Treaties, 23 May 1969, art, 54, 1155 Urited Nations Treaty series 33I (1969) ("rhe termination of a treaty or the rrithdraral of a party nay take Placel ... (b) at any tine by consent of all the parties after colsul.tatior ttith the other contractiDg States."). At softe point ir the future, horever, it may become aPParent that !o agreemeat on a successor r6gime can be reacheil and that further legotiatious woulal be futile. Should this ever be the case, the only torkable solution - one which interaatioraL lal' rrould not, at that poirt, forbid - might be Partition of the islantl, a solution considered by the British Colonial Secretary in 1956. See discussion 6upra, note 4.A/44/967 S12l420 English Page14 ~(continued) theRepublic ofCyprus[toconcern] theGreekCypriot andTurkish Cypriot communities," commending "thecontacts andnegotiations takingplaceonanequal footing •••between therepresentatives ofthetwocommunities andcall[ing] for theircontinuation"); UnitedNations Security Council resolution 649(1990) (calling ontheleaders ofthetwocommunities "toreachfreely amutually acceptable sOlution" andIItoco-operate, onanequalfooting, withthe Secretary-General incompleting" anoutline ofsuchasolution); General Assembly resolution 34/30(1979)(calling fortheresumption ofthenegotiations "between therepresentatives ofthetwocommunities, tobeconducted freely onanequal footing"); General Assembly resolution 3395(XXX)(1975)(same). Seealso"Opening statement delivered bytheSecretary-General onMonday, 26February 1990,at 12.15p.m.",inreportoftheSecretary-General onHisMission ofGoodOffices in Cyprus(S/2ll83, annex1)(8March1990)("Themandate giventomebytheSecurity Council makesitclearthatmymission ofgoodoffices iswiththetwo communities. Mymandate isalsoexplicit thattheparticipation ofthetwo communities inthisprocess isonanequalfooting. Thesolution thatisbeing soughtisthusonethatmustbedecided uponby,andmustbeacceptable to,both communities."). ~/Seethefollowing documents: FourGuidelines of12February 1977(See S/12323) (declaring thegoalofabi-communal Federal Republic andrecognizing that thetwocommunities willadminister different territories); Ten-Point Agreement of 19May1979(SeeA/34/620 andCorr.l, annexV,para.2)(reaffirming the1977 Guidelines) • ~/UnitedNations Security Council resolution 649(1990)(calling fora solution "providing fortheestablishment ofafederation thatwillbebi-communal asregards theconstitutional aspects andbi-zonal asregards theterritorial aspects inlinewiththepresent resolution andthee]1977and1979high-level agreements"). 11/TheVienna Convention ontheLawofTreaties provides thattreaties can beterminated bymutualconsent oftheparties. Vienna Convention ontheLawof Treaties, 23May1969,art.54,1155UnitedNations TreatySeries 331(1969) ("The termination ofatreatyorthewithdrawal ofapartymaytakeplace: ,••(b)at anytimebyconsent ofalltheparties afterconsultation withtheother contracting States.II). Atsomepointinthefuture, however, itmaybecomeapparent thatnoagreement onasuccessor regimecanbereached andthatfurther negotiations wouldbe futile. Shouldthiseverbethecase,theonlyworkable solution -onewhich international lawwouldnot,atthatpoint,forbid -mightbepartition ofthe
**Analysis**
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