Documents
signed and initialled at Lancaster House
on
19 February 1959
I
MEMORANDUM
SETTING OUT THE AGREED FOUNDATION FOR THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
OF CYPRUS
The Prime Minister of the United-Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Greece and the
Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic.
Taking note of the Declaration by the Representative of the
Greek-Cypriot Community and the Representative of the Turkish-Cypriot
Community that they accept the documents annexed to this Memorandum as the
agreed foundation for the final settlement of the problem of Cyprus.
Hereby adopt on behalf of their respective Governments, the
documents annexed to this Memorandum and listed below, as the agreed
foundation for the final settlement of the problem of Cyprus.
On behalf of the
On behalf of the
On behalf of the
Government of the
Government of the
Government of the
United Kingdom of
Kingdom of Greece
Turkish Republic
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Harold MACMILLAN
C.KARAMANLIS
A.MENDERES
London,
February 19, 1959.
List
of Documents Annexed
A. Basic Structure of the Republic
of Cyprus,
B. Treaty of Guarantee between
the Republic of Cyprus and Greece, the United
Kingdom, and Turkey.
C. Treaty of Alliance between the
Republic of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey.
D. Declaration made by the
Government of the United Kingdom on 17 February 1959.
E. Additional Article to be
inserted in the Treaty of Guarantee.
F. Declaration made by the Greek
and Turkish Foreign Ministers on 17 February 1959.
G. Declaration made by the Representative of the Greek Cypriot community
on 19 February 1959.
H. Declaration made by the Representative of the Turkish Cypriot
community on 19 February 1959.
I. Agreed Measures to prepare for the new arrangements in
Cyprus.
II
ENGLISH
TRANSLATION OF THE DOCUMENTS AGREED IN THE FRENCH TEXTS AND INITIALLED BY
THE GREEK AND TURKISH PRIME MINISTERS AT ZURICH ON FEBRUARY 11, 1959
(a)
BASIC
STRUCTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYRPUS
1. The State of Cyprus shall be a Republic with a presidential
regime, the President being Greek and the Vice-President Turkish elected
by universal suffrage by the Greek and Turkish communities of the Island
respectively.
2. The official languages of the Republic of Cyprus shall be Greek
and Turkish. Legislative and administrative instruments and documents
shall be drawn up and promulgated in the two official languages.
3. The Republic of Cyprus shall have its own flag of neutral design
and color, chosen jointly by the President and the Vice-President of the
Republic.
Authorities and communities shall have the right to fly the Greek
and Turkish flags on holidays at the same time as the flag of Cyprus.
The Greek and Turkish communities shall have the right to celebrate
Greek and Turkish national holidays.
4. The President and the Vice-President shall be elected for a
period of 5 years.
In the event of absence, impediment or vacancy of their posts, the
President and the Vice-President shall be replaced by the President and
the Vice-President of the House of Representatives respectively.
In the event of a vacancy in either post, the election of new
incumbents shall take place within a period of not more than 45 days.
The President and the Vice-President shall be invested by the House
of Representatives, before which they shall take an oath of loyalty and
respect for the Constitution. For this purpose, the House of
Representatives shall meet within 24 hours after its constitution.
5. Executive authority shall be vested in the President and the
Vice-President. For this purpose they shall have a Council of Ministers
composed of seven Greek Ministers and three Turkish Ministers. The
Ministers shall be designated respectively by the President and the
Vice-President who shall appoint them by an instrument signed by them
both.
The Ministers may be chosen from outside the House of
Representatives.
Decisions of the Council of Ministers shall be taken by an absolute
majority.
Decisions so taken shall promulgated immediately by the President
and the Vice-President by publication in the official gazette.
However, the President and the Vice-President shall have the right
of final veto and the right to return the decision of the Council of
Ministers under the same conditions as those laid down for laws and
decisions of the House of Representatives.
6. Legislative authority shall be vested in a House of
Representatives elected for a period of 5 years by universal suffrage of
each community separately in the proportion of 70 per cent for the Greek
community and 30 per cent for the Turkish community, this proportion being
fixed independently of statistical date. (NB. The number of
Representatives shall be fixed by mutual agreement between the
communities.)
The House of Representatives shall exercise authority in all
matters other than those expressly reserved to the Communal Chambers. In
the event of a conflict of authority, such conflict shall be decided by
the Supreme Constitutional Court which shall be composed of one Greek, one
Turk, and one neutral, appointed jointly by the President and the
Vice-President. The neutral judge shall be president of the Court.
