1a$, has the Greek clTtriot r6gime had any right to assert sovereigaty over the island. Since that tine, practical necessity has created tl'o goverrnents on cyprus. The rights of the peoples of the tno conmunities to deternine th€ir own political futures have remained uflchanged and ia all resPects are egual. The nations of the world, through resolutions of the Security Council anal Gen€ral Assembly of the uniteal Nations, have recognized and consistently reaffirn€d these rights, as have the two cornmunities themsel.ves in their I'nlerin Degotiateal agreeftents. Utrder these circutnstances, intertrationat latt does nob sanction tlifferential treatmetrt of the two cornrnunities in the current negotiaEions or in aayA/44/967 S/21420 English Page8 [these] requirements •••isastatewhether ornotitsstatehood isformally recognized byotherstates." 21/ SincetheTurkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprussatisfies alltheformallegal prerequisites forstatehood, 22/itisclearthatinternational lawdoesnotforbid itsrecognition byotherstates. 23/ Eventhoughresolutions oftheSecurity Council oftheUnitedNations have condemned orregretted certain eventsthathavetakenplaceonCyprus, including theTurkish Cypriots' declaration ofindependence, theresolutions oftheSecurity Council andtheGeneral Assembly haveconsistently recognized that,inthecontext ofnegotiations between thetwoCypriot corrununities, theyshould anddobargain "on anequalfooting." 24/TheSecretary-General hasformanyyearsoffered hisgood offices tothetwoCypriot communities tofosternegotiations toward amutually satisfactory settlement. Underhisauspices, GreekCypriot andTurkish Cypriot representatives haveentered intoseveral interim agreements indicating that neither community enjoys anyspecial statusrelative totheother.25/Inarecent resolution theSecurity Council reiterated itscallforthetwocommunities to "reachfreely amutually acceptable solution." 26/ThuswhiletheUnitedNations hasnotrecognized theTurkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprusbyadmitting itto membership, ithasalwaysaccepted theTurkish Cypriot community's rightto determine itspolitical futurenotonlyinconjunction withbutalsoonanequal footing withtheGreekCypriot community. Putting asidethetalisman ofrecognition, itisclearthatneither ofthe governments existing ontheIslandisqualified toassertthatitisthegovernment ofthe"Republic ofCyprus." Butwhilethetreaties andagreements of1959-1960 cannotlegally bedisregarded byonepartyinitsowninterest, theycansurelybe replaced bytheassentofbothparties toanew,mutually satisfactory political order. Thus,sovereignty woulddevolve fullyandlegitimately onanynewCypriot government ifthesuccessor stateorstatesweretheproduct ofaconcurrent exercise ofself-determination bythetwocommunities superseding thejoint exercise through whichthe1960Republic wasestablished. 27/ Insummary, theTurkish Cypriot community hasalegalrighttonegotiate from astatusofequality withtheGreekCypriot community inthecurrent attempt, under theauspices oftheSecretary-General, toreachaworkable political solution for theunfortunate situation inCyprus. TheGreekCypriot peoplehasneverhadthe righttoassertsovereignty overtheTurkish Cypriot peoplewithout theirconsent. Nor,fromthemomenttheGreekCypriots unilaterally rejected theconstitutional basisonwhichthelegitimacy oftheCypriot government restedininternational law,hastheGreekCypriot regime hadanyrighttoassertsovereignty overthe island. Sincethattime,practical necessity hascreated twogovernments on
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a diplomatic document discussing the sovereignty and political status of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, its recognition by the international community, and the rights of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities to self-determination. The text cites international law, United Nations resolutions, and historical agreements to support its arguments. It seems to be a legal or political document, rather than a document related to a specific sector like economy, environment, or education.

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