UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 73 Date 15/06/2006 Time 9:27:37 AM S-0903-0004-05-00001 Expanded Number S-0903-0004-05-00001 Title items-in-Cyprus - country files - Greece Date Created 18/01/1975 Record Type Archival Item Container s-0903-0004: Peackeeping - Cyprus 1971-1981 Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit C/ 0*Jf-tsL<lS~-&~4S:*, J SJ I ETP UNATIONS . NEWYORK - UNFICYP 1117. GUYER/URQUHART FROM WECKMANN-MUNOZ. HEREWITH COMPLETE TEXT OF TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPOSALS FOR A TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT DATED 18 JULY 1975. QUOTES WHEREAS THE PRESENT SITUATION IN CYPRUS, RESULTING FROM THE BITTER EXPERIENCES THROUGH WHICH THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS AND GREEK CYPRIOTS HAVE GONE IK THE PAST, AND ITS CONTI- NUATION INDEFINITELY AS SUCH, LEAD INEVITABLY TO THE FURTHER ALIENATION AND SEPARATION OF THE TURKISH CYPRIOT AND GREEK CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES, IT WOULD SERVE THE COMMON INTERESTS OF BOTH NATIONAL COMMUNITIES TO INAUGURATE, WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, A DEGREE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONAL CQMMANITIES, AND TO MAINTAIN THE INDEPENDENCE AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF CYPRUS AND THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF THE ISLAND, .WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BI-REGIONAL FEDERAL STATE. THE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE OF THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNI- /''. TIES, WHO SHALL HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AND POWERS IN EVERY RESPECT, LIVING SIDE BY SIDE IN CLOSE COOPERATION ' WITHIN ONE FEDERAL STATE, NECESSARILY REQUIRES, AS A FIRST STEP, THE CREATION OF AW ATMOSPHERE OF CONFIDENCE AND MUTUAL TRUST, WHICH WOULD SERVE NOT ONLY THE WELL- -BEING AND PROSPERITY OF THE TURKISH CYP7UOT AND VREEK CYPRIOT ^COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO THE ENHANCEMENT OF PEACE IN THE REGION. : WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FINAL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND TO THIS EFFECT, A JOINT DECLARATION BY THE LEADERS OF THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN CORPORA! ING THEIR FORMAL AGREEMENT ON THE FOLLOWING BASIC PRINCIPLES, WILL PAVE THE WAY, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, FOR A JUST AND LASTING POLITICAL ^ "THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHALL UNDERTAKE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING BASIC PRINCIPLES: 1) THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY C" FOUNDED ON THE BASIS OF THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES, SHALL BE AN INDEPENDENT, TERRITORIALLY IN- TEGRAL AND BI-REGIONAL FEDERAL STATE. THE TWO NATIONAL £ COMMUNITIES SHALL HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AND POWERS IN ALL ,- SPHERES AND IN EVERY RESPECT. 2) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL CYPRUS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BE UNITED WITH ANY OTHER STATE IN ANY FORM WHAT- SOEVER. 4. 3) THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, FOLLOWING A POLICY OF r NON-ALIGNMENT, SHALL TAKE PART AMONG THE NON-ALIGNED f STATES. A-) ALL NECESSARY MEASURES SHALL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE ' ^ ISLAND OF CYPRUS FROM BECOMING INVOLVED, DIRECTLY OR ( INDIRECTLY, IN ANY ACTIVITY ENDANGERING THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE REGIOH. f 5) THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES SHALL BE FLLY FREE TO ' Ir- ( OBSERVE AND PROMOTE THEIR RESPECTIVE RELIGIONS, CULTURES . AND TRADITIONS IN A DEMOCRATIC MANNER. RELIGION SHALL BE C KEPT STRICTLY OUTSIDE THE SPHERE OF THE FEDERAL STATE. ( 6) ALL KINDS OF HOSTILE ACTIVITIES OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES AGAINST EACH OTHER IS THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA SHALL BE STRIC- (•• TLY