unfortunately, this carefutly balanced and internationarly sarxctioned r6gimelasted only a littte over three years. on 30 November 1963, Arcbbishop Makarios,the duly-elected Greek cypriot president of the Republic, proposed to lhe Guarantorpowers thirtee! anendmenls to the Cypriot Constituiion. g./ fiese proposedarnendments - six of them to Basic Articles which rrere dec.r.ared inunutable by treaEyand constitutroaal provision - had as their obvious purpose the elimiration of thecarefully legotiated balance of power between the two communities. q,/ Whea adoptedthese thirteen ameldnents would decisively 6hift the barance of polrer so as cofavour the nunerical rnajority _ and hence assure creek ClTrriot tvte. Z/ civil 'lisorder and armed viorence broke out throughout the isrand. As anelement of this crisis, the Turkish Cypriot rnembers of the Government of theRepublic of clE)rus either withdr.* o, ro.. likeJ.y were forced fron theiroffices. E./ Shortly ther€afler, the Greek Cyprioe members of tbe government.,purporEing to act ln legitirnate exercise or lieir offices, enacted arr thirte.namendments. They conteaded that the Turkish cypriots cour.d low otrry b6 re-admiEtedas partners in the administration if they acceplea Ehe amendtnents pissea in theirabsence' 9'l since the Turkish cypriot rnembers coutd not accept these illegalamendnenEs, they never resuned their seats ia the legislature. The unilateral usurpation of authority by the Greek Cypriots $as an obvl.ousviolatior' of the coastitution, as welt as ihe'treaty obligations accepted by theGreek-cfEriot cornrnunity. Th€ creek cr?riot rdgirne had violated Article 182 0f theCorstitution, Hhich stared that the siiic .Artiifes ,,lcould] not, i! any way, beamended, whether by way of variation, aalditj"on or repea1,,, aud which rlquiredconcurrent two-thirds votes of the Greek crpriot and rurlish clrpriot meribers of theIlouse of Representatives for aL1 other anenaments. Their acEr.otrs simurtaneousrvA/44/967 8/21420 English Page5 anystatistical data." Articles 46,62,123,129,153.Inordertobeenacted, mostimportant lawsrequired concurrent majority votesinthedelegations ofthe twocommunities totheHouseofRepresentatives. Article 78.Takentogether, thesearticles assured thatneither community couldtakesignificant political action atthenational levelwithout theother's concurrence~ Concomitantly, asecondgroupofconstitutional articles gavethetwo communities extensive powers ofself-government. Alllegislative powerconcerning matters ofreligion~ education, personal status, municipal institutions andaffairs wasreserved totheexclusive competence ofaGreekCypriot endaTurkish Cypriot Communal Chamber, eachelected byandrulingoveritsrespective community. Each Communal Chamber couldappoint judgestoheardisputes arising outofmatters under itscompetence andcouldraisetaxesfromitsownpeopletosupportitsseparate programmes. Articles 86and87.Inaddition, separately governed GreekCypriot andTurkish Cypriot municipalities weretobecreated inthefivelargest townsin Cyprus. Article 174. TheRepublic ofCyprus wasdulydeclared on16August 1960"andpromptly recognized bytheinternational community. TheRepublic wasadmitted totheUnited Nations on21September 1960,becameanindependent memberoftheBritish Commonwealth on13March1961andbecamethesixteenth memberoftheCouncil of Europe on24May1961. Unfortunately, thiscarefully balanced andinternationally sanctioned regime
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a historical document discussing the political situation in Cyprus, specifically the crisis that arose after the adoption of 13 amendments to the Cypriot Constitution. The text highlights the balance of power between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities and the unilateral actions taken by the Greek Cypriots, which led to the breakdown of the power-sharing regime. The document seems to be more focused on politics and governance rather than economic or social issues.

**Category**
Politics, Government