text: causestotheTurkish Cypriot peopleofCyprus. Ishouldtherefore begrateful if youcouldconveythismemorandum totheCouncil ofMinisters fortheir consideration~ (Signed) RaufR.DENKTAS President /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryL/ 44/ 966 s/21398 EngLish Page 4 1. The Prestdent in offlce of lhe Counci I of Ministers has been sent three applications, dated 3 July 1990, by a body calljng itself "the Government of the Repub.l i c of Cyprus" seekrng membership for "cyprus" (not "the Republic of cyprus" ) rn the three Europeancommunitles.rntt'isconnect.iontheTurk.ishcyprlotSlderespectf u l.l y reque€ts the Counci I of Mintsters to take lnto consideration +'he fol lowing objectlons and observallons' cvorus is a two-cotttnunilY -igj-anlLAgtrl!'Elff TURKISH CYPRIOT I.IEMORANDUM ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS oF THE EUROPEAN COMMUI'IITIES IN RESFECT OF AN "APPLICATION'' FOR MEMBERSHIP BY ''THE REPUSLIC OF CYPRUS.. The basis of the Turkish Cypriot opposition to the present2. The basls of the Turl'\lsh cyprloE opposllran Le une Pr E-i-rru appl ication is that the Republ ic of Cyprus as original ly conceived an! Urousnt'rnlo being in 1960 was founded on the existence of two separate and political'l y equal communi ties - one Turkish' the other Greek. whateyer may have happened since then - and the essential elements will be recalled below - the fact remains that there are still two separa+.e communitles in cyprus and a legal background which recogni:es lhe separaten€se and po.l itical equal ity of these two communitiee. Even lf the Greek Cypriot community has in a number of ccntexts succeeded in assumi ng the mantle of "the Republ ic of cyprus", that is not a consideration that can now entitle it +.o reoresent the whole of Cyprus in so fundamental a development as the acquisition of membership of the European communi t ies or at alL 3. Unlit<e any other international relationship into which the
analysis: This text appears to be a diplomatic document, likely related to the membership application of the Republic of Cyprus in the European Communities. It discusses the objections and concerns of the Turkish Cypriot community regarding this application, highlighting the issue of the recognition of two separate and equal communities in Cyprus. The document seems to be focused on the political and constitutional aspects of the application, rather than specific economic or social issues.