PROHIBITED, WHILE INTERNALLY EVERY EFFORT SHALL BE MADE . TO ENHANCE THE CLIMATE OF PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND COOPE- RATION BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES. 1 THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SHALL, • SUBJECT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OUTLINED ABOVE, CARRY . OUT THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS UNDER THE JOINT DIRECTION, COMMUNITIES: *~ ' THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT ^ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: < THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SHALL, f SUBJECT TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OUTLINED ABOVE, CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS UNDER THE JOINT DIRECTION, ?=Sffirl£AaH%£h«i&^^&'==TW.--iHiKE9Mt- COMMUNITIES: - THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT SHALL REGULATE AND CARRY OUT THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO FULLY SAFEGUARD THE FUNDA- MENTAL RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF BOTH NATIONAL COMMUNITIES. • - ''T THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED A MIMISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND REPRESENTATION ABROAD OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS* THERE SHALL ALSO BE ESTABLISHED MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, COMMUNICATIONS AND HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEALING, IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS, WITH AGREED MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST TO BOTH COMMUNITIES. AS A GENERAL RULE, OFFICIALS OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT EXERCISING FUNCT IONS-WITHIN / •T ' THE TURKISH CYPRIOT OR THE GREEK CYPRIOT REGIONS SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE SAME NATIONAL COMMUNITY AS THE REGION •L % CONCERNED. - THE MINISTRIES SHALL BE DITIO TEDEQ EE"E DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY BETWH BETWEEN THE - ~~""^ - "• TWO COMMUNITIES., A MINISTER AND HIS DEPUTY SHALL NOT BELONG TO THE SAME COMMUNITY. A MINISTER AND HIs'oEPUTY, IN CARRYING OUT THEIR FUNCTIONS, SHALL REMAIN IN CLOSE CONSUL- TATION AND COOPERATION WITH EACH OTHER, AND DECISIONS TAKEN - SHALL BE SIGNED BY THEM JOINTLY. MATTERS IN DISPUTE SHALL BE DECIDED JOINTLY BY THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES. ALL DECISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HOWEVER, SHALL, IN ANY EVENT BE SIGNED BY THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES. ''- : ALL RESIDUAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, NOT EXPRESSLY GIVEN TO THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SHALL CONTINUE TO BE EXERCISED BY TURKISH CYPRIOT AND GREEK CYPRIOT AUTHORI- ' TIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ALL THE MINISTRIES OF THE RESPECTIVE TURKISH CYPRIOT AND GREEK CYPR IOT ADMINISTRA- . — rTOt^^tt^-eOWtmffiH^f^WCT*^ ---- 0 G^^^ PRESIDENCY SHALL BE DECIDED BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES, TAKING FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE OBJECTIVES PURSUED IN ESTABLISHING A TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT AND THE NECESSARY IMPLICATIONS RESULTING''THEREFROM, A JOINT SECRETARIAT, UNDER >H£ JOINT DIRECTION OF THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES, SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING SPEEDY RESULTS ON THE FUTURE CNSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! r v THE MATTERS RELATING TO THE POWERS AMD FUNCTIONS OF THE '~\ PRESIDENCY SHALL BE DECIDED BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LEADERS OFgHE TWO COMMUNITIES, TAKING FULLY INTO ACCOUNT THE OBJECTIVES ^ PURSUED IN ESTABLISHING A TRANSITIONAL JOINT GOVERNMENT AND THE NECESSARY IMPLICATIONS RESULTING THEREFROM. v ^ A JOINT SECRETARIAT, UNDER THE JOINT DIRECTION OF THE , LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES, SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING