S/PV.2729 Security Council

I should like to inform members of the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey in whioh they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council’s agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Moushoutas (Cyprus), Mr. Dountas !Greece) and Mr. Turkmen (Turkey) took places at the Council table.

I should like to recall that in the course of the Council’s consultations, members of the Council agreed that an invitation should be extended to Mr. Ozer Koray in accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rulea of procedure. Unless I hear any objection , I shall take it that the Council decides to invite &. Koray in accordance with rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so aecided. At the appropriate time I shall invite Mr. Koray to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on it8 agenda. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nation5 Operaticm in Cyprus for the period 1 June to 30 November 1986 (S/l8491 and Add.1). Members of the Council also have before them a draft resolution, contained in document S/18515, which was prepared in the course of the Council’s consultations. It i6 my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall now put the draft WMolution to the vote. There being no objection, it ie 80 decided. A vote was taken by ehaw of hands. In favour i AuStCalia, Bulgaria, China, Congo, Denmark, prance, @arm, Madagascar, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Union of 8oviet wieliet ZPepublics, United Arab mirates, united Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United State5 of l&et&a, Venezuela

There were 15 vote5 in favour. The draft resolution ha5 therefore &em adopted unanimously, as resolution 593 (1986). The first speaker is the representative of Cyprus, on whom I now call. (The President) Mr. MOUSHOIJTAS (Cyprus) : Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of the high office of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December, and to oommend you for the leadership and wisdom with which you have conducted the consultations on the resolution just adopted, renewing the mandate of the United Nations Peace-keeping Porte in Cyprus (UNFXCYP) for another period of six months- . It is a source of satisfaction for me that the presidency of this important organ of the United Nations is in the most talent&l hands of a seasoned and distinguished diplomat of a great country with which we share close and friendly relations. key I add, Sir, that we are fully aware of your country’s struggles and great sacrifices tc create *one nation indivisible”. The preservation of the indivisibility of Cyprus is one of the main causes of our own struggle, and its negation is one of the tea&me for the perpetuation of our problem and for its being once more before this body. Cur congratulations go also to the President of the Security Council for the month of November, Ambassador Sir John Thomson, the Permanent Representative OF t.he United Ringdcm, for the impeccable manner in which he conducted the consultations of the Council on a number of important world i8sues brought before it. I should like at the outset to thank the members of the Security Council for the decision to renew the mandate of UNPICTP, to which my Government had given it8 prior consent. Considering the critical situation prevailing on the island and the ongoing mission of good offices of the Secretary-General, the peace-keeping functions of UNFICYP, in promoting notmalization and maintaining calm, are necessary and complementary to the peace-making efforts of our Secretary-General. In this teapect, 1 should like to express appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Perez de Cueller, for his untiring efforts in seeking a peaceful and just solution to the problem of Cyprus. In congratulating him warmly on his m-election to his high post, I wish to tea&we him of our full co-operation and continued support of his Cyprus oiesion of gctad offices, whose mandate was juet renewed. We wish to state again that our hopets for vindication rest 4th the United Nations, which we amsider the guardian of the freedom of all, especially the small States. The principles of its charter constitute the Corner-stone of our foreign policy and the framework within which a just and lasting solution of our problem can be found. We commend warmly the valuable contribution of the Secretary-General’s close collaborators on the question of Cyprus - the under-Secretary-GeneraL Ht. Nartaok Goulding, and Memets. James ftolger, Gustave Peissel and Giandouenico Picco. we value their dedicated efforts to advanoe the cause of peaoe in our country. We take this occasion to bid farewell to the Assistant Secretary-General for Special Political Affaira, Mr. F. T. biu, and express WRreCiotlOn for his long, dedicated service and contribution to the united Nations peace-keeping efforts. Etu GOVerIUIIent’B deep appreciation goes also to Major-General 0. Greindl, Commander of UNPICYP, and to his off icere and men, for the most efficient manner in which they carry out the duties entrusted TV them by the swurity council. In referring to uNFICYP, I should most certainly not fail to express gratitude to the friendly Governmente which through voluntary COntributiafi5 of per5O#UWl and fund5 enable UNFICYP to continue rendering its indispensable peace-keeping services in cyptue. For 12 Years, the people of Cyprus have been the anguished victims of aggression, military occupation, expuleion, uprooting, attempts at secession and the mEsaive violation of human tighte. (Mr. Moushoutas, Cuprus! Par 12 years we have come before this body and other international forums to seek justice and vindication for the unacceptable injustices and crimes perpetrated against our country and people. Our recourse to international forum has tecsulted in the adoption of a host of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and declarations decmdingr among other things, the i&iate withdrawal of all occupation forces from the Republic of Qprus, the return of the refugees to their homes in safety, and respect for the huautn rights and fundamental freedoms of all Cypriots. Those resolutions deplore all