79. Undoubtedly it will be recalled that the Turkish Cypriot side gave an affirmative response on 3 1 August to the questions put by the Secretary-General in Vienna, once again indicating its political will and its desire to get down to the important exercise indicated in the working points. 80. ‘The Vienna working points represent the corner- stone of this important effort, the idea of which is to give a new impetus to the search for a peaceful set- tlement to the problem of Cyprus. Consequently, it would be appropriate for us to expatiate on certain essential aspects of those points. 81. In Vienna, the Secretary-General once again spelled out the main documents which indicate the principles outlining a possible settlement and stated that it would be possible on this basis to proceed as soon as possible to the establishment of a federal republic which would be both independent and non-aligned, bi- communal as far as the federal constitutional aspect was concerned, and bi-zonal from the territorial aspect. He also suggested that the constitutional pro+ 8 sions agreed on during the intercommunal talks in I981 and 1982 be reaffirmed. 82, This point of departure was entirely in keeping with the Turkish Cypriot and Turkish position on what would be a valid basis for the realization of the final goal, which could only be a federal, bi-communal and bi-zonal settlement, based on the equality of political status of the two communities. We are, therefore, very gratified at the fact that these fundamental principles were duly underlined. 83. The working points which in the eyes of the Secretary-General represented an indivisible whole comprised: first, measures of political confidence- building which would be irreversible and reciprocal; secondly, the establishment, starting with the for- mation of a transitional government possessing both executive and legislative powers, of a federal govern- 
**Analysis**
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