7. Laws and decisions of the House of Representatives shall be
adopted by a simple majority of the members present. They shall be
promulgated within 15 days if neither the President nor the Vice-President
returns them for reconsideration as provided in Point 9 below.
The Constitutional Law, with the exception of its basic articles,
may be modified by a majority comprising two-thirds of the Greek members
and two-thirds of the Turkish members of the House of Representatives.
Any modification of the electoral law and the adoption of any law
relating to the municipalities and of any law imposing duties or taxes
shall require a simple majority of the Greek and Turkish members of the House of
Representatives taking part in the vote and considered separately.
On the adoption of the budget, the President and the Vice-President
may exercise their right to return it to the House of Representatives, if
in their judgment any question of discrimination arises. It the House
maintains its decisions, the President and the Vice-President shall have
the right of appeal to the Supreme Constitutional Court.
8. The President and the Vice-President, separately and conjointly,
shall have the right of final veto on any law or decision concerning
foreign affairs, except the participation of the Republic of Cyprus in
international organizations and pacts of alliance in which Greece and
Turkey both participate or concerning defense and security as defined in
Annex I.
9. The President and the Vice-President of the Republic shall have,
separately and conjointly, the right to return all laws and decisions,
which may be returned to the House of Representatives within a period of
not more than 15 days for reconsideration.
The House of Representatives shall pronounce within 15 days on any
matter so returned. If the House of Representatives maintains its
decisions, the President and the Vice-President shall promulgate the law
or decision in question within the time-limits fixed for the promulgation
of laws and decisions.
Laws and decisions, which are considered by the President or the
Vice-President to discriminate against either of the two communities,
shall be submitted to the Supreme Constitutional Court which may annul or
confirm the law or decision or return it to the House of Representatives
for reconsideration, in whole or in part. The law or decision shall not
become effective until the Supreme Constitutional Court or, where it has
been returned the House of Representatives has taken a decision on it.
10. Each community shall have its Communal Chamber composed of a
number of representatives which it shall itself determine.
The Communal Chambers shall have the right to impose taxes and
levies on members of their community to provide for their needs and for
the needs of bodies and institutions under their supervision.
The Communal Chambers shall exercise authority in all religious,
educational, cultural and teaching questions, and questions of personal
status. They shall exercise authority in questions where the interests and
institutions are of a purely communal nature, such as sporting and
charitable foundations, bodies and associations, producers and consumers,
co-operatives and credit establishments, created for the purpose of
promoting the welfare of one of the communities. (NB. It is understood
that the provisions of the present paragraph cannot be interpreted in such
a way to prevent the creation of mixed and communal institutions where the
inhabitants desire them.)
These producers and consumers co-operatives and credit
establishments, which shall be administered under the laws of the
Republic, shall be subject to the supervision of the Communal Chambers.
The Communal Chambers shall also exercise authority in matters initiated
by municipalities which are composed of one community only. These
municipalities, to which the laws of the Republic shall apply, shall be
supervised in their functions by the Communal Chambers.
Where the central administration is obliged to take over the
supervision of the institutions, establishments, or municipalities
mentioned in the two preceding paragraphs by virtue of legislation in
force, this supervision shall be exercised by officials belonging to the
same community as the institution, establishment, or municipality in
question.
11. The Civil Service shall be composed as to 70 per cent of Greeks
and as to 30 per cent of Turks.
It is understood that this quantitative division will be applied as
far as practicable in all grades of the Civil Service.
In regions or localities where one of the two communities is in a
majority approaching 100 per cent, the organs of the local administration
shall be composed solely of officials belonging to that community.
12. The deputies of the Attorney-General of the Republic, the
Inspector-General, the Treasurer and the Governor of the Issuing Bank may
not belong to the same community as their principals. The holders of these
posts shall be appointed by the President and the Vice-President of the
Republic acting in agreement.
13. The heads and deputy heads of the Armed Forces, the Gendarmerie
and the Police shall be appointed by the President and the Vice-President
of the Republic acting in agreement. One of these heads shall be Turkish
and where the head belongs to one of the communities, the deputy head
shall belong to the other.
14. Compulsory military service may only be instituted with the
agreement of the President and the Vice-President of the Republic of
Cyprus.
