6. This identification of the essential parties to the cyprus situation aDd oftheir basic parity was carried through into the negotiations 1eaaliDg up to theindependence of Cyprus. The Memorandum sehting out the A.greed Found.ation for theFinal SettLement of tbe Problen of Cl?rus, signed ia London on 19 !.ebruary 1959,took note "of, the Declarati.on by the Representative of the Greek-cypriot. conrnunity atrd the representative of th€ Turkisb Ct?riot cornmunity that they accept the documents annexed to this Memorandum as the agreed foundation for the finalsettlenent of the problem of C1.prus.,. l,/ 7, The Zuri.ch Accord, o! which the London Agreement was based, incorporated theconcepE of the tl'o conmunities in the first paragraph of the document setting out."Basic Structure of the Republic of Cyprus',. This proviiled that: "The State of C!?rus shalL be a Republic with a presidential r6gime, tbePresident beiug Greek and the vice-president rurkish elected by universarsuffrage by the Greek and Turkish communities of the Island respectively.,. The attribution to the Greek cl?riot conrnunity of the presidency and to the rurkishcypriot conmunity of the vice-presidency was arx understandable refrectioa of thegreater lrumerical size of the Greek Clpriot community. But it contailed Dostatement or aclnowl-€dgenent of any superior constitutional status for the GreekCypriot Cofimunity. Indeed, the ,,Basic Structure', is reptete with provisionsspecifically assuring the respective rights of each of the two connunities andproviding for checks atrd balances to assure the rights of each, for exarnple, i!specifies a council, of Ministers composed of seven Greek Ministers and threeTurkish Ministers, it vests executive authority in the presideat and vice-presidentand grants them each a right of veto over decisions of the CounciL of Ministers aadlaws and decisions of the Itouse of Representatives, in laying atorm that the Houseof Representatives shoulal be elecled in the proportion of 70 per cent. for the Greekconmunity and 30 per cenE for ghe Turkish community, in the establishment of comrnuDal chambers for each conmunity, in the specification that the civil Serviceshould also be conposed as to 70 per cent. of Greeks and as to 30 per cent of rurks,and so on.A/44/96B S/21463 English Page5 inthestatement ofMr.Lennox BoydmadeintheHouseofCommons on 19December 1956: "•••itwillbethepurpose ofHerMajesty's Government toensurethatany
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political and constitutional framework of Cyprus, particularly the agreements and provisions related to the governance and representation of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. It does not seem to be related to economic or environmental issues, and the focus is more on the political and social structure of the country rather than specific industries or sectors.

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