island whichisdivided intotwoparts, eachseparately governed anddivided byafirmboundary, whenmembership demands, among otherthings, freemovement ofgoods, persons, services and capital, nottomention theapplication ofcommonpolicies onsuch important matters asagriculture, fisheries andtransport throughout theterritories oftheMembers oftheCommunities. I... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library^/44,/ 966 s/21398 Englishpage s The apol ication is misconcerved. , Tl,r^ a^- 1 i ^-^+,,,s spp 1n submtttlng an appl lcatron ln respect of"Cyprus' ( nct. rt should be no*.ed, 'the Republic of Ci-prus ) suggests a unlty of the island whrch rs not supDortable erther rn law or in fact. It wi'lI be useful to recalI the essentlal elementsrn lhe srtuatron. They are, regrettably, too often over'l coked. Early recoqnitron of the two-comnunitv nature of Cvgrus. 5. There are two different peoples in Cyprus. This historrcalfact was underlined by the Bri tish Government during the p€rlod when Cyprus was approaching indepenctence. The 9ritish colonialSecretary, Mr.Lennox Boyd said on 19 December 195€: "... rt wl lI bethe purpose of Her Majesty's Government to ensure that any exerctseof self-determination shcu.l d be effected in such a manner that the Turl<iGh Cyprrot communr'.y, no less than the Greek Cypriot community, shal I, in the specral circumstances of Cyprus, be glven freedcm to decide for themselves their future status. In other woFds, Her MajeGti,'s Government recognize that the exercise of€elf-determinatron in such a mrxed oooulation must includepartition among the eventual options". This statement was confi rmed by the Prime tiinister, Mr. Macmillan, on 26 June 1958, who descri bed these assurances as "pledges". Bi-communa'l essentials of the 1960 settlenent. 6. Despite the reference to "partition" as an optton, in anGwerto Greek Cypri ct claims for union of cyprus with Greece, this wasnot the solution eventual ly adopted. Instead, a compromise was reached along the lines of a bi-communal State, in which the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political and social situation in Cyprus, specifically the division of the island into two parts with separate governance and the historical context leading to this situation. It also mentions the application of common policies on matters such as agriculture, fisheries, and transport. Given the focus on the political and social aspects of the situation, it is likely that the text is related to the governance and administration of the island.

**Category**
Politics, International Relations