SPEEDY RESULTS ON THE FUTURE CONSSTITUTION ^ OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, AND ON THE VARIOUS OUTSTANDING ^ SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUES EXISTING BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE BOUNDARIES ^ BETWEEN THE TWO REGIONS. THE JOINT SECRETARIAT SHALL ALSO 3E INSTRUMENTAL IN FOLLOWING UP AGREEMENTS REACHED BETWEEN THE LEADERS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES ON THE ABOVE MATTERS. THE JOINT SECRETAVIAT AND THE MINISTRIES ESTABLISHED UNDER ACCESSIBLE TO THE FEDERAL OFFICIALS OF THE TWO COMMUNITIES. ^ r f ' • ........ ~ .i i c THE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FEDERAL JOINT GOVERNMENT SHALL E REVIEWED AND REVISED IK ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS £ OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS WHEN SUCH CONSTITUTION CO WES INTO BEING. C ALL THE EXPENSES OF THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL"" GOVERNMENT SHALL BE SHARED ON BASIS OF EQUALITY BY THE TWO NATIONAL COMMUNITIES. ' ' C : UNQUOTE. = c c '-f—^^t -fT?- £££.•£££. V,J- -^S-^5 S? *^ -T^^ -^tT c CO c COL: 1117 18 1975. .._- c PLEASE READ CK AS GRS 970 (R) 970 TKS f - c^..^..., SY 41 P NICOSIA 193 18 1922Z: i mtrc'C' UHAT IONS C MCWYORK. CUYER/URQUHART/AKATANI/POWELL/GALINOVICH/HO/CHAE>iG/ROCHA C C C t-J"1 fe C UNFICYP 1119 MISC 31S. c° FROM YACOUB. "~ ^ C * PRIORITY. „. - C THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY GLAFCOS CLERIDES SOON AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE TURKISH PROPOSALS FOR A TRANSITIONAL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; THE TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPOSALS FOR THE CREATION OF A TRANSITIONAL JOINT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS SENT TM ME AT 5'P.M. THIS AFTERNOON AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ARE , ' C TOTALL. Y UNACCEPTABL. iE AND CANNOT____— EVE—N FORM THE *-BASI— S i FOR NEGOTIATION. (^ " " """" THEY ARE AIMING AT THE ABOLITION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS C. WHICH HAS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE OCCUPATION BY THE TURKISH FORCES OF 40 PERCENT OF THE TERRITORY. OF THE REPUBLIC. NO TRANSITIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS POSSIBLE C - WHILST THE TURKISH MILITARY CONTINUE TO OCCUPY TERRITORY OF^THE REPUBLIC. FURTHERMORE, THE TURKISH PROPOSALS ARE SO DESIGNED AS TO PREJUDGE THE SOLUTION OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM BY COMPELLING C THE GREEK CYPRJOT SIDE TO ACCEPT NOT ONLY THE PRINCIPLE OF A BI-REGIOMAL FEDERAL STATE BUT ALSO THE EQUAL REPRESENTATION CF THE TWO COMMUNITIES IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IGNORING C THE FACT THAT THE GREEK COMMUNITY CONSTITUTES 82 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF CYPRUS WHILE THE TURKISH COMMUNITY C CONSTITUTES ONLY 18 PERCENT . C ENDALL = C 1 OOLf 1113 318 5 P.M. 40 82 18 === TURKISH PERMANENT MISSION 1 TO THE UNITED NATIONS New York, July 8, 1975 ' Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, I wish to draw your attention to a series of allegations by the Greek Cypriot Administration claiming that the Turkish ^'orces in Cyprus are in the midst of preparations for a further military action. It is evident that these false rumors are aimed at inciting the international public opinion against Turkey and the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. They also serve as a cover up for the recent large scale arms importations by the Greek Cypriots and the further reinforcement of the illegal Greek Cypriot National Guard, i.jhich is commanded by a foreign General aided-- iiy officers and men from a foreign country. The Turkish Forces in Cyprus which carry no aggressive intentions will continue to act in restraint in fulfilling their task' of maintaining the independence of Cyprus and safe- guarding the security of the Turkish Cypriot Community against; any hostile action initiated by the Greek Cypriots.