unilateral actious which aim at changing the demographic structure of the country or promote faits acccnoplis, and express full support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, unity and non-alignment of the Republic. security Council resolution 541 (1983) deplores the declaration of the purported secession of part of the Republic of Cyprus, considers that declaration legally invalid and calls for its withdrawal, while Security Council resolution 550 (1984) condesns all subsequent secessionist actions - which it declares l illegal ma invalidm - and ~5118 for their immddfate withdrawal. Of special importance is paragraph 3 of resolution 550 (1984), which calls on all member States ‘not to tecogniae the purported Btate of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cypcusag and -not to facilitate or in any way sssist the aforesaid secessionist entity”. It is regrettable and unacceptable that this specific and mandatory provision of solemn Security Council resolution 550 (1984) has also been contemptuously violated by Turkey, which, as is known, has not only proceeded with the exchange of so-called Ambassadors but, what is more, even fin& it poaa!hZo en circtilate aEe!?q the United Nations membership numerous letters from this secessionist and illegal entity at the expense of a critically overbucdened United Nations budget. (Mr. Mushoutas, Cyprus) as to al& the dther mumerous resolutions on Cyprus, the Government of Turkey Rot only ha8 done nothing to implement any of their ptovi8ions but is outrightly violating them by consolidating further its grip on the occupied territories of the Retp!?blic. Very recent reports - verified by none other than bIajor-General G. Greindl, Cunmandet of UNFIC$P - confirm, as Stated 6n paragraph 22 of the 6acretary-General’s last report (S/18491) of 2 December 1986, thst the numbers of the Turkish army of occupation have been increased and that extensive qualitative change8 have also been made to its armaments, especially tanks with greater fire mer and mobility. That prompted the Sacretary-General to take the necessary Steps and, aS stated in paragraph 56 of hi8 report, the mission of Wtsers. Goulding ana Beissel proceeded after ricoeia to Ankara in otaet, dnter alia, *to take up the 0ueStioII of Turkish force8 in Cyprusa (S/19491, para 96). We would have liked to see mor8 eZIpha8iS in the report on this crucial m8tter of the withdrawal of all Turkish troops, including reference to the tremendous increase in Turkieh oompatfon troop Strength, which now, according to united Nations souraes, nvmbsrs 28,000. Although we estimte the number of !furkieh troops to be more than 32,000, it remsine an U~biSpUeCtd fact that mrkish OCCUPatiOn troop Strength was alarmingly increased by 13 per cent in recent Qtmth8. l% 1t-d increase is apparently the Turkish reply to the Qsneral Amembly and Security Council resolutions and decisions of the past 12 years calling for the immediate withdrawal of the occupation troops from the Republic of CYprus. (Mr. Mouahoutas, Cyprus) In view of this serious development I express my Government”e deep concern. We believe that the memlmre of the Security Council should be alerted and take all necessary steps within their pwer ao that Turkey complies vith the provisions of the relevant United wations reeolutione. Of oouraeI the inarease of Turkey’e war machine in the occupied part of Cyprus is not all, for Ankara is continuously upping the ante through Vurkificationm by the importation of tImwand of illegal settlers into the mcupied areas of the Republic of Cyprue, thur deaonetrating its utter dtere.ytrd for this Organisation md the Searetsry-General*6 mfseion of good offices. In hie report, the Seoretary-Genaral varns: “It ie obviously important that nothing should be done to change the demographic coaeorition of the island, as such action could prejudice efforts to help the gartbes to negotiate an overall solution.m (8/18491r wra. 33) I rhould add that the importation of eettlerr hae reoently acquired alarming PraOortiars, their num&ws having reached aaxe 60,000, acuording to the Turkish Cvpriot press. That ie another groe6 violatim of tnternational law and Cyprus’ ~sturies~ld demographic structure. It is a matter that could prejudice negotiations, but it goes far beyond that and we believe fit should have been fWeSae+l in the report In a mnner revealing its proper dimension. Ae things stand now, for every mrkieh Cypriot there is either one Turkish soldier or one Turkish &l.onlst-settler from Turkey in the occupied areas. The Turkish Cypriot community, segregated against its vi11 in an apartheid-like manner a.--- *L uum me buti of our popie , ie submerged by We vocal coloniet element. "It8 voice’, our President has stated, .is lost in the rattle of the chains of the hundreds of Turkish tanks used to invade Cyprus., The implantation of colonist-settlers from Turkey - a ruthless attempt to change the demographic (Mr. Mouehoutas, ~yprue) character of Cyprus - was condemned as recently as September of this year by the Heads of State or Government of the non-aligned countries in uarare. It should be stressed that the settlers' party, organized and guided by Turkey, participates in the so-called government of the pseudo-State, thus enabling Turkey to have, in addition to its military control, continuing political control of the Turkish Cypriot coraraunity. E’urthermre, in the worst possible irony and contempt for the democratic pracess , so-called elections are conducted and so-called governments are formed in the occupied areas in which these colonists have a decisive say, thus adulteratrng the will of the Turkish Cypriot cornrPUnitY* That assessment is reflected in and confirmed also by Turkish Cypriot newspaper reports and by statements of Turkish Cypriot leaders. We are unable to be masters of our own home*, stated Mr. Ozgur, a pmminent Turkish Cypriot leader6 and Mr. Kuohuk, the late Vice-President of Cyprw, had bitterly complained in the Past6 a... these f3etttezs have turned a paradise island into an island of hel1.O A11 this point8 up the necessity for the disouseion as a matter of priority Of the three important itemeo the withdrawal of the Turkieh troops and settlers, effective guarantees, and tho three freedoms. Sinoe the Turkish invasion of the Republic of Cyprus in 1974 and the continuing mibita:y occupation af nearly 40 per cent of its territory, the Turkish invaders have pursued a premeditated and systematic policy of destruction of the tradition of the uccupied areas. A manifestation of this policy is, among other things, the illegal changing of the place-names of towns, villages and localities -A*- L-2 ----l-d ..