excellency will recall, when this matter was
discussed in the Third Committee on 12 December, 1978, the
Permanent Representative of Turkey had sought the opinion of
the Legal Advisor on the following questions:
"1. Does the Legal Counsel think that a GeneralAssembly
resolution can confer the role ofcompulsory arbitrator upon the
Secretary-General or his representative in the absence,of the
explicit consent of both parties andeven of the Secretary-General
himself?
H. E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations
OrganizationNew York
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2. Has there been any precedent to this effect?
3. Will such a provision be in conformity withthe established
international practice?"
The following is the text of the letter of the Legal
Counsel of 15 December, 1978, in answer to his queries,
later
addressed to the Your Excellency in writing:"Dear Mr.
Ambassador,
"In reply to your letter of 13 December 1978 to the
Secretary-General, in which you requested an answer by
the Legal Counsel to several questions, I have the honour
to attach these answers.
The answers read as follows:
"Before responding to the questions raised by the
Permanent Representative of Turkey in his letter addressed
to the Secretary-General dated 13 December 1978, it is
useful first of all to characterize the particular procedure
which is envisaged in the resolution adopted by the Third
Committee. The 'investigatory body1 to be established by
this resolution is in the nature of an ad hoc body of
inquiry or fact-finding rather than of arbitration or
judicial settlement. The procedure, in other words, is
diplomatic, not juducial, in nature. It follows from this
that the assimilation of this body to a process of
arbitration is not appropriate. It is clear, however, that
the procedure envisaged has the purpose of settling a
dispute, a term which in its widest sense may be understood
as a disagreement on a point of law or fact. All dispute
settlement procedures, whether diplomatic or judicial, are
based on the consent of the parties. In the light of the
foregoing, it is possible to formulate the following
answers to the questions raised:
"1. In the absence of the explicit consent of both
sides, the General Assembly cannot confer upon the
Secretary-General the role of a compulsory arbitrator.
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".2. There is no precedent for conferring such a role
upon the Secretary-General in the absence of the consent
of the parties.
"3. Established international practice in the
matter of dispute settlement attaches primacy to the
consent of the parties. Such consent must be express and
not implied."
Furthermore, I indicated in my letter dated 13 December,
1978 which was circulated as an official document of the
General
Assembly and of the Security Council (A/33/499 and S/12967
of
13 December, 1973)/ the Turkish Federated Stated of Cyprus
on
several occasions has announced its readiness for the
establish-
ment of an investigatory body with the participation of the
International Committee of the Red Cross as envisaged in
General
Assembly resolution 32/128 of 14 December, 1977, adopted
without
a vote. While the framework provided by this resolution,
adopted
with the consent of the parties directly concerned still
remains
valid, the recourse of the Greek Cypriots to the United
Nations
seeking a new resolution which excludes the International
Committee of the Red Cross, the only competent institution
in
the question of missing persons, has been a clear
demonstration
of their real intention to exploit this humanitarian issue
for
their petty political interests.
I would like to reiterate in this connection that the
Turkish Cypriot side, while not considering itself bound by
resolution 33/172 for the above mentioned reasons, is still
willing and ready to implement resolution 32/128 with the
participation of the International Committee of the Red
Cross
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and it is my ardent hope that the Greek Cypriot side will
abandon its negative attitude and agree to the establishment
of the committee so that this humanitarian question can be
settled once and for all.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as
a document of the Economic and Social Council, under item 5,
Human' Rights Question, and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my
highest consideration.
Nail Atalay 'Representative of the Turkish•^Federated State of
Cyprus
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30 April 1979
Excellency,
I have the honour to attach herewith a letter
dated 30 April 1979 addressed to you by Mr. Nail Atalay,
Representative of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated
as a document of the General Assembly, under item 21 of
the preliminary list, and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my
highest consideration.
(D.Orhan EralpAmbassadorPermanent Representative
H.E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary - General ofthe United
Nations
NEW YORK
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30 April 1979
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to attach herewith a letter
dated 19 April 1979 addressed to Your Excellency by
H.E. Mr. Rauf R. Denkta§, President of the Turkish
Federated State of Cyprus.
I should be grateful if this letter were circu-
lated as a document of the General Assembly, under
item 21 of the preliminary list, and of the Security
Council.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances
of my highest consideration.
