invalid", calledforitswithdrawal andcalled uponallStatesnottorecognize any Cypriot StateotherthantheRepublic ofCyprus. 35.ThesecondSecurity Council resolution, adopted sixmonthslateron 11May19S4.wasresolution 550(1984). Afterdeclaring initspreambular partthe concern oftheSecurity Council atthe"further secessionist acts"it "condemns allsecessionist actions, including thepurported exchange of ambassadors between Turkey andtheTurkish cypriot leadership, declares them illegal andinvalid andcallsfortheirimmediate withdrawal". I ••• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryLl44/964 s/21463 Eng1isb Page 12 The security councif also reiterated its purported State" of the TRNC.call to all States noe to recognize "the 36. It is evident that the position of the Security Couucif in relation to the TRNC is predicateat upotr tha Council's assessrnent of the Legal' Positsion. This was declared in the resotutions in two importan! Legal findings which are essentially as fol lotrs: - the 1983 Declaration of the TRNC "is incomPatible with the 1960 Treaty corxcerning the establishment of the RePublic of Clrprus and the 1960 lreaty of Guarantee"i and - the creation of the TRNC is "1ega1ly invalid"' Each of these propositiols caLls for closer scrutiuy. 1. The proposition that the establishment of the TRNC "is incomPatible $ith the 1960 Treaty concerning ctre establishrnent of Cvprus anal the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee" (a) "The 1960 Treaty concerning the establishnent of Cyprus" 37, This is, presurnably, to be taken as a rsference to the treaty that is general.ly knonn as "the Treaty of Es Eabli shrnentn . To the exlent that this lreaty can be said to be bindiug upon the Turkish Cypriot community (since, given the denial by the security Council of the existence of the TRNC, the Treaty clearly carnot be binding on the latter entity), this nust derive fron ttre preambular provision in shich the stated parties (the Unitett Kingalon, Greece, lurkey atld the Republic of Clrprus) express their desire "to make provisions to give effect to the ... Declarations made at the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a specific international conflict and the legal stance of the United Nations Security Council regarding a disputed territory, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The language used is formal and legalistic, suggesting that the text is related to international relations, politics, or law.

**Category**
International relations, Politics