indePenalent statehood as incoqpatible with the 1960 Treati€s of Establistunent and Guarantee and as beiEg legally invalid, and to caLL upon States not to recognizethe IRNC, are legally not soubdly based. (b) The Security Council itself detined its concer! rith the affairs of theRepublic of ClErus in terns of the 1960 Constitutio! and of the Treaties ofEstablishment and of Guarautee conctuded at the same tirne. The resol,utions ineffect purported to express legal conclusions based upoa what must presurnably have aPPeared to the security council at the tine to be valid legal coasideratiols. BuE because, as a matt€r of fact, the action of the Turkish Cypriot conynunity clearlyflowed fron and was a reaction to the prior conduct of the Gr€ek Cypriot conmunity, and because the Greek ClTrriot community owed duties to the Republic of Cyprus andto the Turkish Cypriot conununity no less tha! the tat.ter did to the former, as atnatter of Iaw, no judgetnent could properly be passed by the Security Council uponthe conduct. of one side without at th€ sane time passing judgenent on the cond.uctof the other.A/44/968 S/21463 English Page3 Attachment TURKISH REPUBLIC OFNORTHERN CYPRUS THESTATUS OFTHETWOCOMMUNITIES INCYPRUS Opinion ofMr.E.Lauterpacht. CBE.QC 1.ThisOpinion dealswithtworelated questions. Oneisthestatusofthetwo communities. GreekandTurkish. inCyprus. inrelation tothesettlement ofthe Cyprusquestion. Theotheristheinterpretation andsignificance ofSecurity Council resolutions 541(1983)and550(1984). bothofwhichpurported topronounce unlawful andinvalid the1983Declaration ofIndependence oftheTurkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus("theTRNC") andcalled uponStatesnottorecognize theTRNC. 2.Insummary, theOpinion r~aches thefollowing conclusions: PartI(paras, 332) Onthebasisofanexamination ofthetreaties andotherinstruments. inclUding theCyprusConstitution. concluded in1959and1960.andofthe resolutions oftheSecurity Council andGeneral Assembly. aswellasofst~tements bytheSecretary-General oftheUnitedNations. itcanproperly besaidthatthe Turkish Cypriot Community possesses thesamepolitical statusastheGreekCypriot Community. thatthetwocommunities participate inthenegotiations forthe settlement oftheCyprusquestion onanequalfooting andthat.itfollows. the GreekCypriot Community shouldnotenjoyanyprivileged position inthe negotiations, whether onmatters ofsubstance orofprocedure, byreasonofthe factthatitpresents itselfastheGovernment oftheRepublic ofCyprus. Part11(paras, 33-53) (a)Resolutions 541(1983)and550(1984)oftheSecurity Council insofar. inparticular. astheypurport totreatthe1983declaration bytheTRNCofits independent statehood asinco~patible withthe1960Treaties ofEstablishment and Guarantee andasbeinglegally invalid. andtocalluponStatesnottorecognize theTRNC.arelegally notsoundly based. (b)TheSecurity Councilitselfdefineditsconcern withtheaffairs ofthe Republic ofCyprusintermsofthe1960Constitution andoftheTreaties of
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a legal opinion on the status of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and its recognition by the international community. It discusses the historical background of the Cyprus question, the settlement of the question, and the legal implications of Security Council resolutions. The text is heavily focused on international law, treaties, and the roles of various international organizations.

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