Any aral.ysis of, the positio! of the creek CyE riot and Turkisb CEriot peoplesin internatioral ratr must begi! nitsh the establishnent otr the rsrand of clrprus, in1960, of the Republic of Cyprus. The governneDt. of the Republic of Ci?rusestablishetl in accordance with the 1960 constitutioq succeedea trr. n.iiisrr coLoaiatadministration as the Legitimate goverutnent of the territory cornprising the islandof CIT)rus o! 16 August 1990. L/ The colony of cyprus achieved its irdependence following the promurgation ofthree multilat€ral treaties, which in turn evolveal from an earli€r docuneat knowtras the London Meftorandun ' a/ Each treaty was sigaed by representatives of Brital',Greece, Turkey, anal, for the Republic of Ci?rus, by represlntatives of both theGr€ek Cypriot coffinulity and the Turklsh CnrioE connunity, in tbeir separat€capacities. ra the Treahy of Establistnent it was co'tenplateal that th€ Repubricof cyprus would have sovereignty over the territory of the former colony, rrith theexception of tno British rnilitary itrstarlations. rn the rreaty of Guarantee, thesignatories undertook to recognize anar guarantee the independe;ce, territorialiDtegrity and security of the Republic of clTrrus, anar ,,the state of affairsestabl'ished bI the Basic Articles of its constitution.', Finatly, in the Treaty ofAlliance, the signatories undertooh to resist any attack or aggression ttirectedagainst the independence or territoriat integrity of the nepuUiic of Cyprus. 3/A/44/967 S121420 English Page3 APPENDIX Opinion dated20July1990onthelegalstatusininternational lawoftheTurkish Cypriot andtheGreekCypriot communities in Cyprusprepared byMr.Monroe Leigh Ihavebeenaskedtogiveanop1n10n onthestatusininternational lawofthe Turkish Cypriot andGreekCypriot communities inCyprus. Negotiations concerning therelationship between thetwocommunities inCyprus haveforsometimebeen takingplaceundertheauspices oftheSecretary-General oftheUnitedNations. Afterareviewofthehistorical andlegalsituation ofCyprus.itismyopinion thattheGreekCypriot andTurkish Cypriot regimes participating inthese negotiations, andtherespective communities whichtheyrepresent, arepresently entitled toexercise equalrightsunderinternational law,including rightsof self-determination. Beforeconsidering indetailthelegalposition oftheGreekandTurkish Cypriots, Iwishtomakeanimportant pointaboutmyuseofterminology inthis opinion. Iunderstand thattherehasbeenmuchdiscussion between Mr.Denktas, President oftheTurkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus. Mr.Vassiliou, President of the(Greek) Republic ofCyprus. andtheSecretary-General oftheUnitedNations, Mr.PerezdeCuel1ar, abouthowtorefertotheGreekCypriots andtheTurkish Cypriots. bothduringthecourseoftheirnegotiations andalsointhenew ," political orderwhichitistheiraimtoestablish inCyprus. Inmyopinion. whether theseentities arereferred toascommunities, peoples, constituent parties, regimes, orbyanyotherterm,hasnodeterminative orconclusive effect ontheirpresent international legalstatus. Anyanalysis oftheposition oftheGreekCypriot andTurkish Cypriot peoples ininternational lawmustbeginwiththeestablishment ontheIslandofCyprus. in 1960.oftheRepublic ofCyprus. Thegovernment oftheRepublic ofCyprus established inaccordance withthe1960Constitution succeeded theBritish colonial administration asthelegitimate government oftheterritory comprising theisland
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a legal document or a report on the international legal status of the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities in Cyprus. It discusses the history of the island, the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, and the treaties that established the country's independence. The text also mentions the negotiations between the two communities and the international community. Given the legal and historical focus of the text, it is likely that the category is related to international relations or politics.

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