Nail AtalayRepresentative
H.E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary - General ofthe United
Nations
NEW YORK
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TURKISH FEDERATED STATE OF CYPRUS
PRESIDENTS OFFICE
(Lefkosa, Mersin 10, TURKEY)
19 April 1979
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to invite your attention to a
Greek Cypriot gathering, held on the occasion of the Greek
Independence Day on 25 March 1979, at the Hellenic Cultural
Centre in Nicosia, which was attended by the prominent
members of the Greek Cypriot Community, including Mr. Spyros
Kyprianou, the President of the Greek Cypriot
Administration,
Archbishop Chrisostomos and Greek Cypriot Ministers, during
the course of which Byzantine music and marches were played,
chauvinistic speeches were delivered and most astounding of
all, the oath taken by Archbishop Makarios, General Grivas
and their accomplices in Athens on 7 March 1953 for the
creation of the EOKA underground terrorist organisation,
with
the purpose of uniting Cyprus with Greece, was read aloud
and
repeated by the audience.
I wish, herein below, to quote the EOKA oath and also
put on record that at a time when strenuous efforts are
being
concentrated on the resumption of the inter—communal talks,
fanatical displays of this kind are not at all conducive to
the peaceful settlement of the problem and merely nourish
the
suspicion that the Greek Cypriot leaders have not abandoned
the implementation of the Akritas plan for the complete
destruction of the bi-communality of the Cyprus state. The
Akritas plan was circulated as a Security Council Document
and its significance is quite clear.
His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim,Secretary-General of the United
Nations
OrganisationNew York.
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The EOKA Oath taken by Archbishop Makarios
"I take the oath on the Holy Spirit not to disclose
anything I know or I shall hear about the ENOSIS struggle
even if it costs me my life or even if I am subjected to
the greatest tortures. I shall obey all orders given to
me without questioning them."
At the same gathering the Under-Secretary of the
Ministry of Education of the Greek Cypriot Administration,
Mr. Hadjistephanou, delivered an inflammatory speech and
among
other things he reiterated that "vindication" of the Greek
Cypriots was only possible if the Greek Cypriots followed
the
course of their "national ideals". In the words of late
Archbishop's memoirs these "national ideals" were summarised
repeatedly from 1960 until his death to be nothing but the
union of Cyprus with Greece. The Under-Secretary then
pointed
out that "Cyprus Hellenism" could only preserve its national
identity by sticking to "national values and ideals" and by
remaining "faithful" to their history.
A more significant statement was made by Mr. Spyros
Kyprianou on 10 April 1979 at the school of Law and
Economics
of Salonica University where 14 years earlier on 11 May 1965
Archbishop Makarios had publicly reaffirmed that "Enosis is
the Goal". 14 years later, Mr. Kyprianou at the same
University publicly declared that Archbishop's address of
11 May 1965 "is as valid to-day as it was then". (Cyprus
Mail,
April 11, 1979).'
It is pertinent, therefore, to quote Archbishop's address
of 11 May 1965 in more detail inorder to understand the full
implications of the message which Mr. Spyros Kyprianou has
been passing to "the world of Hellenes". Here are relevant
extracts from Archbishop's address of 19S5 which,
Mr.Kyprianou
has underlined to be as valid to-day as it was then:
"The steady aim and ultimate goal of the struggle
of the Cypriot people is the union of Cyprus to the
Greek motherland... No power whatsoever can divert us
from the way leading to Enosis... We shall struggle onuntil the
dream of Enosis becomes a reality... The
heart of the nation beats now in Cyprus. It is there
that the Greek race is conducting its new struggles.
It is there that the shrine for new sacrifices has been
erected. There, is written the new national epic."
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And from 1963 to 1974 Archbishop Makarios with the help
of people like Mr. Kyprianou conducted "the new struggles of
the Greek race" inorder to achieve Enosis by destroying the
bi-national character of the Republic of Cyprus!.
Mr. Kyprianou, 14 years later, has publicly declared
that struggle "of the Greek race for Enosis" continues to be
as valid to-day as it was in 1965.
I have no reason at all for doubting that this happensto be the
sincere belief and conviction of Mr. Kyprianou, whoon 21 June 1966,
when he was the Foreign Minister of the
Greek Cypriot Administration had publicly declared that
thestatus of independence could be all the better utilized for
achieving union of Cyprus with Greece and, I quote:
"The second important question which I have considered
expedient to refer to, is the status of Cyprus state. The
strange view is at times expressed that, since Enosis is
the • objective, maintenance and strengthening of the
existence of the Cyprus state within an entity and a
policy of its own is a handicap and that, Enosis would be
facilitated if the Cyprus State were to lose its status."
