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Basis for agreement on a comprehensive settlement of The Cyprus Problem


COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF THE CYPRUS PROBLEM
 


We, the democratically elected leaders of the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots, through negotiations under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in which each side represented itself, and no-one else, as the political equal of the other, have freely agreed to settle the Cyprus Problem in all its aspects in the following comprehensive manner:

Article 1                    Foundation Agreement

1. The main articles of the appended Foundation Agreement are hereby agreed, as is the substance of the specially marked parts of the Annexes thereto and the map delineating the boundary between the <component states>. The Draft Annexes as a whole are hereby accepted as a basis for agreement to be finalized no later than 28 February 2003.

2. The finalization of all Draft Annexes shall be accompanied and facilitated by the appended measures.

3. The Secretary-General is invited to certify the results of the finalization process, and to include his suggestions, if any are indispensable, to finalize the Agreement.

4. That finalized Foundation Agreement shall be submitted by each side to referendum on 30 March 2003, together with other specified matters related to the coming into being of the new state of affairs, including accession to the European Union.

5. Should the Foundation Agreement not be approved at the separate simultaneous referenda, it shall be null and void, and the commitments undertaken in this Comprehensive Settlement shall have no further legal effect.


Article 2                    Treaty on matters related to the new state of affairs in Cyprus

Upon entry into force of the Foundation Agreement, the Co-Presidents of Cyprus shall, on invitation and in the presence of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (or his representative), sign the appended Treaty with Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom, which shall be registered as an international treaty in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Article 3                    Matters to be submitted to the United Nations Security Council for decision

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is invited to request the Security Council to take decisions as appended.

Article 4                    Conditions of accession to the European Union

Pursuant to the willingness of the European Union to accommodate the terms of a comprehensive settlement and to assist its implementation, as expressed in the conclusions of the Brussels European Council of 24 and 25 October, the requests to the European Union to attach the appended Protocol to the Act concerning the conditions of accession of Cyprus to the European Union, and to include the appended paragraph in the conclusions of the Copenhagen European Council, are hereby agreed.

 
  
Glafcos Clerides


 Rauf Denktash
For the Greek Cypriot side For the Turkish Cypriot side


The Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby agree with this Comprehensive Settlement of the Cyprus Problem, and commit themselves to sign together with Cyprus the appended Treaty[6] on matters related to the new state of affairs in Cyprus, which shall be registered as an international treaty in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

 
Signature


 Signature


 Signature
Hellenic Republic United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
 Republic of Turkey


Witnessed by
 
Kofi A. Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations
 
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