exercise ofself-determination should beeffected insuchamannerthatthe Turkish Cypriot community, nolessthantheGreekCypriot community shall,in thespecial circumstances ofCyprus, begivenfreedom todecideforthemselves theirfuture status. Inotherwords, HerMajesty's Government recognize that theexercise ofself-determination insuchamixedpopulation mustinclude partition amongtheeventual options.1t Thisstatement wasconfirmed bythePrimeMinister, Mr.Macmillan, on26June1958, whenhealsodescribed theColonial Secretary's assurances as"pledges". 6.Thisidentification oftheessential parties totheCyprussituation andof theirbasicparity wascarried through intothenegotiations leading uptothe independence ofCyprus. TheMemorandum setting outtheAgreed Foundation forthe FinalSettlement oftheProblem ofCyprus, signedinLondon on19February 1959, tooknote"oftheDeclaration bytheRepresentative oftheGreek-Cypriot community andtherepresentative oftheTurkish Cypriot community thattheyacceptthe documents annexed tothisMemorandum astheagreed foundation forthefinal settlement oftheproblem ofCyprus". 11 7.TheZurich Accord, onwhichtheLondon Agreement wasbased,incorporated the concept ofthetwocommunities inthefirstparagraph ofthedocument setting out "BasicStructure oftheRepublic ofCyprus". Thisprovided that: "TheStateofCyprusshallbeaRepublic withapresidential regime, the President beingGreekandtheVice-President Turkish elected byuniversal suffrage bytheGreekan'::Turkish communities oftheIslandrespectively." Theattribution totheGreekCypriot community ofthePresidency andtotheTurkish Cypriot community oftheVice-Presidency wasanunderstandable reflection ofthe greater numerical sizeoftheGreekCypriot community. Butitcontained no statement oracknowledgement ofanysuperior constitutional statusfortheGreek Cypriot Community. Indeed, the"Basic Structure" isreplete withprovisions specifically assuring therespective rightsofeachofthetwocommunities and providing forchecks andbalances toassuretherightsofeach,forexample, it specifies aCouncil ofMinisters composed ofsevenGreekMinisters andthree Turkish MinisterS Iitvestsexecutive authority inthePresident andVice-President andgrants themeacharightefvetooverdecisions oftheCouncil ofMinisters and lawsanddecisions oftheHouseofRepresentativeslinlaying downthattheHouse ofRepresentatives should beelected intheproportion of70percentfortheGreek community and30percentfortheTurkish community. intheestablishment of Communal Chambers foreachcommunity, inthespecification thattheCivilService shouldalsobecomposed asto70percentofGreeks andasto30percentofTurks, andsoon. I ... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/ 44/ 968 s/21463 Engl ish Page 6 2. The Cvprus Constitution of 1960 8. A11 the features of the Basic Structur€ were imnediately imPlemerted in many Artictes of the Coustitution of Cirprus, notably ArticLes L' 2, 46-5l' 57' 59' 60, 62, 67 , 7 2, 73 , 77 , 86-LLL, 123, Lzs, 133, 153, 159, 171 and 173. Moreover, Article 182 proviateat that the Basic Articles of the Constitution (which rdere listsed in Alnex III and by and larga are those listed above) could not in any way be amended, Articl.e L85 provitled thal the territory of the RePublic i6 "one and
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political situation and constitutional framework of Cyprus, specifically the relationship between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. It mentions the concept of self-determination, the exercise of which is recognized as including the option of partition. The text also highlights the importance of ensuring the respective rights of each community, through the establishment of a presidential regime with a Greek President and a Turkish Vice-President, as well as the creation of Communal Chambers and the composition of the Civil Service.

**Category**
Politics, International relations