--lC-~b OSW hunAror9a- (Q nn(t thaugandst of years aa symbols Of “‘,.ci‘l UO” ‘FiwiuAI.s.” .A..“*-“.-- *-- -.-..-e---, -- . the historic continuity of Cyprus’ culture. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus has over the years strongly protested those illegalities as they recall the darker ages of mankind, his climax of (Mr. Moushoutas, Cyprus) illegalitiee - the importation of Turkish colonist-settlers, thr desecration of hundreds of churches, and the changing of the names of various localities in the occupied areas - is confimed in paragraphs 33, 31, 35 and 36 of the Secretary-Ceneral~s report and should be viewed with the utmost conaern by the Security council. Such acts constitute a violation of international law, United Nations resolutions on Cyprus, and the relevant resolutions on netional stantlardization adopted at the Third United Wations Conference on the Standardi~atian of Geographical Nmms. Parallel to the deliberate destrwtion of tradition, the Vurkifioationa, the importation of colonist-settlers and the fait8 accuumlis, the issue of negotiatims is another sad and striking example of diktat and the deceitful policy pursued by imksra. Obviously paying only lip service to the long-drawn-out nsgotiations held ever the years, it uses them as a smokescreen for mollifying the international cmmunity, which is anrriously awaiting pragrees on the queeticm of -rue an8 it8 final solution. Ae long a8 Turkey persists in its occupation of Cypriot territory, any eo-oalled intercmunal negotiations will in fact be conducted at gun-point and Offer mrkey an additional means of exerting preseure on the Greek Cypriot side in order to make it surrender to Turkish demands and force it to capitulate unconditionally and accept that the whole of Cyprus be placed under Turkey’s politiaal and military contrcl. -qreicicabiy, the same means have been used in teapect of the humanitarian endeavours to trace and account for the fate of the mis8in9. For the past 22 years not only have we been negotiating at gun-point but also through Turkish actions of faite accomplio we are naw faced with a situation where Mr. Mouahoutae, ~yprue) nothing will be loft tm negotiate about short of asking the Government of Cyptue to Ou~ronbat and to accept the partition, ditmmberment and disintagration of the Rapublio of Cyprus. We wulcl have liked t0 me in the report a alear condemnation of the illegal visit of Mr. 02al to the occupied trtitory of Cyprus and conaern for the living oonditionr of the enclaved Greek Cypriots. We al60 believe that violations of C~QIUB* airspace and thr farard novemnt of Turkish troop8 at Ayioe RaPrsianos oirould hava heen cartigated. At this point I rhould like once again to call the Security Council@8 attention to Turkey% construction of a va8t military airport in tefkonico which is now illegally oper8td a8 a Wvilian airport?. It ie situated only few miles frost amthee illegal airport at Tylbou,ud km uonstruotion ignores not only international law but alam opedficr demedr contained in United Wations resolutions end mn-Aligned Movement declaretime on the corglete demiliterisaticn of the rueublic of cuptw. The tragedy of Cyprus which aomenced with the inhuman invasion of July 1974 hem thuo Ueve&pd into a grave threefold wish: first, the continuing Turkieh 69grea6ion and ooMlpstion and the inpart8th of thoueande of ooloniat-settlers into the Republic of Cyprue) eeuondlyp Turkoy”s refusal to implement BoleInn, =sd8tOry rerrolutions and decisions of this body) and, thirdly, the dilatory tactioe wplied by Ankara aimed at buying time &o consolidate partition while the Secretary-Oeneral etrivee to carry out hio misrion of good officee. Ok. Mouahoutaa, Cyprus) For our part, we have tried, within the framowotk of the mission of good offices of the Secretary-General, to contribute to a peaceful and just solution to the problem of Cyprus. m the President of the F&public of CyprUeI Mt. Spyros Kyprianou, said last Septe..r at the Eighth Suamit Conference of the Heads of State of the non-alig&d countries, in Hararet ‘We made painful concessions of the kind that no other Oovernment in similar circumstances would have mado. We made them in the hope that we Would, in this way, ensure the withdrawal of foreign troops and settlers and secure effective international guarantees for the security of Cyprus as well as respect for the fundamental freedom8 and human rights of all Cypriots. We have been discussing for 12 years the constitutional aspeut of the problem Of Qprus and, despite our efforts, no serious disoussion has yet taken place regarding the withdrawal of the occupation troops and settlers, the cessation Of the foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Republio of Cyprus, the international guarantees and the fuwntal Zreadoms and human rights. “The the has cane to taukle the Cyprue problem at its roOt, which is the invasion, the acaupation and the violation of human rights. This can no longer be poetponedm . President KyprianW continuedr Qt the came time, we welcome any effort from any direction for the solution of our problem as long as it conform with the United Natione Charter and reeolut ions.. he cannot “allow my miseion of good offices to be frozen either because one side found a particular suggestion unacceptable , or became the other side, having accepted (Mr. Mouehoutas, Cyprus) a ruggeation, ineiated that my effort could not proceed until the other side had done the saxem. (S/18491, pata. 54) tn the coume of our diecuesione in Nicoeia with Mr. Goulding and Mr. Feierel w welcomed the content of that position, having aleo considered the nature of the S~~etary-Generrl~s xiseion of good offices. It is clear from the foregoing es well ab fraa our discuseione that the Secretary-General is not a mediator or au arbitrator, and therefore any ideas or suggestion6 he may have are for discussion and carrot ba eubaitted as formal propoeale for acceptance or rejection. We believe that documents can be eubmitted only if there ie prior approval by both l ifie8. 