Cyprus shall have an army of 2,000 men, of whom 60 per cent shall
be Greek and 40 per cent Turkish.
The security forces (gendarmerie and police) shall have a
complement of 2,000 men, which may be reduced or increased with the
agreement of both the President and the Vice-President. The security
forces shall be composed as to 70 per cent of Greeks and as to 30 per cent
of Turks. However, for an initial period this percentage may be raised to
a maximum of 40 per cent of Turks (and consequently reduced to 60 per cent
of Greeks) in order not to discharge those Turks now serving in the
police, apart from the auxiliary police.
15. Forces, which are stationed in parts of the territory of the
Republic inhabited, in a proportion approaching 100 per cent, by members
of a single community, shall belong to that community.
16. A High Court of Justice shall be established, which shall
consist of two Greeks, one Turk and one neutral, nominated jointly by the
President and the Vice-President of the Republic.
The President of the Court shall be the neutral judge, who shall
have two votes.
This Court shall constitute the highest organ of the judicature.
(appointments, promotions of judges, etc.)
17. Civil disputes, where the plaintiff and the defendant belong to
the same community, shall be tried by a tribunal composed of judges
belonging to that community. If the plaintiff and defendant belong to
different communities, the composition of the tribunal shall be mixed and
shall be determined by the High Court of Justice.
Tribunals dealing with civil disputes relating to questions of
personal status and to religious matters, which are reserved to the
competence of the Communal Chambers under Point 10, shall be composed
solely of judges belonging to the community concerned. The composition and
status of these tribunals shall be determined according to the law drawn
up by the Communal Chamber and they shall apply the law drawn up by the
Communal Chamber.
In criminal cases, the tribunal shall consist of judges belonging
to the same community as the accused. If the injured party belongs to
another community, the composition of the tribunal shall be mixed and
shall be determined by the High Court of Justice.
18. The President and the Vice President of the Republic shall each have
the right to exercise the prerogative of mercy to persons from their
respective communities who are condemned to death.
In cases where the plaintiffs and the convicted persons are members
of different communities the prerogative of mercy shall be exercised by
agreement between the President and the Vice-President. In the event of
disagreement the vote for clemency shall prevail. When mercy is accorded
the death penalty shall be commuted to life imprisonment.
19. In the event of agriculture reform, lands shall be
redistributed only to persons who are members of the same community as the
expropriated owners.
Expropriations by the State or the Municipalities shall only be
carried out on payment of a just and equitable indemnity fixed, in
disputed cases, by the tribunals. An appeal to the tribunals shall have
the effect of suspending action.
Expropriated property shall only be used for the purpose for which
the expropriation was made. Otherwise the property shall be restored to
the owners.
20. Separate municipalities shall be created in the five largest
towns of Cyprus by the Turkish inhabitants of these towns. However:
(a)
In each of the towns a coordinating body shall be set up which
shall supervise work which needs to be carried out jointly and shall
concern itself
with matters which require a degree of co-operation. These bodies
shall each
be composed of two members chosen by the Greek municipalities, two members
chosen by the Turkish municipalities and a President chosen by
agreement between the two municipalities.
(b)
The President and the Vice-President shall examine within 4 years
the
question whether or not this separation of municipalities in the
five largest towns shall continue.
With regard to the localities, special arrangements shall be made
for the constitution of municipal bodies, following, as far as possible,
the rule of proportional representation for the two communities.
21. A Treaty guaranteeing the independence, territorial integrity
and constitution of the new State of Cyprus shall be concluded between the
Republic of Cyprus, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Turkey. A Treaty of
military alliance shall also be concluded between the Republic of Cyprus,
Greece, and Turkey.
These two instruments shall have constitutional force. (This last
paragraph shall be inserted in the Constitution as a basic article.)
22. It shall be recognized that the total or partial union of
Cyprus with any other State, or a separatist independence for Cyprus (i.e.
the partition of Cyprus into two independent States), shall be excluded.
23. The Republic of Cyprus shall accord most-favored-nation
treatment for Britain, Greece, and Turkey for all agreements whatever
their nature.
This provision shall not apply to the Treaties between the Republic
of Cyprus and the United Kingdom concerning the bases and military
facilities accorded to the United Kingdom.
24. The Greek and Turkish Governments shall have the right to
subsidize institutions for education, culture, athletics, and charity
belonging to their respective communities.
