text: f,undamental and leqitinate rights" (Generat Assembly resolution 3212 (Io(Ix) of I Novenber 1974). This resolution was endorseal by the Security Council in resolution 365 (1974) of 13 Decenber L974. 22. on 13 February f975, the Turlish ClTlriot cor nunity proclained the turkish Federated State of CyErrus ("TFSC"). According to the Introduceion to the text of the Coastitution of the TFSC published on t July 1975 the Turkish Cl?riots had by February 1975 found that, having regard to developments since 1963, "it nas absolutely necessary for the Turkish Cypriot Corununity to make a fundamental re-organization of its interual" structure in the light of the large region which it had to administer". The Security Couucil expressed "regret" at this developneut "as, inter a1ia, bending to cornpromise the continuaEion of negotiations between the representatives of the two conmunities on an equaf footiDg" (resolution 367 (1975), para. 2), There is, of course, an inher€nt contradiction in the resolution in so far as, the one hand, it stresses negotiaeions beEweeu the connunities "on an eguaL footing" and, on the other, it regrets Ehe assertion by the Turkish CypriotA/44/968 S/2l463 English Page8 upontheGreekcoupof15July1974andtheintervention byTurkeyintheexercise ofitsrightsasaguarantor ofthe1960settlement. There,thepreamble declared theconcern oftheCouncil "about thenecessity torestore theconstitutional structure oftheRepublic ofCyprus, established andguaranteed byinternational agreements". Itmaybenoted, parenthetically, thatthatconcern wasreiterated 10dayslaterintheGenevaDeclaration issued bytheForeign Ministers ofGreece, Turkey andtheUnited Kingdom whentheyurgedthat"negotiations shouldbecarried ontosecuretherestoration ofpeaceintheareaandthere-establishment of constitutional government inCyprusll •TheForeign Ministers alsoacknowledged the statusofthecommunities byagreeing "thatrepresentatives oftheGreekCypriot andTurkish Cypriot Communities should, atanearlystage,participate inthetalks relating totheConstitution", including thequestion "ofanimmediate return to constitutional legitimacyll. Lastly, they Ilnotedtheexistence inpractice inthe Republic ofCyprusoftwoautonomous administrations, thatoftheGreekCypriot community andthatoftheTurkish Cypriot community". 20.On30August 1974,theSecurity Council againacknowledged theroleofthetwo communities byexpressing itsappreciation totheSecretary-General fortheparthe playedinbringing abouttalksbetween theleaders ofthetwocommunities (resolution 361(1974». 21.Laterinthesameyear,theGeneral Assembly entered thepicture byadopting a resolution that, amongotherthings, stated thatitIlconsidersthatthe constitutional systemoftheRepublic ofCyprusconcerns theGreekCypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities" and"commends thecontact andnegotiations taking
analysis: This text appears to be related to the political situation in Cyprus, specifically the relationship between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. It mentions the 1960 settlement, the 1974 coup, and the subsequent interventions by Turkey and the Security Council resolutions. The text also touches on the concept of fundamental and legitimate rights, negotiations, and the restoration of constitutional government. Given the focus on international politics and the rights of communities, it seems likely that the text is related to a specific political or legal issue.