6y our reply of 10 June 1986 to the suggeetions of March 4986, we tried to adopt the Imet positive response possible in the circumtances. As regard6 the April 1989 douuaente, the Turkish Cypriot side having rejected them, uo one can lsgitiaately expect us to remoin bmd by them. The acceptance wse made under op$dfiu assuranoe6 a, many issues which subsequent Turkish action8 and poaitioue -apletely negated. It wee also clearly and repeatedly stated that w would not be bard by those dmuamnte if the Turkish Cypriot side raised any new items in eubimquent diecuMicne. Furthemore, subsequent oral and written etatements by the mrkieh Cypriots on the iPOet important issues in the documents have completely frustrated their very raison d’hre. The joint application of the nature of the *mission of god offices’ and the aowept of *integrated whole@, inter alia - exemplified again recently 88 meaning l nothing is binding until everything ie agreed. - fully supports our demand for primity treatwnt of the outstanding issues of the withdrawal of the troops and the settlers, guarantees and the threa freedoms, as set out in President Kyprianou*s letters to the Secretary-General of 20 April 1986 and 10 June 1986. That would also redress the negotiating balance amongst the various (Mr. Mouehoutas, Cyprus) eleunte of the Cyprue pmblem. It nut also be etre~oed that the rpecific provirims of the United Nation8 raeolutiosre for the withdrawal of the troops and eettlere, the quertfon of guaranteee and the application of basic fredam indicete the importance of thoee gueetione and the neueesity of giving then pniortty. fn our effort to reaah a juet and viable solution to the Cyprw problear we hew 8ede meny proporale incotporating 6mny painful conoeerionr. Whilst there propoeale cannot be regarded ee binding, they ere a seaewe of QUL go& faith and good will. We are amfident that te8olution of the problea of troop and rttler withdrawale, guarantee6 and the application of the thtea free&me will enable ue to tefer once again to the other ireues that heve bon diecumeed over more than a decade. We therefore blieve that the procedure urggerted in Rreeident ltypriemuts letter of 10 June 1986 offers the only way out of the pre8mt 6itUatiOn. At this point, I should cay that we heve noted in the Bsorotery-General~s report the reference to the propMa for the oonvoning of an international conferewe. We flrnly believe that the 6ecretary4meral ahoultl pereuo thie met& further aI the epeuific propoeal is in accord with the principles and purpoeee Of the United Wations aharter. We escpreee the hope that the Secretery-General will share the view that his perserverance in pureuing this matter will pave the way to the mhievexmt of We goal. Since the problem of Cyprus ie me of invaolon end cucupation, the total withdraual of all foreign tcoope forme the backbone of the relevant United FletiOne reeolutione ad the crux of the fntezeot of the mrld wmmtdty. We Consider the bnplementation of thie ptovieion b be a sine qua rhm for a juet Bolution. It le unthinkable Lot foreign troope to atay in Cyprus after an agreed solution is (Mr. Ileuehoutao, cmmm) reaohea. The two idea8 are inmmpetible, absolutely unacceptable not only to the GoWrnment of Cyprus hut Sl8O to the international comunity in general, a8 a8iU3n8ttatt%! by it8 Stand on other world isSu88. It i8 bcau8e of thb internationally accepted position an foreign troop8 th8t thi8 Orgsniaation, through it8 soban resolutions, and the non-aligned and Cbmmnmalth countries, through their declarations, at20dbnd the withdrawal of the Turkieh troops srbsolutely and unequivOcally. A ae3Biiit4Wi8ea Repuhlio, united and territorially intagral, without armies of Occupation and barbad wires, will bring forth again, even stronger and warmerr tire a9e-old peaceful end amicable coerietence of the people of Cyprue, eeparated now by artificial barrier8. We ue ready for a just and lnseting solution to the problem of Cyprus. We look fOWard to rebuildit@ with the mrkiah Cypriot community the bridge8 Of oo-sgetation which are t88porarily Out of u8e beurn they have been blown up by foreign interferenue, invasion, division and occupation. The PF&ESIDRWr I thank the representative of Cyprus for the kind ororde he eddre888d to m* The mart 8peaker ie the representative of Greece, on whom I now call. (Mr. Mouehoutas, Cypru8) Hr. WuHpAl (Greece): X should like at the outset, sir, to congratulate you wornly on your assumption of the presidency of the Swurity Council for the current aonth. I am oertain that with your wide expsrimoa you will guide the Council in the best possible manner. allow me to mention on this ocaouion that it give8 ne particular pleasure to gee this boay preaidti over by the repreeentative of a aountry with vhbh Greeco maintain6 a long-Mending and strong friendship, 8uCceaefully te8tUd even in times of adversity. Our coumhm and traditional ooritment to the cause of dwaaraay and hunmn dignity $8 an unbreakable link botu-n the people8 of the United State8 and of Grewe. I l hould like aloo to congratulate the Ore&dent of the Security Council for ?kWemr, the Permanent Repte8entative of the United Uingdom, sir John Thomson, on the highly cmpetent manlybr in which, a8 usual, he osrrld out hi8 duties. The Swurity Council hae further renewed ths mondrte of the united Nations Peace-keeping Force in cyprue (0rwxCYP) for stx montha My GcverrrrPent has aancutred with the oonaent of Lb Government of Cyprw to that ceneual. we believe that in view of the exirting 8ituation in Cyprus the Force still has a highly dgnifiaant role to play in aainteining peace in the island. I Would like on t& cccaeion tc exprese our sincere thanke to all the muntrier that, by contributing manpower and uuipmnt, have made possible the mioaion of fYtJPKfP despite tha wvere finanaial problem5 the Porte hae been facing for a number of years. We are all aware of the buden those countries have had to bsor, and, therefore, we are grateful to them. In that context it ehculd be wntioneb thet we have resd with deep aencern in the report of the Secretary-General on the United NatiMo eperrtinn i?! Fypr@ ~4’ the e%tent to which IJIWICYP io Pacing financial difficulties. Greece he, within ite possihllities, contributed substantially to th& financing of the Force, vith a contribution of $8OU,OUU per year. There ir no doubt t%t O?