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15 June 2004 Excellency, Thank You for Your Letter of 7 June 2004 06/14/2004 MON 17:24 FAI 1 212 963 3829 1002 THE 15 June 2004 Excellency, Thank you for your letter of 7 June 2004, about my report on my good offices mission on Cyprus (S/2004/437), dated 28 May 2004, and our meeting of 3 June 2004. As you will have inferred from my report, I take a different view from you on most of the ground covered in your letter and its annex. I do stand fully by my report, including the narrative and the analysis contained therein, the appeals 1 have formulated and the recommendations I have put forward, to which I hope the Greek Cypriot side will respond positively, it follows that 1 do not share your characterization of the conduct of the effort by the United Nations. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Kofi A. Annan His Excellency Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos Nicosia 06/14/2004 MON 17:24 FAX 1 212 963 3828 1003 H 6 H 1 If JUN U2004 Note to Mr Riza EXEC_. LETTER TO MR PAPADOPOULOS OFTHESECfl Thank you for Informing me of the Secretary-General's preference not to /f sign the draft letter to Mr Papadopoulos that I sent for his consideration /I last week. I understand the Rrtocrjpolemics with / ree with him. That is why, in my earlier note informing him of Mr Papadopoulos' letter (and despite my inclination to demolish him point-by-poiut) I recommended a very restrained response, avoiding to engage him on the substance. The purpose of the very spare draft i seint, with the improvements suggested "by Mr Prendergastj was jrjcis«^MSit'ojf cutting off P?teroics_and bringing closure while at the same timei dispetllng" aiiy impression that we acquiesce to Papadopbuios' arguments. JVTy concern is that without at least such a minimalist reply, there may be na3BcreTCe''dalrra^ itt^Tle^stW "flifficuKTor supjporters in'thFSecurity Council to rally backers for the recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report Since the report was drafted in general terms, for the sake of brevity, and Papadopoulos has gone into excruciating detail on a number of issues, many not covered in the report, the Greek Cypriots, who are lobbying hard to quash Council action, have a clear field, Secondly, the ,r beleaguered Greek Cypriot pro-settlement forces on the island will be // further weakened in their uphill effort to keep the flame alive. Already they are telling us that Papadopoulos* defiance - exactly the contrary of the magnanimity which the Secretary-General called for at his 3 June meeting with him - is consolidating his support and making it less likely that the Greek Cypriots will reconsider their rejection one day. Our supporters are out on a Umb. Thirdly, it will make it more difficult for 11 any relief to be granted to the Turkish Cypriots from their isolation and U stagnation, the key substantive recommendation in the report 4, In light of the above arguments, which I did not make earlier for brevity's sake, I hope that the Secretary-General might reconsider my earlier proposal to sign the letter. 06/14/2004 MON 17:24 FAS 1 212 963 3826 HQ04 5. Should he prefer not to do so, however, I suggest one of the following alternative actions: a) The contents of the letter should be recast as talking points to be delivered by Mr Prendergast or myself to the Cyprus Permanent Representative. The fact that this was done would be made known tc the press. or b) The letter could be recast as a statement by the spokesman. j 6. I apologize for coming back with a request for reconsideration. I crave indulgence in light of the new elements and arguments I have provided. Without such action my task of rebutting some of the more egregious material hurled at the Secretariat and the Secretary-General personally and salvaging something from the forward-looking conclusions of his report is quite seriously handicapped. Alvaro de Soto 14 June 2004 copy: Mr Prendergast 06/16;2004 11:11 FAX 1 212 963 3622 SECURITY COUNCIL DPA - RIZA ) JS . THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ^ jB^^r-fSSM^wV- -V. 15 June 2004 Dear Mr. President, I should be gratefial if you would circulate the attached letter official document of the Security Council. as an Please accept, Mr. President, the assurances of my highest consideration. A. Annan His Excellency Mr. Lauro L. Baja, Jr. President of the Security Council New York JUN 1 7 ?004 EOSG / CENTRAL OG/16'2004 11:12 FAX 1 212 963 3622 SECURITY COUNCIL DPA -> RIZA @]003/003 THE SECRCTARV-G6N6RAL 15 June 2004 Excellency, Thank you for your letter of 7 June 2004, about my report on my good offices mission on Cyprus (S/2004/437), dated 28 May 2004, and our meeting of 3 June 2004. As you will have inferred from my report, I take a different view from you on most of the ground covered in your letter and its annex. I do stand fully by my report, including the narrative and the analysis contained therein, the appeals I have formulated and the recommendations I have put forward, to which I hope the Greek Cypriot side will respond positively. It follows that I do not share your characterization of the conduct of the effort by the United Nations. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Kofi A. Annan His Excellency Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos Nicosia.
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