text: Legal. issues $ith the thoroughness atd fairness of a judicial body. Its decisions should not, therefore, extead beyond the prescription of specific action ained atmaintaining or restoring interuationaL peace. PART I. TIIE STATUS OF THE CYPRIOT COMMT'NITIES IN TI{E CONTE:CT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CYPRUS QUESTION 3. The position of the Greek and Turkish parties in ClTtrus in relation to thesettfement of the Clrprus question is real]y guite straightforward. The two partiesare seParate conrnuaities of equaL standing itl Eha Degotiations, eactr exercising itsright to determine its own future and neither being subordinate to the other in anymaterial respect. The rtisparity in numbers between thern doe6 not affect theirequatity of status ia relaEiou to the sett.tement of the Cyprus problem. 4. The Positions of the communities thus described derives frorn a uunber of basictexts aud is uniforrnly reflecLed in statenents of the guarantor powers, Greece,Turkey and the United Kingdon of creat Britain and Northern lreland, and in acts ofthe United Nations, lrhether in the forn of resoLutions of the security councit andthe General Assernbly or in statements of the Sec retary-General , The basic texts 1. Prior to the indeper.dence of CvDrus 5. An early acknowledgement of the sbatus of the Cwo comrnunities - aad aparticularly significant one as enanating fron the Colonial Secretary of Britain,at that time the country responsible for the governance of, Cyprus - is to be foundA/44/968 S/2l463 English Page4 (c)TheSecurity Council didnotadoptthiseven-handed approach. Insteadit dealtwiththeactionoftheTurkish Cypriot community inisolation. Ifithad assessed thesituation asawhole.itcouldnotpossibly haveconcluded thatthe conduct oftheTurkish Cypriot community violated thecontrolling legalinstruments whiletheconduct oftheGreekCypriot community didnot.Norcouldithave reached anyotherconclusion thanthattheactionoftheGreekCypriot community justified theconduct oftheTurkish Cypriot community. (d)Theresolutions oftheSecurity Council were.therefore. tainted bysuch adegree ofselectivity andincompleteness astorender themarbitrary and discriminatory. andthusnotwellfounded inlaw.Itfollows thatthecallto Statesnottorecognize theTRNCwasnotlegally justified. Theactionofthe Security Council inthiscasewasquitedifferent toitsaction inrelation to Rhodesia andtheAfrican bantustans wheretherewerenocontrolling treaties. Accordingly. pending thesettlement oftheCyprusquestion bynegotiations between
analysis: The text appears to be a legal document discussing the status of communities in Cyprus and the international community's response to the Cyprus question. It references international agreements, resolutions, and statements from various organizations, including the United Nations and the Security Council. The text also mentions the actions of specific countries, such as Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Given the legal and political nature of the text, it seems likely that it falls under a category related to international relations or politics.