~PICYF is facing grave difficulties. In that connection, ve have observed with intetrest the suggeetim contained in paragraph GS oP the report that it might he appropriate to change the System of financing UNFICYP 80 that in the future its expenditure might be covered through asse88ed contributions. My Government would respond positively to any Suggestion aimed at putting the finance8 of UNFICYP on a sound footing, thereby guaranteeing it8 existence so long a8 the Security Council deem8 its presence in Cyprus necessary. The Permanent Representative of Cyprus, AmbaSSSdOr Mouehoutae, spoke in aetail, and lucidly, of the various 88pSCt8 of the problem of Cyprus. Therefore I shall limit my remarks only to certain aspects which have a particular importance for my Government. My deh!gatiOn h8S Studied with great attention the aforementioned report of tha Secretary-General. We were indeed deeply di8tUtbad by the content8 of paragraph 22, regarding the auantitative am qualitative increase in the Turkish occupation fo.tr:es in Cyprus. Wa stress the f&t that the Turkish authorities could aOt deny the oualitative i~rowement in their armoured force8 in the occupied territoriee, although., for obviou8 reasonor they attempted to Ceny that manpower increaeeto had taken place as well. ft is, houevet, well krwuh to all tho8e with even a minims1 opportunity to gather information regarding the occupied teKritOrie8 that such an increaw has actually taken place. My Government ha8 on many occasions underlined the cardinal importance of the oue8tiOu of the withdrawal of the Turkish army fCOm Cyprus. It is becauee of the paramount significance of that issue that the Government of Cyprus ha8 firmly fully discussed at the negotiating table se a matter of abeolute priority, b%fOr@ any further consideration ia given to the constitutional and other aspects of the problem. That is all the mare necessary because the latter aspects have been (Mr. Dountas, Greece) of the ieland. The Grook Governaent l tromgly support8 thie fundewntal position of President Kyprianou, which ie aloarly and unubiguaurly met out in his lottete to the Seuretary-Gonoral of 20 April and 10 9une 1966. In thim context I uieh to invite tha pwtieuler l ttenticn of the Caunuil to the position etated by tbe Turkieb Cypriot lo&&r, nr. Denktemh, with regard to the withdrawal of the Turkish atmyr in hie lettw of 21 April 1986, tha relevant paragraph of which reed8 in part: .A8 for the with&au81 of noneypriot traope ucelUaing those that are to remain on the ieXend, there can be no uitbdreuel . . . l W16102/Md.lr annex V). It ie obvioue from that letter end from ewwel eidlar l tetemnte by Turkfeh lredere that Turkey her the intantion of &oavimg et leeet pert of ite ermy in the ielantl indefinitely. The abovo etetemnt by Hr. mnhteeh and tba rforem8ntionad inerean of tba Turkieh aray in Cyprue intorheify our oamern and furtlw juetify our beeia poeition tbt Ow truestian of th rithdrewel of the Turkieh l iny l hould he diBcuswd a8 a matter of ebeoluto prfiorfity. Onfortunetely, ue 8ao in the regort Of th9 6Ouret6ty-ibnaral Iy) indieatian thmt the Turki& eida om?ie&gee any change in it8 paeition on this aueetion. Nor da ue me in the report the matter of the Turkieh oecupbtion form given the prominmaa due it heaauee of ite eardine importince. It ha8 been univeroally reaognfsed that in all intornatimel probletm involving armed cccupotion end currently w&r diecueeion in this Organisation the crucial element ta thr v#tPIBrr*rP 50 t* t:q=. y- ----L.-r*- - nogurber baai tawsra’e a solution can mcce+ed unletas they tsokle from the very outset the arux of the matter, which ie the withdrawal of the acoupaticm troupe. what is valid for other crleis area8 ie ubviounrly valid alna 60 far a# Cyprus ie conoemed. W. Bountae, areece) TtIe sltuatian in Cyprus and tha relwant options, as deecribed in the report of the Secretary-Oenetal, do not, unfortunately, leawe ground8 foe optimism regarding future ptorpwtr. Aa I have had the opportunity to mention in the past, the ~seibilities for progrem on tb8 Cypruo aueatian cm be aorta&ly samessed only by dealing am a mttor of priority with the main outstanding issuee which Conrtitute th arw of the guertion, namely, the withdrawal of the Turkish troape, eventual guarantees, and the ournation uhiah is kmwn a8 the three freedom% The prerenuo of tba Turki8h amy in Cyprus rerrrrinr the stumbling-block for progreor towards 8 ralution in the imland. It la therefore high time, ue eutmitr that tha United #atiarU tackled th0 problem of the aaeupatktn Of Cytpu8 at3 a mdttet of priority, in a dir-t ad b&d unwr, in accordance with the nwrous re6olutiona adoptad by tha United #atione. If those efforts meat vlth mmeseb the cod to 8 negotiated aettlem8nt will open. Oh. Dauntam, Greece) The picture I have is not a toay one, but truth is preferable to self-delusion. HoyBVer, despite the negative attitude of the Turkish side ,towarde a really fair solution and the adverse realities stemming from that, the Greek Government continue8 to lend its euplprt to the Secretary-Genetal~s mission of good offices. I take this opportunity to express to Mr. Perez de Cuellar W GOVernment’s appreciation of hi8 untiring attachment to the csuse of Cyprus. We also greatly value the strenuoue effort8 to this effect of h&s most able staff. Particular thanks go to General Greindl and the officers end men of UNBICYP for their dedication to a highly delicate peace-keeping mission on the ieland. MY Government stands firmly at the Side of the Government of CVprus in its genuine struggle for a peaceful and just solution to a problem in which the VetY principle8 of this Organisation are at Stake. We fervently hope that a solution will be fouud for the benefit of tb people of Cyprus as a whole and of peace in the region. We lend cur full support ta all genuine effort8 towards this goal.

