did not alter the equal legal status of the two C1'Prlot connnunities, rthich d€rived from the earlier treaties and Constitutioni nor was it the origil of the Physical separatlon of the Greek and Turkish C]?riot peoPles, who had been living as separat€, self-gov€rning conmunities since at loast 1964' Tho legal rights of the Turkish Cypriot cornmunity predat6 and nere nalifested by the proclamation in 1975 of the Turkish Federated State of CyPrus. The furkish cypriots considered it necessary to "creatle] in their o$! region the Legal basis of an oraler leatting to the establisluneDt of the future iadePendent, FederalA/44/967 S/21420 English Page6 contravened Article IoftheTreatyofGuarantee. inwhichtheRepublic ofCyprus undertook "toensure...respect foritsConstitution." BothBritain andTurkey issued diplomatic protests condemning theamendments asItcontrarytothe Constitution oftheRepublic ofCyprus. whichisunderthesafeguard of international treaties." lQ.IThese13amendments. andthesituation dependent upon themintheareaunderGreekCypriot control. cannottherefore bavalidly accorded anyinternational recognition. From1964untilthepresent. theGreekCypriot regimehasclaimed tobethe legitimate government oftheRepublic ofCyprus. withsovereign rightsoverthe wholeIsland andallofitsinhabitants. Thereisnolegalbasisininternational lawforsuchaclaim. Theformation ofaregime founded ontheunilateral usurpation ofrightsspecifically reserved totheTurkish Cypriot people contravenes theplainlanguage andobvious intentoftheTreatyofGuarantee. the Zurich Agreement andthe1960Constitution. TheGreekCypriot regimeisneither thegovernment ofthe"Republic ofCyprus" originally recognized bythecommunity ofnations in1960northelegitimate successor ofthatgovernment. TheGreek Cypriot regimetherefore hadin1964andhastodaynorightunderinternational law toclaimthatitspeaksfortheTurkish Cypriot community orthatitwieldsthe sovereign powersthatdevolved upontheRepublic ofCyprusin1960. Whatever thepretensions oftheGreekCypriot regime. thepractical consequence oftheeventsof1963-1964 wastheemergence ofparallel administrative. judicial andlegislative organsforeachofthetwopeoples. Increasingly from1964onwards. theGreekCypriot regimewhichpurports tobethe government oftheRepublic ofCyprushasnotexercised overtheTurkish Cypriot people anyofthesignificant incidents ofsovereign control reserved tothe Government oftheRepublic ofCyprusinthe1960Constitution. 111Instead. virtually alldecisions governing theconduct ofTurkish Cypriots havebeenmadeby thegovernmental institutions oftheTurkish Cypriot community. andvirtually all decisions concerning theconduct ofGreekCypriots havebeenmadebythe governmental institutions oftheGreekCypriot community. Physically. thetwo communities havebecomeincreasingly separated. 121 Thispractice ofparallel self-government andphysical separation ofthetwo Cypriot communities continued afterthecoupof15July1974.staged byelements of theGreekCypriot National GuardbutfoiledbytheTurkish intervention. which beganon20July.IntheGenevaDeclaration of30July1974.theForeign Ministers ofGreece. Turkey andBritain noted"theexistence inpractice intheRepublic of Cyprusoftwoautonomous administrations. thatoftheGreekCypriot community and thatoftheTurkish Cypriot community." TheTurkish intervention 131couldnotand didnotaltertheequallegalstatusofthetwoCypriot communities. whichderived fromtheearlier treaties andConstitution; norwasittheoriginofthephysical separation oftheGreekandTurkish Cypriot peoples. whohadbeenlivingas
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a political and legal document, discussing the history and current situation of Cyprus, specifically the status of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. It seems to be focused on the political and constitutional aspects of the issue, rather than any economic or environmental aspects.

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