UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 113 Date 15/06/2006 Time 9:27:40 AM S-0903-0006-07-00001 Expanded Number S-0903-0006-07-00001 ™e Items-in-Cyprus - chronological files Date Created 15/01/1976 Record Type Archival Item Container s-0903-0006: Peackeeping - Cyprus 1971-1981 Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit cc PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS fv t-j,/.^. v <' i \ TO THE UNITED NATIONS f i ~^' NEW YORK, N. V. tOOt7 *~C-\ ^~ 26 November 1976 f Excellency, Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to bring to Your Excellency's attention the unthinkable inhuman practices of all kinds, causing great suffering, exercised on the enclaved Greek Cypriots in the occupied north of Cyprus by the Turkish occupation forces and imported Turks from Turkey, thus forcing them to abandon their ancestral homes and lands in order to accomodate the massive influx of imported mainland Turks in the calculated attempt to change the demographic composition of the Island. The conditions of horror, torture and continuous harass- ment and threats, which are now applied more effectively and intensively to the remaining indigenous Greek Cypriot inhabitants are disclosed in the reports dated 19thr 23rd and 25th October 1976, by the Head of Services on Humanitarian Matters Mr. A. Mat- soukaris, attached hereto as annexes I, II and III respectively. • «» . 2/ His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 il I should be grateful if this letter were circulated , . j.. ~-x>sfi&'m'.^r,^;^-^"-~~—m as a document of the Security Councxl. __m™~-~--' "" Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. v Zenc/n kossides Ambassador Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations \ •r, * ? \ ? Attached: a/s Po foee- 336O AREA CODE 212 f 986- 3361 *i PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS £,,,,, / ', , £/,* TO THE UNITED NATIONS / , / .. r > 1 O2O SECOND AVENUE Tf . » " ' 's,^; NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OOI7 Ref: 1?7/784/745 26th November 1976 Excellency, : On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to enclose copy of a Resolution passed by the House of Repre- sentatives of the Republic of Cyprus on 18th November 1976, with the request that it may be circulated as a document of the Security Council. Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations- His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ON 18TH NOV. 1976 "At its meeting of 18th November 1976, the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus unanimously adopted the following resolution: „ 1. The House of Representatives, having considered the ..colonization by the Turkish invaders of the Cyprus territory under their occupation, which having begun sometime ago, it still continues today to an even greater extent with a view to parti- tioning Cyprus, contrary to all concepts of morality and justice and in contravention of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations' General Assembly and Security Council on Cyprus; 2. Witnessing the daily expulsion of the enclaved Greek Cypriots in the Turkish occupied areas from their homes and pro- perty in contravention of the relevant agreement concluded at Vienna under the auspices and guidance of the United Nations' -"Secretary-General and the settlement there of Turkish colonizers •* from Turkey in complete disregard of the United Nations'resolutions; 3. Noting the delaying tactics and intransigent attitude of'the Turkish Government which, showing contempt for the reso- • lutions adopted by the United Nations' Security Council and General " -^Assembly on Cyprus, pursues by the force of arms the enforcement of its own arbitrary rule on the occupied territory and the .> creation of faits accomplisj Appeals to the United Nations' Security Council and General Assembly to take all necessary action in order to put an . 2/ - 2 - to the inhuman expulsion of the enclaved and to the coloni- zation of the occupied part of Cyprus by Turks from Turkey, to press decisively for the urgent implementation of the reso- lutions on Cyprus with a view to ensuring the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cyprus, and put an •:end to the partitioning plans ..of the Turkish invaders". ********* ,.,.131 9B6-3360 CODE 2'a]g 5 336-3361 PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS S20 SECOND AVENUE NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OOI7 /-\ c« f//.f ^ y^ / ^ Ref: 72/71 The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations presents his compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and has the honour to give herebelow a brief Aide Memoire of the points raised regarding certain aspects of the situation in Cyprus to be reflected in the forthcoming Report of the Secretary-General. The points are as follows: a) That the Turkish Cypriot side refused to resume negotiations on humanitarian matters and informed the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to that effect; b) That the Turkish Cypriot side refused to accept the terms of the I.C.R.C. on the question of missing persons; c) That the present tragic situation of the enclaved persons and their systematic expulsions should be depicted clearly and categorically as a means for averting the total expulsion of all enclaved Greek Cypriots. Reference was made in this respect to the recent intensification of the harassment by beatings and other acts of violence . 