text: ., lurkish Cypriot cornmuDity for conduct said to be "incompatible" rdith the Treaty ofi Guarantee without, at the sane time, assessing the relevance to the situation of the conduct of, ttre Greek Cypriot cotnmunity and, in particutar, its deliberate disregard of the terns of the Cyprus CoDstitution througtroub the period of 20 years ' preceding the est.ablishnent ot the TRNC.A/44/968 S/21463 English Page14 (b)"The1960TreatyofGuarantee" 41.Security Council resolution 541(1983)alsoreferstotheincompatibility of theTurkish Cypriot actionwiththe1960TreatyofGuarantee. Alltheobservations madeaboveregarding the1960TreatyofEstablishment areequally applicable to thisTreaty. Inaddition, however, itisappropriate tonotethatthisTreaty, eveDmoreexpressly thantheTreaty ofEstablishment, givesinternational standing totheBasicStructure andtheConstitution of1960. Thus,inthePreamble, the Parties statetheconsideration "thattherecognition andmaintenance oftheindependence, territorial integrity andsecurity oftheRepublic ofCyprus, asestablished andregulated bytheBasicArticles ofitsConstitution, areintheir common interest". Thereasonforgiving emphasis inthephrasejustquotedtothewords"as established andregulated bytheBasicArticles ofitsConstitution" isthatthe effectofthesewordsistodefinethat"Republic ofCyprus" ofwhichthe independence andterritorial integrity istoberecognized andmaintained. In termsoftheTreatyofGuarantee, aCyprusthatisnotregulated bytheBasic Articles ofitsConstitution isnotlitheRepublic ofCyprus" atallanditfollows thattheassertion oftheindependence oftheTRNCcannot beanunlawful secession. 42.Reference mustalsobemadetoArticle 1ofthesameTreaty: "TheRepubEc ofCyprusundertakes toensurethemaintenance ofits independence, territorial integrity andsecurity, aswellasrespect forits Constitution. Itundertakes nottoparticipate, inwholeorinpart,inanypolitical or economic unionwithanyStatewhatsoever. Itaccordingly declares prohibited anyactivity likely topromote, directly orindirectly, either unionwithany otherStateorpartition oftheIsland." 43.TheSecurity Council hasevidently takentheviewthatthisTreatyisdirectly binding upontheTurkish Cypriot community, otherwise theSecurity Council could nothavedeemedthe1983Declaration oftheTRNCtobe"incompatible" withthat Treaty. ButifthatisthecaseandiftheTreatyisbinding ontheTurkish Cypriot community, itmustbeatleastasbinding ontheGreekCypriot community, ifnotmoreso,because itisthatcommunity whichisholding itself outtobelithe Republic ofCyprus". 44.TheSecurity Council was,therefore, inerrorinfailing toapplythetermsof theTreatyofGuarantee equally tobothcommunities. Itis,inthehistorical circumstances ofthesituatior, impossible toattribute aresponsibility tothe Turkish Cypriot community forconduct saidtobe"incompatible" withtheTreaty of;-Guarantee without, atthesametime,assessing therelevance tothesituation of theconduct oftheGreek Cypri~t community and,inparticular, itsdeliberate disregard ofthetermsoftheCyprusConstitution throughout theperiodof20years preceding theestablishment oftheTRNC. I ... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA/44/968 s/21463 English Page 15 Z. The DroPosltiot that the 1983 Decla"atior, of the TRNC is "legallr, irt"fid',
analysis: This text appears to be a legal document or a report discussing the political situation in Cyprus, specifically the Turkish Cypriot community's declaration of independence and its compatibility with the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee. The text cites various articles and resolutions to support its arguments, indicating a focus on international law and politics.