Greek cypriot state. Here was a plain recognition, therefore, thatthere was not a legitimate government representing the wholepopulation. And the reference to the need for the Vice-Presidentto assume the functions provided for under the 1960 Constitutlon, coupled with the wel l-known fact that the Vice-President had b€enA/44/966 S/21398 English Page7 ofgovernment, thepolitical equallty andthevestedrights ofthe Turkish Cypriots weredenied, whiletheGreekCypriot members of theHouseofRepresentatives enacted, inflagrant vl0latlon ofthe 1960settlement andthebasicarticles oftheConstitutl0n, legislation providing fortheoperation ofvarious organs of government without Turkish Cypriot participation. InJune1967the GreekCypriot legislature wentsofarasunanimously topassa resolution infavour of"enosis", unionwithGreece, soclearly prohibited byArticle 185oftheConstitution. Separation oftheTurkish Cypriot community. 11.SinceDecember 1963,theTurkish Cypriot community, faoedby discrimination, threats andphysical attacks was,foritsself­ preservation, compelled gradually towithdraw intoself­ administering enclaves, cutofffrompublicservices andunassisted bypublic monies. Thefactofadministrative andterritorial division between thecommunities wasacknowledged eleven years laterbytheForeign Ministers ofGreece, Turkey andtheUnited Kingdom intheDeclaration of30July1974,which"noted the existence inpractice intheRepublic ofCyprus oftwoautonomous administrations, thatoftheGreekCypriot community andthatof theTurkish Cypriot community," Itisfurther attested bythe maintenance ofadividing line acro~s theisland byUNFICYP, which hadarrived inCyprus withtheconsent ofbothsidesinMarch1964 asaresult ofthebreakupofthepartnership stateandits administration. Induecourse, in1975,theTurkish Cypriot administration whichhadbeenadministering Turkish Cypriots since thebreakdown ofthelegitimate partnership government, developed intotheTurkish Federated StateofCyprus, bywayofadaptation to thecircumstances, andforthepurpose ofcreating thefederated Turkish Cypriot wingofafuture federal republic ofCyprus, thus re-establishing thedefunct partnership stateinafederal form. Constitutional illegitimacy ofGreekCypriot action acknowledged. 12.Thelackofconstitutional foundation fortheGreekCypriot administration wasacknowledged bytheForeign Ministers ofGreece, Turkey andtheUnited Kingdom inaDeclaration of30July1974when theyrecorded that"amongtheconstitutional questions tobe discussed should bethatofanimmediate returntoconstitutional legitimacy, theVice-President assuming thefunctions provided for underthe1960Constitution," Suchwordscouldnothavebeenused iftheprevailing condition atthetimehadbeenoneofadherence totheConstitution. InfactMakarios hadopenly declared the1960 Agreements andtheConstitution tobe"deadandburied", andhe offered Turkish Cypriots minority rights inwhatheregarded a GreekCypriot state. Herewasaplainrecognition, therefore, that therewasnotalegitimate government representing thewhole population. Andthereference totheneedfortheVice-President toassume thefunctions provided forunderthe1960Constitution, coupled withthewell-known factthattheVice-President hadbeen /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Librarya,/44/966 s/21398 EngI ish Page 8 Turkish and hact not voluntarily renounced the exercise of his
**Analysis**
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