Ilaccepts thedocuments anddeclarations astheagreed foundation forthefinal settlement oftheproblem ofCyprus", Theprincipal iteminthe"documents anddeclarations" therereferred toincluded the"BasicStructure oftheR,public ofCyprus" (already referred to,seeabove, para.7),alltheelements ofwhichwerecarried through intotheCyprus Constitution of1960. Theabsolutely fundamental feature ofthisStructure wasthe jointparticipation intheGovernment ofCyprusofboththeGreekandtheTurkish Cypriot communities intheprecise, detailed and,aboveall,balanced mannerset outinthosedocuments, Now.whileitisobviously truethatthe1983proclamation oftheexistence oftheTRNCasanindependent Stateisincompatible withthat structure, itis(and,equally, wasatthetimeoftheadoption oftheSecurity Council resolutions 541(1983) and550(1984» absurdtodisregard theundoubted factthatthedominant andcontrolling features oftheBasicStructure andthe I•.. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/ 44/ 968 s/ 2L463 English Page 13 Constitutio! had been inoperative for a score of years, since the time (iu1963-1964) wh€! the Gr6ek cypriot comnunity had effectivery excfuded the TurhishCruriot cornmunity from the schene of power-sharing establiitred by the BasicStructure and the Constitutiotx. 38. This is not to say that the 1960 treaty of Establishment was no longer inforce in 1983. It is only to say that if the Security Council attached importanceto the idea of compatibility of the conduct of the Turkish cr?riot conmunity withthe Treaty, it shoultt have attached the same inportance to the compatibility withthat Treaty of, th€ conduct of the Greek CltlrioE conrnunity. ny faiiing to do so,the Security CounciL not only siglal.ly faileat to apply in an oUiective andeven-harded maaner the substantive legal requirenent.s to which it had itseLf naderefereucei it also failed to adhere to th€ staudard of €guar treatment that it hadrepeatedly affirrned in its use, in relation to ttre negotiatioas betwee[ the twosides, of the words ,'on an equal footing.,.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a political settlement and its implementation, specifically in the context of Cyprus. It mentions the establishment of a government, the participation of Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, and the incompatibility of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) with the original settlement. The text also touches on the concept of equal treatment and the application of legal requirements. Given these themes, it seems likely that the text is related to international relations and politics.

**Category**
International relations, Politics