Equally, where either community considers that it has not the
necessary number of schoolmasters, professors, or priests for the working
of its institutions, the Greek and Turkish Governments may provide them to
the extent strictly necessary to meet their needs.
25. One of the following Ministers - the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, or the Ministry of Finance - shall be
entrusted to a Turk. If the President and the Vice-President agree they
may replace this system of rotation.
26. The new State which is to come into being with the signature of
the Treaties shall be established as quickly as possible and within a
period of not more than 3 months from the signature of the Treaties.
27. All the above Points shall be considered to be basic articles
of the Constitution of Cyprus.
E.A.T
F.R.Z.
S.L.
A.M.
F.K.
Annex
I A
The defense questions subject to veto under Point 8 of the Basic
Structure are as follows:
(a) Composition and size of the armed forces and credits for them.
(b) Appointments and promotions.
(c) Imports of warlike stores and of all kinds of explosives.
(d) Granting of bases and other facilities to allied countries.
The security questions subject to veto are as follows:
(a) Appointments and promotions.
(b) Allocation and stationing of forces
(c) Emergency measures and martial law.
(d) Police laws.
It is provided that the right of veto shall cover all emergency
measures or decisions, but not those concern the normal functioning of the
police and gendarmerie.
TREATY
OF GUARANTEE
The Republic of Cyprus of the one part, and Greece, the United
Kingdom and Turkey of the other part:
I. Considering that the recognition and maintenance of the
independence, territorial integrity and security of the Republic of
Cyprus, as established and regulated by the Basic articles of its
Constitution, are in their common interest:
II. Desiring to co-operate to ensure that the provisions of the
aforesaid Constitution shall be respected;
Have
agreed as follows:
ARTICLE
1
The Republic of Cyprus undertakes to ensure the maintenance of its
independence, territorial integrity and security, as well as respect for
its Constitution.
It undertakes not to participate, in whole or in part, in any
political or economic union with any State whatsoever. With this intent it
prohibits all activity tending to promote directly or indirectly either
union or partition of the Island.
ARTICLE
2
Greece, the United Kingdom and Turkey, taking note of the
undertakings by the Republic of Cyprus embodied in Article 1, recognize
and guarantee the independence, territorial integrity and security of the
Republic of Cyprus, and also the provisions of the basic articles of its
Constitution.
They likewise undertake to prohibit, as far as lies within their
power, all activity having the object of promoting directly or indirectly
either the union of the Republic of Cyprus with any other State, or the
partition of the Island.
ARTICLE
3
In the event of any breach of the provisions of the present Treaty,
Greece, the United Kingdom, and Turkey undertake to consult together, with
a view to making representations, or taking the necessary steps to ensure
observance of those provisions.
In so far as common or concerted action may prove impossible, each
of the three guaranteeing Powers reserves the right to take action with
the sole aim of re-establishing the state of affairs established by the
present Treaty.
ARTICLE
4
The present Treaty shall enter into force on signature.
The High Contracting Parties undertake to register the present
Treaty at the earliest possible date with the Secretariat of the United
Nations, in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter.
E.A.T
F.R.Z
S.L.
A.M.
F.K.
(c)
TREATY
OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, GREECE AND TURKEY
1. The Republic of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey shall co-operate for
their common defense and undertake by this Treaty to consult together on
the problems raised by this defense.
2. The High Contracting Parties undertake to resist any attack or
aggression, direct or indirect, directed against the independence and
territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus.
3. In the spirit of this alliance and in order to fulfill the above
purpose a tripartite Headquarters shall be established on the territory of
the Republic of Cyprus.
4. Greece shall take part in the Headquarters mentioned in the
preceding article with a contingent of 950 officers, non-commissioned
officers and soldiers and Turkey with a contingent of 650 officers,
non-commissioned officers and soldiers. The President and the
Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus, acting in agreement, may ask the
Greek and Turkish Governments to increase or reduce the Greek and Turkish
contingents.
5. The Greek and Turkish officers mentioned above shall be
responsible for the training of the Army of the Republic of Cyprus.
6. The command of the tripartite Headquarters shall be assumed in
rotation and for a period of one year each by a Cypriot, Greek and Turkish
General Officer, who shall be nominated by the Governments of Greece and
Turkey and by the President and the Vice-President of the Republic of
Cyprus.
E.A.T
F.R.Z
S.L.
A.M
F.K.
