text: 47. There may, of course, be some trho attach special teigbt to the fact that theGreek CIrI,rioEs are iu a nurnerical majority in Cl?rus. That coDsiateration may berelovant to the political acE of distributing potrer a'"d positions within theconstitution. This is shown by the fact that, f,or exampre, the 196d constitutionProvides that the couucil of Ministers shaLl. be composed of seven Greek Milistersaad three Turkish Ministers (Art. 46) and that 70 per cetrt of the members of theIlouse of Representatives shalr. be elected by th6 Greek conmunity aad 30 per cenE bythe Turkish comrnunity. But inequality of numbers catnot getrerate inequaLity ofobligatio!. The fact that one community nay constitutionarly be entiited to moreMilisters or more represe.tatives than the other does noE mean there is sqmecorresPolding entitlerneut the rnore freeLy to reject the duty of cornpliance irith a!agreed constitution' The nra€ricat rnajority of the Greek conrnuaity cannot beinvo*ed to justify fundamental departures from the constitution ly ttrat connunityuhile insisteqce is stilt pfaced on conformity by the Turkish cornrnunity nith itsobligations uader tbe same instrument, 48. rn so far as the "ilregari.ty" of tbe rRNc action is thought to derive fromi[ternational law, the consideraeion already given above to the relevaace andoperation of the 1.960 rreaEies should be sufficieat to dispose of that poirt. 49. The possibility renaina, however, that some tnay see in the references tonational unity aud Eerritoriar integrity in the Declaration on the Granting of,Independence to Colotrial CounLries and peoples (ceneral A.ssenbly resolution1514 (Xv) of 1960), and the DecLaration on principtes of fnternitionat Lawconcerning Friendly Relations and co-operacion among states in accordance with theCharter of the United Nat.ious (General Assenbly resolueion 2625 (:off) of24 October 1970), a reason for charact€riziag the TRNC d.eclaration as illegal. Nodoubt these prescriptions are of general inporbance, but the fact of theirA/44/968 S/2l463 English Page15 2.Theproposition thatthe1983Declaration oftheTRNCis"legally invalid" 45.Theexpress statement bytheSecurity Council, bothinparagraph 2of resolution 541(1983)andinparagraph 2ofresolution 550(1984)thatthe1983 Declaration is"legally invalid" requires consideration ofthequestion: by reference towhatlawisthis'legalinvalidity tobedetermined? Thereareonly twopossibilities: oneistheconstitutional lawofCyprus; theotheris international law. 46.Asregards theconstitutional lawofCyprus,itwillbeclearthatno assessment ofthelegalvalidity oftheconduct oftheTurkish Cypriot community canbecarried outwithout acomparable consideration ofthelegalvalidity ofthe conduct oftheGreekCypriot community. Thetwolegalsituations arenecessarily interconnected. Anyassessment oftheonewithout acorresponding assessment of theotheris,therefore, boundtobeinherently flawed. Butmorethanthat,as already stated, anyconsideration oftheonewithout consideration oftheother contradicts thepolicyreflected intheSecurity Council's owndeclared position thattheparties mustnegotiate "onanequalfooting" -anapproach whichlogically carries withittheprinciple, necessarily partofanylawyer's approach tothe consideration ofanissuebetween twoparties, thatbothmustbetreated with perfect equality. 47.Theremay,ofcourse, besomewhoattachspecial weighttothefactthatthe GreekCypriots areinanumerical majority inCyprus. Thatconsideration maybe relevant tothepolitical actofdistributing powerandpositions withinthe Constitution. Thisisshownbythefactthat,forexample, the196dConstitution provides thattheCouncil ofMinisters shallbecomposed ofsevenGreekMinisters andthreeTurkish Ministers (Art.46)andthat70percentofthemembers ofthe HouseofRepresentatives shallbeelected bytheGreekcommunity and30percentby theTurkish community. Butinequality ofnumbers cannotgenerate inequality of obligation. Thefactthatonecommunity mayconstitutionally beentitled tomore Ministers ormorerepresentatives thantheotherdoesnotmeanthereissome corresponding entitlement themorefreelytorejectthedutyofcompliance withan agreedConstitution. ThenumErical majority oftheGreekcommunity cannot be invoked tojustify fundamental departures fromtheConstitution bythatcommunity whileinsistence isstillplaced onconformity bytheTurkish community withits
analysis: The text appears to be a legal analysis of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and its declaration of independence, with a focus on the constitutional and international implications. The discussion revolves around the principles of national unity, territorial integrity, and the role of the Security Council. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or any other category related to the well-being of the population.