text: Hisapproach isreflected inhisinterim report ondiscussions regarding thepowers andfunctions ofafederal government. Thiswasexpressed intermsofhishaving "met•••withtherepresentatives oftheGreekCypriot andTurkish Cypriot communities" (United Nations document S/11789 of5August1975). Also,inhis reportof8December 1975(S/ll900 andAdd.l)theSecretary-General expressed the viewthatinthethencircumstances thebestavailable meansofmaking progress towards asettlement "isthrough continued talksbetween therepresentatives ofthe twocommunities". 24.ThisviewwasechoedinGeneral Assembly resolution 3395(XXX)of 20November 1975,whentheAssembly called "fortheimmediate resumption inameaningful andconstructive manner ofthe negotiations between therepresentatives ofthetwocommunities, underthe auspices oftheSecretary-General, tobeconducted freely onanequalfooting withaviewtoreaching amutually acceptable agreement basedontheir fundamental andlegitimate rights"~ Foritspart,theSecurity Council endorsed thiswording byrepeating itinthe preambles toresolutions 391(1976), 401(1976)and410(1977). 25.Intheformal outcome oftheensuing discussions between thetwocommunities therewasnodeparture fromtheconcept ofnegotiation onanequalfooting. The "High-Level Agreement" of12February 1977between President Makarios and President Denktas declared that"weareseeking anindependent, non-aligned, bi-conununal Federal Republic". Bi-zonality wasalsoaccepted: "theterritory undertheadministration ofeachcommunity should bediscussed •••If 26.LaterinthesameyeartheSecurity Council againcalled upon"the representatives ofthetwocommunities" toresume negotiations (resolution 414(1977)of15September 1977),asdidtheGeneral Assembly inthebynow well-hallowed phrase "negotiations between therepresentatives ofthetwo communities, tobeconducted freely onanequalfooting" (resolution 32/15of 9November 1977). 27.ThenextHigh-Level Agreement (theso-called "lO-Point Agreement") of 19May1979between President Denktas andPresident Kyprianou innowaydeparted fromthisapproach. EventhoughtheAgreement didnotrestate theapproach expressly. itaccepted itimpliedly. ThisAgreement wasreferred toinGeneral Assembly resolution 34/30of20November 1979when"therepresentatives ofthetwo communities" werecalled ontoresume negotiations lionanequalfootinglt •Similar wording alsoappeared inGeneral Assembly resolution 37/253of13May1983. 1••• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryA,/ 44/964 s,/ 214 6 3 English Page LO 28. There began in December 1981 a series of Security Council resolutions whicb, in renewiug th€ mandate of I'NFTCYP (as rnany resolutions had Previously done) also noted tlrat "the parties have resumeal their irtercorNruaal talks". (See resolutiors 495 (1981), 510 (1982), 526 (1982) anil 534 (1983),) 29. Ilr short, for the period ending itl Novenber 1983 (rdhe! the Turkish ct?riot community declar€d the establishmeat of the TRNC), there is a cl'ear Pattern of acknowledgenent by the Uaiteat Natlons of the s€parate status of the two conrnunities iu Cyprus, of the requirenent. that. they shoul.d legotiate on "an equal. footing" and
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the political situation in Cyprus, specifically the negotiations and agreements between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. It mentions various resolutions and agreements, including the "High-Level Agreement" and the "10-Point Agreement", which seem to be focused on the establishment of a federal government and the rights of the two communities. The text does not mention economic, environmental, or scientific issues, but rather political and diplomatic efforts.