III
DECLARATION
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, having examined the documents concerning the establishment of the
Republic of Cyprus, comprising the Basic Structure for the Republic of
Cyprus, the Treaty of Guarantee and the Treaty of Alliance, drawn up and
approved by the Heads of the Governments of Greece and Turkey in Zurich on
February 11, 1959, and taking into account the consultations in London,
from February 11 to 16, 1959,between the Foreign Ministers of Greece,
Turkey and the United Kingdom Declare:
A. That, subject to the acceptance of their requirements as set out
in Section B below, they accept the documents approved by the Heads of the
Governments of Greece and Turkey as the agreed foundation for the final
settlement of the problem of Cyprus.
B. That, with the exception of two areas at
(a) Akrotiri-Episkopi-Paramali, and
(b) Dhekelia-Pergamos-Ayios-Nikoaos-Xylophagou, which will be
retained under full British sovereignty, they are willing to transfer
sovereignty over the Island of Cyprus to the Republic of Cyprus subject to
the following conditions:
Island of Cyprus to the Republic of Cyprus subject to the following
conditions:
(1) that
such rights are secured to the United Kingdom Government
as are necessary to enable the two areas as aforesaid to be used
effectively as military bases, including among others those rights
indicated in the Annex attached, and that satisfactory guarantees are
given by Greece, Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus for the integrity of
the areas retained under British sovereignty and the use and enjoyment by
the United Kingdom of the rights referred to above;
(2) that
provision shall be made by agreement for:
(I)
the protection of the fundamental human rights of the various
communities in Cyprus;
(ii)
the protection of the interests of the members of the public
services in Cyprus;
(iii) determining
the nationality of persons affected by the settlement;
(iv)
the assumption by the Republic of Cyprus of the appropriate
obligations of the present Government of Cyprus, including the settlement
of claims.
C. That the Government of the United Kingdom welcome the draft
Treaty of Alliance between the Republic of Cyprus, the Kingdom of Greece
and the Republic of Turkey and will co-operate with the Parties thereto in
the common defense of Cyprus.
D. That the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus shall come into
force and the formal signature of the necessary instruments by the parties
concerned shall take place at the earliest practicable date and on that
date sovereignty will be transferred to the Republic of Cyprus.
SELWYN
LLOYD
ALAN
LENNOX-BOYD
E.A.T.
F.R.Z.
A.M. F.K.
Annex
The following rights will be necessary in connection with the areas
to be retained under British sovereignty:
(a) to
continue to use, without restriction or interference, the existing small
sites containing military and other installations and to exercise complete
control within these sites, including the right to guard and defend them
and to exclude from them all persons not authorized by the United Kingdom
Government;
(b) to
use roads, ports and other
facilities freely for the movement of personnel and stores of all kinds to
and from and between the above-mentioned areas and sites;
(c) to
continue to have the use of specified port facilities at Famagusta;
(d) to
use public services (such as water, telephone, telegraph, electric power,
etc.);
(e) to
use from time to time certain localities; which would be specified, for
troop training;
(f)
to use the airfield at Nicosia, together with any necessary
buildings and facilities on or connected with the airfield to whatever
extent is considered necessary by the British authorities for the
operation of British military aircraft in peace and war, including the
exercise of any necessary operational control of air traffic;
(g) to
overfly the territory of the Republic of Cyprus without restriction;
(h) to
exercise jurisdiction over British forces to an extent comparable with
that provided in Article VII of the Agreement regarding the Status of
Forces of Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, in respect of certain
offenses committed within the territory of the Republic of Cyprus;
(I) to
employ freely in the areas and sites labor from other parts of Cyprus;
(j)
to obtain, after consultation with the Government of the Republic
of Cyprus, the use of such additional small sites and such additional
rights as the United Kingdom may, from time to time, consider technically
necessary for the efficient use of its base areas and installations in
Cyprus.
IV
ADDITIONAL
ARTICLE TO BE INSERTED IN THE TREATY OF GUARANTEE
The Kingdom of Greece, the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of
Cyprus undertakes to respect the integrity of the areas to be retained
under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom upon the establishment of the
Republic of Cyprus, and guarantee the use and enjoyment by the United
Kingdom of the rights to be secured to the United Kingdom by the Republic
of Cyprus in accordance with the declaration by the Government of the
United Kingdom.
S.L. E.A.T
F.R.Z.
A.M.
F.K.