I thank the repreeentative of Greece for hi6 kind word8 addressed to me. The next Speaker is Wr. Ozer Koray, to whom the Council has extended an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. I invite him to take a place at the Council table aud to make his statement. Dr. KORAY: Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, and through you the other sexhers of the Council, for giving me the opportunity to itddre88 the Council on this matter, which is of direct concern ti the Turkish Cypriot people. We value these Opportunities to convey to the Council the views of the Turkish Cypriot side, as one of the directly interested parties in Cyprus. As all representatives know, Cyprus has been on the agenda of United Nation6 organs for almost 23 years. In fact, to be exact, in another 10 days, the calendar (WC. DOUntas~ Greece) will chow 21 Deem&her, the fateful day in 1963 on which the violent diemantling Of the bi-national Republic of Qprue by &h Greek Cypriot wing co-need, in accordance with what is called the Akritaa Plan - the dastardly plan of tua8~ murder ati deetrwtion - prepared by the Greek Cypriot leaderehip. It will also eom be 23 years since the day the Security Council established the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) ad sent it to the bland. By then the mrltioh people of Cyprus were already enduring, in the worm Of the then Sec;etary-General, a Veritable siege. in the enclaves into which they had been pushed by force of arnuL &or the past 22 yeare we have heen meting every three or eix nwnrths in this Chaaber to extend the stationing of the United Naticmrr Peace-keeping Florae in Cm-us for further periods. But a negotiated eettlement of the problems created by the Weok Cyptiote hae remained as elusive as everr despite the efforts exerted in this regard over many* many years. It ie time correctly and honestly to answer the question why a just and lasting, negotiated solution in Cyprus has eluded ue for 23 yeavs, in epite of mny rounds of negotiations between the two sides in Cyprus - the Turkish Gypriots and the Greek Cypriots. In trying to diagnose correctly the cause of thie failure, we have to take into aooount that since 1963 the two oomunitiee have lived physically apart and thet the Greek Gypriots, who terminated the partnership of 1960 through the use of fofoe, have never heen genuinely interested, either before og eince 1974, in re-eatabliehiug a joint Oovernment with the Turkish CypriOt5. 8ur Sincere reply to this question is that the recognition of an illegal, unconstitutional, ueucpec r&ime ae the Government of Cyprue te the main etumbling-block in the way of a negotiated solution in Cyprus. The cause of the (Hr. Noray) failure, for 80 long, to tea& a settlement in Cyprus is this unjust eituation. Thifa injuetice ha!s to be redrest38d. The political equality of the two efdeo in cyptus, which me embodied even in the 1960 constitution, 8urt be rerrogniaed, and equal treatmmt must he accorded to both sides if the chances of a negotiated settlement in Cyprus are to be enhanced, It is UQ to those who wish to see a negotiated solution in Cyprue to adjuet their individual emrlses acoordingly. fbing pointed out the primary uautm of the failure to reaah a negotiated eettleaent in qprUse despite the ettenuous efforts of the last 23 yearOr I wieh to Pint out the importtanue in this regard of the oonolueion reached by the Secretary-General in his report to the security Council six rsOnth0 ago, on 11 June 1986. It will be recalled that the report ifam emitted to the Security Council follming the non-aooeptance by the Greek Cypriot aide of the draft f~~mmwk agreemerrt of 29 b&arch 1986. IR paragraph 10 of that report the BearetarpGeneral aaidn ‘I reamin convinced that, if meepted by eauh of the two aides, thie ctocument will Qmvide the riqht framework for negotiating a just and bating 6olution to the Cypruo prablem.o (8/18102/Md.l, para. 18) Furthermore, in paragraph 19 of the mme reQort the SeCW3tarY-Qener~l etated: *I regret that, eince one aide is not yet in a pocition to accept the draft’ framework agreement of 29 brch 1986, the way ie not yet open to proceed with the negotiations I have pro~~eed fnr an werall eolut ion. l (8/16102/hdd. 1, paca. 19) The Turkish Cypriot side, having acc%pted the draft franumxk agreeaaent of 29 March 1986, both in eubstence and in procedure, continuee to be in full wteement with the Secretary-General that the draft framework agreement is the right framework for a negotiated twlutian in Cyprue. preeident Denktae has eince (MP. Koray) tutteratad on many occaeionr that our acceptance of it 18 still valid and that the doaft fruwvork rgraramt remins on the table. Wreovot, the mtkirh Cypriot tsi& cmuurm with the 6eoretary-General that the draft framework agreement, if scueptad in eubrtanae and in procedure by the Greek Cypriot 8id0 as OrOil, in @till th0 right ~3 k8t Pramwork for pm3Ceeding to %egotiating a just 8nd hating solution* , partiaularly because, ae the 8ecretary-Goneual Itat in paragraph 5X of hto prorent report, of 2 Decaaber 1986r the draft Pramwork 8greamont of 29 nerch 1966 l . . . preaervod all the point0 on which agreement has been rerched over the part two year8 . ..