He then elaborated and said:
"I do not think there is a need for many arguments
or for a detailed analysis for one to prove and convince
that by strengthening the status of the Cyprus State both
at home and abroad, the national goal of Enosis is promoted:
Your Excellency, I have no doubt whatsoever that outcries
of this sort, at this most delicate phase of the Cyprus
ques-
tion, cannot be regarded as anything other than an attempt
to
nurture the discord between the two communities and, they
certainly aim at sabotaging the efforts to bring the two
sides
to the negotiating table.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as
a document of the General Assembly, under the item
entitled"Question of Cyprus," and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of myhighest
consideration.
(Rauf R. DENKTA5)President of the
Turkish Federated State of Cyprus.
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TEXT OF G O V E R N M E N T P U B L I C I N F O R M A T I O N
OFFICE PRESS RELEASE OF
17 APRIL : QUOTE:
THE M I N I S T E R OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MR. MI COS A. ROLANDIS
,
THIS M O R N I N G MET AT HIS OFFICE THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
OF
THE U .N . SECRETARY-GENERAL , MR. G A L I N D O POHL, WHO
WAS
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
U « N . SECRETARY G E N E R A L , DR. R . GORGE.
AFTER THE M E E T I N G , MR. POHL M A D E THE FOLLOWING S T A T
E M E N T :
-WHAT I CAN SAY AT THIS MOMENT IS THAT WE HAVE H A D - A
VERY
USEFUL D I S C U S S I O N W I T H HIS EXCELLENCY THE FOREIGN M
I N I S T E R IN
R E L A T I O N TO THE SUMMIT M E E T I N G THAT IS SCHEDULED TO
TAKE
PLACE IN N I C O S I A SOME T I M E AROUND THE MIDDLE OF MAY. WE
HAVE
E X A M I N E D A LOT OF T E C H N I C A L PROBLEMS AND A FEW S
U B S T A N T I V E
PROBLEMS IN R E L A T I O N TO THIS M E E T I N G , AND I T H I
N K E V E R Y T H I N G
IS G O I N G O K A Y AT THIS MOMENT*.
MR. R PL AM) IS FOR^HIS PART M A D E THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT;
+THIS IS THE FIRST M E E T I N G I HAD W I T H AMBASSADOR MR. G
A L I N D O
POHL AND W I T H MR. G O R G E , AFTER THE A N N O U N C E M E N
T OF THE MAY 15
M E E T I N G . WE HAVE STARTED W O R K I N G ON THE P R E P A R
A T O R Y DETAILS FOR
THIS M E E T I N G . IT IS A FACT T H A T , FOLLOWING THE P U B
L I C A T I O N OF
T H E T U R K I S H AIDE M E M O I R
, Z H I C H MADE NECESSARY THE P U B L I C A -
T I O N OF OUR OWN AIDE M E M O I R S AS W E L L , THE I M P R E
S S I O N HAS B E E N
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PERHAPS THE M E E T I N G SHOULD NOT T A K E PLACE. IT IS A FACT
THAT
THERE IS A D I F F E R E N C E OF VIEWS. BESIDES, THIS WAS K N O
W N FROM
THE B E G I N N I N G . ON THE OTHER H A N D WE SHOULD NOT
FORGET T H A T IT IS
EXACTLY FOR T H I S R E A S O N THAT THE M E E T I N G SHOULD
TAKE PLACE,
BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES. HAD THERE BEEN NO
DIFFERENCES,
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO R E A S O N FOR THE M E E T I N G TO
TAKE PLACE.