2/ His Excellency The Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York 10017 - 2 - as in the case of two Greek Cypriots in Rizokarpasso who were cruelly beaten for reporting to the occupation forces the theft of their animals by a Turkish settler. Similar instances occurred in Litherangomis and Rizo- karpasso. Specific violations of the 2 August 1975 agreement are daily occurences. Thus, despite the recent approval (at the end of October 1976) for the functioning of the Rizokarpasso elementary school, the occupation authorities exert pressure and threaten -the remaining teachers to sign petitions for transfer to the south. Also, the Greek Ciymnasium of Aegialousa, which was kept closed until now, will henceforth be used as a Turkish Lyceum for the Turkish colonizing settlers and Turkish Cypriots in the area. Similarly, the churches of Voukolis and Tavros were converted into mosques while the four churches of Vathylakas and the church of Pentayia were desecrated and looted. d) That the dangerous and explosive situation created because of the efforts of the Turkish occupation authorities to extend their control over the no'man's land in Avlona, Kaimakli and Pyla, following the settlement of Turkish Cypriots and mainland settlers in neighbouring areas, was also raised and UNFICYP's responsibilities in this respect were underlined. 2. On the question of Mr. Denktash's title, it was stressed that any reference to Mr. Denktash by the United Nations as "President" is unacceptable. Should the arrangement for the . 3/ - 3 - functioning of UNFICYP not be acceptable to Mr. Denktash under these circumstances, the Secretary-General could warn that he would report on the matter to the Security Council and, in any case, UNFICYP could insist in applying in practice the terms of this arrangement. The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations avails himself of this opportunity to renew to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the assurances of his highest consideration. New ^rk, 25t .ovejmber 1976 LW -V r»a.. AMCA COD* 812 jeea- PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS • 2O SECOND AVENUE NEW YORK, N. Y. TOO! 7 Ref: 55/75 10 November 1976 Excellency, I have the honour to refer to the letters by the Permanent Representative of Turkey (S/12204, A/31/261, A/31/267, A/C. 3/31/7 and A/31/289), annexing letters from representatives of a so-called "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus" — a fictitious entity, set up by Ankara on the territory of .Cyprus which was invaded by Turkey in 1974 ,and still is under her aggressive occupation, in flagrant violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations. "-rWA. Sjoeh artificial set-up came in the wake of the geno- cidal uprooting and elimination from the invaded area of its majority Greek Cypriot inhabitants (80%), and was followed by the massive implanting in their usurped homes and properties/ of alien population/ hastily transported from Turkey, in a pre-planned scheme to change by force the demographic structure of Cyprus. These facts in themselves speak of the bogus character involved of such a "state" and of the criminality/ in the pretence that 40% of the territory of the Republic, which is now under the . 2/ His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations New York, New YOrk 10017 -2- aggresslve occupation of Turkey and with an overwhelmingly transplanted population, largely alien to Cyprus, could even be thought of as na state" for the 18 % Turkish Cypriot mino- rity. It is in reality but the sad manifestation of the multi- ple international crime, now being committed against Cyprus —a stigma on our present day civilization. The settlers from Turkey have already reached the figure of over li.0,000 in an ongoing process of colonization. By unlawfully granting to them -^as well as to the 1^0,000 Turkish troops and their families*- Cypriot citizenship, Ankara strives to establish by force in the occupied area population from Turkey, having little relevance to the distinctive Turkish Cypriot identity and standards, which are thereby to be submerged and phased away. Obviously, the pretended elections of "Turkish Cypriot leadership", emerging from such adulterated amalgam of population tcan hardly be representative of Turkish Cypriot interests or feeling.