“. (S/16491, sara. 31) In view of tha abwo, the Turkish Cupriot ci* again uonuur8 with and augporta th0 6eerotary4neral~8 deairhn not “t0 ewi80 the at of 29 mrch 1986 ot to greoent l new me . ..m. (S/16491, Data. 92) for m kliwer a8 tbo &uratary4h8ral rtate8 h paragraph 94 of his report of 2 mueShr 1966, th8t it i8 888Onti81 to . DO l ~prWWvo1 411 that Ib8d hem auhieved 00 fat and [build) on it for furthor progte88 . . . . . (Wl9491, mara. 64) The Only faceor blocking the uay to progrew and QO a mgotiated overall solution is the lwk of political will on the part of the cicwk Cypriat side. The 6eeretary-General in paragraph 61 of his lataot report reiterates the aim of .the ertsbli6hsent of a bf~cmwnal, bi-aonal federal republic and muall the ‘Over the ye8reI the two @idea have reached agreemrnt an beak principles and objective8 of ouch a eolution.. (8/10491, mre. 61) The QCWOnt Greek cvptiat ~8itiOll is in oontradfction of thgoe facts. (Mr. Roray,y) The Gceok Cypriot non-acceptance of the draft framework agreemnt tPocomBe all the mxe significant when considered in the light of the following excerpt froa the Secretary-General’e report to the Security Counail of 11 June 1986 a8 regarda the procedure envisaged in the draft frmework agreement: ” . . . I proposed negotiating procedures which would give each aide an a@a oQQortunity in tha negotiations that lie ahead to aamure itself of the good intentions of the other. These procedure5 inoluded the convenilyb Of high-level metinge whose agenda rrould include from the outset the queatimr of troop withdrawal, guarantees and the three frec&xoa. I also prapooed the concept of an integrated whole, that is that neither side would be ultimately cmaitted to an overall solution until all issue8 had been resolved to it@ . satisfaction.~ (6/18102/Md. 1, uara. 17) In view of the eb~ve eacaerpt, the magnitude of the insincerity marking th0 Greek Cypriot attitude and approach becomerr abundantly clear. (me mrkieh people of CyQrue have ?earned from year6 of experience that the Greek Cypriot leadership, which takes pride in its meek e&ordination to Greek Prima Pliniater, Mr. PapandreOu, cannot and will not acoegt any daoument that embodies the principle of equal political 8tatua of Lath sides in CyPprue and envieages a bi-couununal, bi-aanal republic. It ie because of the preeence of these element8 in tho draft framewmk agreement of 29 March 1986 that the Greek Cypriot side has shrunk f ran acaegting it. Their acaeptance tf it would have meant accepting the Turkieh geeple as their equal in the tidy politic of Cypruo. This they cannot do because their oath in the Akritas Plan haunts them. ‘Ihey do not hide the fact that they coneider the Qreeent t&ate of affairs in Cyprus with regard to their statue within the world community a8 the neareat thing to enoois. And, a8 I etreeeed at the beginning of my statement, the unwarranted and unconstitutional tocognition accorded to thie group of usurpers a8 the Only (Hr. Roray) legitiarate government of Cyprus is the biggeet factor encouraging and enhancing their intransigence. A more flexible approach in the treatment of the two sides in Cyprus is the only leverage the international community has in affecting a positive change in the attitude and approach of the Greek Cypriot side. I have no intention of dwellfng upon the wocthleee Greek Cypriot dietrib% foe euizh a performance of ‘sobbing and wailing. , to which we have been subjscted so many times, does not warrant wasting the coUnoil~s valuable Was. However, in View Of the accelerated disinformtion campaign of the Greek Cypriot side on the non-losue of %ettlets~ , I must beg the Council's indulgence to dispel the aonfusian that may arise in this regard. As MmberS all know, the island of Cyprus had been pact of the Ottoman LSnpSre for OV8C 300 years. ft th8C8fOC8 Cegufres minimal logic and historical knowl8dge to grant that the demographic etcuature of the island was oo~nposed~ at least from 1971 anwards, of Turkish and Greek peoples. It is again common knowledge that the demographic structure of any country, in numerical terms, is not a static phenomenon. It is a function of various factors like birth and death rates, the rat8 of imigration and adgration. we can assume, therefore, that relative ratio8 of the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriote did not C8Min colrstant Wet the centuries but differed according to the factors at play at a given time. It is again a document& -act that this ratio had started to change in favour of the Greek Cypriots with the island coming under British domination in 1878. Turkish Cypriot8 then emigrated to Turkey, literally in their thousands. There io not a single ‘lbkieh Cypriot household that does not have a few members of its extended family living in Turkey way. Thie was an emigration that lasted throughout the 02 yearn of British rule in Cyprus. Mr. Kocay) The second etage of large Turkish Cypriot etaigratiun came with the advent of WKA terroriom in Cyprus in the 19%~ Turkish Cypriots em&ping Greek Cypriot terroeian and seeking sec!ure living conditions eloewhere migrated in large numbers to oountriee like the Unit& SCingdaa, Australia, Canada and, in mallet numbete, the united state8 of America. This movement wu aecolerated ftoa 1963 onwards, when the Greek Cypriot9 began their Gruel attack on the Turkieh Cypriots, massacring them en mame and dislocsting the csuunity. Throughout the 19608 the Crew. Cypriot8 did their utmost to enaourage the Turkioh Cypriots! to leave the island. They issued oneaay paeeports out of the island, but they refused PWWortfs to atudente &dying abroad who wiehed to return bsok to their land, which reeulted in many of them settling el8ewhelCe. Many of thm were physically Prevented from returning back to their country during the 19608. A8 a ca8e in point, I should like to remind meabero of the Counuil that Rreoident Denktaah wae barred from Cyprus and had to live in exile for five yearr, between 1964 and 1968. mrkieh Cypriots born during those dark years were not registered a8 citieens. All theoe dooumentml faute ehaw that, despite their higher birth rate, the ratio of the Turkish Cypriot population of Cyprue continued to be purhed down all through theta8 yeatee while at the came time the Greek Cypriot population wm being augmented by impottation of lerge numbers of people from Greece and by settling in CyQrus, after their diechetge, of the mainland Greek soldiers who wete in Cyprus clandestinely. Today thete age an eathated 70,ooO to 80,ooQ Twkieh Cyptiote living in the united Kingdom, 20,ooO in Austrslia, 10,ooO in Canada, and 80 on. But by fat the biggest numbec of Tutkieh Cypriots and their dftect descendants live in Turkey, It is clear, therefore, that there ace today rmte Turkish Cypriots and their descendants living elsewhere than In Cyprus itself. The above records ohould amply prove the t&at that the ratio of the mrkieh Cypriot end the GreQk Cypriot @opulat!