on 29 March 1986. Agaitr, iD his opening staCenert at the neetlng helat in Nett York in February 1990, be saitl: "Cyprus is the comnon hone of the Greek Cl?riot cotnmuuity and of the Turkish Cypriot community. aheir relationship is not oDe of majority and minority, but one of elro conmuDities in the state of Cy[rrus. The naudate given to me by the security Courcil nakes it clear that rny nission of good offices is with the two communities. My nandate is also expli.cit that the participation of the two corurunities in this process is on an equal footing." (s/21183, P. 7)A/44/968 S/21463 English Page10 28.TherebeganinDecember 1981aseriesofSecurity Council resolutions which, inrenewing themandate ofUNFICYP (asmanyresolutions hadpreviously done)also notedthatlitheparties haveresumed theirintercommunal talks". (Seeresolutions 495(1981), 510(1982), 526(1982)and534(1983).) 29.Inshort,fortheperiodendinginNovember 1983(whentheTurkish Cypriot community declared theestablishment oftheTRNC),thereisaclearpattern of acknowledgement bytheUnitedNations oftheseparate statusofthetwocommunities inCyprus, oftherequirement thattheyshould negotiate on"anequalfooting" and thattheeventual solution shouldtaketheformofaunified state,albeitbi-zonal incharacter. 30.Asthisexposition oftheposition oftheUnitedNations regarding thestatus oftheCypriot communities hassofarbeenpresented inchronological order,it mightbeexpected thatthenextitemformention wouldbethedevelopments inthe UnitedNations following, andrelated to,thedeclaration oftheindependence of theTRNCon15November 1983. However, thiseventoccasioned theadoption ofviews intheUnitedNations which, uponcloserscrutiny, appearnottobefully consistent withthemaintrendofUnitedNations emphasis upontheseparate but equalstatus ofthetwocommunities. Forthisreason,itwillbeconvenient briefly topostpone thetreatment ofthatepisode topartIIofthisOpinion. 31.Theremainder ofwhatneedstobesaidabouttheapproach oftheUnited Nations tothestatusofthetwocommunities isbrief. Ingeneral, notonlyhas theUnited Nations notdeparted fromthepattern established before 1983;ithasin factreiterated itsemphasis upontheequalstatus ofthetwocommunities. Thus, intheSecretary-General's "Talking points" asdelivered athisVienna meeting with therepresentatives ofthetwosideson6and7August 1984,hesaid(emphasis supplied) : "Asregards theestablishment ofacentral government forthefederal repUblic, itwillbepolitically imperative tofindaproper balance between theequalpolitical status ofthetwocommunities, theunityofthecountry, andthefunctional requirements ofagovernment capable offulfilling effectively thepowersassigned toit." Thisapproach hasmarkedalltheSecretary-General's contributions sincethatdate including, forexample, theIIDraft Framework Agreement onCyprus" presented byhim on29March1986. Again,inhisopening statement atthemeeting heldinNewYork inFebruary 1990,hesaid: "Cyprus isthecommon holt."oftheGreekCypriot community andoftheTurkish Cypriot community. Theirrelationship isnotoneofmajority andminority, butoneoftwocommunities inthestateofCyprus. Themandate giventomeby theSecurity Council makesitclearthatmymission ofgoodoffices iswith thetwocommunities. Mymandate isalsoexplicit thattheparticipation of thetwocommunities inthisprocess isonanequalfooting." (S/21183, p.7) I ••• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/44/964 s/2L463 E!91lsb Page 11
**Analysis**
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