V
DECLARATION
MADE BY GREEK AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTERS ON FEBRUARY 17, 1959
The Foreign Ministers of Greece and Turkey, having considered the
declaration made by the Government of the United Kingdom on February 17,
1959, accept that declaration, together with the document approved by the
Heads of the Greek and Turkish Governments in Zurich on February 11, 1959,
as providing the agreed foundation for the final settlement of the problem
of Cyprus.
E.
AVEROFF-TOSSIZZA
FATIN
R. ZORLU
S.L.
A.M.
F.K.
VI
DECLARATION
MADE BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GREEK-CYPRIOT COMMUNITY
ON FEBRUARY 19, 1959
Archbishop Makarios, representing the Greek Cypriot Community,
having examined the document concerning the establishment of the Republic
of Cyprus drawn up and approved by the Heads of the Governments of Greece
and Turkey in Zurich on February 11, 1959, and the declarations made by
the Government of the United Kingdom, and by the Foreign Ministers of
Greece and Turkey on February 17, 1959, declares that he accepts the
documents and declarations as the agreed foundation for the final
settlement of the problem of Cyprus.
ARCHBISHOP
MAKARIOS
S.L.
E.A.T.
F.R.Z.
F.K.
VII
DECLARATION
MADE BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TURKISH-CYPRIOT COMMUNITY ON FEBRUARY
19, 1959
Dr. Küçük, representing the Turkish Cypriot Community, having
examined the documents concerning the establishment of the Republic of
Cyprus drawn up and approved by the Heads of the Governments of Greece and
Turkey in Zurich on February 11, 1959, and the declarations made by the
Government of the United Kingdom, and by the Foreign Ministers of Greece
and Turkey on February 17, 1959, declares that he accepts the documents
and declarations as the agreed foundation for the final settlement of the
problem of Cyprus.
F.
KÜÇÜK
S.L.
E.A.T.
F.R.Z
A.M.
VIII
AGREED
MEASURES TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS IN CYPRUS
1. All parties to the Conference firmly endorse the aim of bringing
the constitution (including the elections of President, Vice-President,
and the three Assemblies) and the Treaties into full effect as soon as
practicable and in any case not later than twelve months from todays
date (the 19th of February, 1959). Measures leading to the transfer of
sovereignty in Cyprus will begin at once.
2. The first of these measures will be the immediate establishment
of:
(a) a
Joint Commission in Cyprus with the duty of completing a draft
constitution for the independent Republic of Cyprus, incorporating the
basic structure agreed at the Zurich Conference. This Commission shall be
composed of one representative each of the Greek-Cypriot and the
Turkish-Cypriot community and one representative nominated by the
Government of Greece and one representative nominated by the Government of
Greece and one representative nominated by the Government of Turkey,
together with a legal adviser nominated by the Foreign Ministers of Greece
and Turkey, and shall in its work have regard to and shall scrupulously
observe the points contained in the documents of the Zurich Conference and
shall fulfill its task in accordance with the principles there laid down;
(b) a
Transitional Committee in Cyprus, with responsibility for drawing up plans
for adapting and reorganizing the Governmental machinery in Cyprus in
preparation for the transfer of authority to the independent Republic of
Cyprus. This Committee shall be composed of the Governor of Cyprus, the
leading representative of the Greek community and the leading
representative of the Turkish community and other Greek and Turkish
Cypriots nominated by the Governor after consultation with the two leading
representatives in such a way as not to conflict with paragraph 5 of the
Basic Structure;
(c) a
Joint Committee in London composed of a representative of each of the
Governments of Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and one
representative each of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities,
with the duty of preparing the final treaties giving effect to the
conclusions of the London Conference. This Committee will prepare drafts
for submission to Governments covering inter
alia matters arising from the retention areas in Cyprus, questions of
nationality, the treatment of the liabilities of the present Government of
Cyprus, and the financial and economic problems arising from the creation
of an independent Republic of Cyprus.
3. The Governor will, after consultation with the two leading
representatives, invite individual members of the Transitional Committee
to assume special responsibilities for particular departments and
functions of Government. This process will be started as soon as possible
and will be progressively extended.
4. The headquarters mentioned in Article 4 of the Treaty of
Alliance between the Republic of Cyprus, the Kingdom of Greece and the
Republic of Turkey will be established three months after the completion
of the work of the Commission referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above and
will be composed of a
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