P E R S O N A L L Y , I AM M U C H IN FAVOUR OF THIS M E E T I N
G , I
BELIEVE THAT IF IT M A T E R I A L I S E S IT WILL HELP
CONSIDERABLY
EVE N T H O U G H THE JLOVERHMENT Is AWARE OF THE FACT THAT A
POSSI-
BLE FAILURE - AND_ I PR AY.1HAT. JJiERE-J»ULL-BE--NO-F-A-I-LUR-E
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OTHER
HA(€ , H O W E V E R , WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT AT THIS M O M E
N T
T H E R E IS A L R E A D Y A D E A D L O C K AND T H A T THERE
IS NO DOUBT THAT
THIS D E A D L O C K IS AT S U M M I T LEVEL. FOR BOTH
PRESIDENT
K Y P R I A N O U AM) MR. D E N K T A S H KNOW WHAT IS G O I N G
ON AND CONSE-
QUENTLY THE D E A D L O C K AND DIFFICULTIES AT THIS MOMENT
ARE
AT A SUMMIT LEVEL. T H E R E F O R E , THIS EFFORT MUST BE MADE
AND
WE MUST ALL P R A Y THAT IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
A N S W E R I N G A QUESTION R E G A R D I N G THE S T R E N G T
H E N I N G OF THE
U.N. ROLE AND WHETHER A N Y T H I N G HAD B E E N C O M M U N I
C A T E D TO HIM
TO-DAY BY MR. POHL , MR. R O L A f f i l S S A I D : +NO , WE
DID NOT COVER
THIS MATTER TO-DAY. THE M A T T E R S WE COVERED ARE
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21 March. 1979
Your Excellency,
Upon instructions from my Government I have the honour torefer
to the letter dated 15 March. 1979. (A/34/120-S/13170) addressedto
Your Excellency by Mr. Andreas Mavrommatis, the so-called
"Perma-nent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations"
regarding violations .of the airspace of the Republic of Cyprus by
Turkey. I
IThe following is the text of the statement issued by the j
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Tourism of the Turkish
Fede-rated State of Cyprus about the military exercises of the
Turkish-Peace Force in North Cyprus: i
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"Military exercises which are now taking place in ithe territory
of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus 'are the routine exercises
of the Turkish Peace Forceand are carried out in accordance v/ith a
scheduled prog-ramme, about which prior notification is always
provided >to the UNFICYP authorities in Cyprus.
"The devious Greek Cypriot allegation that the Turkish jair
force is, for the first time, taking part in such jexercises, is a
lie and does not portray the truth. Such '••exercises have been
taking place, with the consent of theappropriate authorities of the
Turkish Federated State of ;Cyprus, ever since the coming, in
compliance with inter-national treaties, in 1974 of the Turkish
Peace Force tothe rescue of the Turkish Cypriots who were in
imminentdanger of total annihilation by the Greek and Greek
Cypriotforces, who had conspired to unite the island with
Greece.
H.E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary - General ofthe United
Nations
NEW YORK
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"By sending protest notes to the Secretary-Generalof the United
Nations, Mr. Rolandis thinks that he canstill run his writ over the
territory of the TurkishFederated State of Cyprus. He should rather
awaken him-self to the reality that they are no longer the
mastersof the whole of Cyprus and instead, come to terms withthe
existing reality that the island of Cyprus belongsboth to Turkish
and Greek Cypriot Communities.
"Indulging in propaganda warfare, especially at atime when
efforts are being made to bring the two sidesto the negotiating
table, clearly demonstrates the ill-intentions of the Greek Cypriot
side which is trying tofind excuses in order to avoid the
intercommunal talks."
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as adocument
of the General Assembly, under item 21 of the preliminarylist, and
of the Security Council.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my
highestconsideration.
Nail AtalayRepresentative
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21 March 1979
Excellency,
I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated
19 March 1979 addressed to you by Mr. Nail Atalay, the
Representative of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated
as a document of the General Assembly, under item 21 of
the preliminary list, and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my
highest consideration.
Orhan EralpAmbassadorPermanent Representative
H.E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary - General ofthe United
Nations
NEW YORK
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TURKISH PERMANENT MISSIONTO THE UNITED NATIONS
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14 Febuary 1979 /-t«v f f" *
Excellency,
I have the honour to enclose herewith a letter dated
14 February 1979 addressed to you by Mr. Nail Atalay, the
Representative of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. .
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated as
a document of the General Assembly, under the agenda item
entitled "Question of Cyprus", and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest
consideration.
,-nOrhan EralpAmbassadorPermanent Representative
H.E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary - General ofthe United
Nations
NEW YORK
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14 February 1979
Your Excellency,
I have the honour to attach herewith the original
copy of a letter dated 29 January 1979 addressed to
Your Excellency by H.E. Mr. Rauf R. Denktas, the President
of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus.
I should be grateful if this letter were circulated
as a document of the General Assembly, under the agenda item
entitled "Question of Cyprus", and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my
highest consideration.
Nail AtalayRepresentative
H.E. Dr. Kurt WaldheimSecretary - General ofthe United
Nations
NEW YORK
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TURKISH FEDERATED STATE OF CYPRUS
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
(Lefkoga, Mersin 10 - TURKEY)
29 January 1979
Your Excellency,
1 have the honour to refer to the speech by Kr. Spiros
Kyprianou, the leader of the Greek Cypriot Community, which
was made on 19 January 1979 to a crowd of Gre