~~~no, which the Greek Cypriot side io 90 proud of quoting, ie an arbitrary ratio that ir the product of entrepely adverse circumstances that forced the Tutkhh Cypriot0 to emigrate wet many year& The fact that eot~ of the People of Turkieh Cypriot origin living in the ebW+mentioned countries have indeed opted to return to their original country - the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprur - and reunite with their families, in exercise of theic met natural right of oftisenohip - which according to mr citizenship laws they could never lose unleee they themaelvem renounce it - after conditions of pece, security end atability had returned to the bland in 1974, oannot by any stretch of the imnginrtim be interpreted as an ettelpt to change the demographic! structure of the ielend by implanting l eettlerso. Let me etate once and for all that there is no problem of l settleram in Cyeru8 the way the Greek Cypriot side portrays it. Thooe who return ace our kith and kin coming back to their loot hoaeland with exoitemnt. me enaourage them to come baok to where their mote ace and help us with their expertise and know-how to rebuild the land from which they were foraed to emigrate over many Years by ruthleee euppreseion and diearirpination. The Government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprue ie the sole legitimate Authority conducting the affairs of Fhe State, including control Of it0 bWlere and of the crossing points to and frm its tertitery. Ttre Turkieh Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is the ePlbdliasent of the right to self-determination Of the Turkish PeODh of Crpcue, is as legal and wnetitutional 8~ the Creek Cypriot administration maeguecading an the legitimate l ~varnment of Cyprus@ ie illegal and unwnotftutional. The legitimate authoeitieo of the Turkish Republic of Northern cyprus will continue to rebuff all attempts at fnterfering in the CoUntrY’8 internal aftairo. (Hr. Roray) Turning now to tha reuolution just adopted by the Counafl, I cannot but atete tht the Government of tb Turkish Republio of Northem Cyprus rejwte it, firmly md uneouivocelly, for the followhg reesontw The Turkish people of Cyprus end it8 Governrent cannot ecauieoce to the reference in the third preembuler paragraph to a %overment of Cyprusa a8 if such an entity eXi@tQd today, or ever ex&steU since 1963. The portrayal of swh an fllegel, unconetitutionel entity 8~ tha legitimate %overnment of CyprutP is, wasI and will elmye he ebhorrent to our people and its demoreticelly elected, legitifeete repreeentetiven. It Se referencee swh 88 this that enaourege the Greek Cypriot AdminiWretion in its intransigence. Similarly, the reference in the fourth preaabuler paragraph to *Other relevant resolutionsm ie uneccepteble to the Turkieh Cypriot eide, eince the Turkieh Cypriot side hm either rejeated in toto, or l ccepted subject to reservetione, the resoiut ione in Quest ion. As regard6 tkt referenae in paragraph 2 to the %~i~nion of good offiaetP of the R~re~ry4erure1, the Cmerment of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprue muld like to etete that it underStende that aisri~n to be emenetfng from Security Council resolution 367 (1975), in which case, my Government pledgea it ite full eupport. In paragraph 3 a refeeenae ie made to the *pleaant mendetea. We have to otteoe that the mandate in aueetion io not compatible with the radically changed condltlone. Despite ito unavoidable rejection, in toto, of the present resolution, for raegong stated above, the Turkieh-Cypriot aide fa neverthelese favourably disposed to accept the presence of that United Uetione Pesce-keeping Force in Cyprus (uNPICYP) on the tetrfcory of the Turkieh Repuhllc of Northern Cyprus on the fmme (Mr. Korey) baaid aa that l tatrd in JUM 1986. Thue, our position continue0 to k thet, the prinoipl*, the mope, the malslitiee and the prao8durea of oe-cpmrticn rwtuaon tbo cutlmrities of the Turkish Republic of IWrthwn Cyprus anl triWXCW ohall k breed only on Ueci6icn~ tiich shall b taken Solely by the Gweemnt of the Turklah Rapublia of Northern Cyprus. Baforo concluding, I should like to take this opportunity to envoy to Mr. Javirr Pitaa 40 Cudllar, the Sacretsry+enstrl, our lmrrtfelt caqPatulatisn6 on him co-elation for a semnd term, and to extwti to him our grofound appreuiatim and thanks for him offorts within hia l i8aion of gmd officus. The Government of the TuPki8h republic of Northern Cyprus Rope8 that his efforta will om day be given 8 chance to 04maeaU. I ehould like to aotwey out thnk8 and appraciaticn to Ur. rto+r fblgor, Rcting Sp8uirl Repte8entative of the Seurotmy4morr1, to W~jor-(kn0rrrl Guntht utoindl, tba Pore0 CauanUet, and to the military and civilian rtaff under hi8 mnd. Our th8nk8 and rpgraietton go al#o to tbo Under-8mrotary4mer~l, Mr. uculuing, and to MP. Poise01 ml MP. Pica0 for their untiring offorts in pureuanaa of their uuti0a. The PRE8IOEfPPc The next spmket is the repro6entrtive of Tuckoy, on Thor I 1109) call. HP. ‘RfwItHBN (Turkey): Mr. PraaitI~tr f uish to thank you pnb tfta other rsai~rs of the Security Counail for thia opportunity to partiuip~t@ anao sqoin in t!?ic kl----l A4----a4m A@ l-tub oltlue&an ill cSrppue. ---.“,-m w--m-----.- -- --._ __---_ First at all, may f entend to you , Mr, my warm cengrctulatianr on your amrumptisn of the presidency of the Seautity Council for the month of mcember. I do mo with pstticulsr plearure , not only because of the very clou end fruitful me. Reroy) relationa edoting batweon our two countrho, but cllso boaruse we are cmfident that your wealth of eacperience, your knowhUge and your negotiating abilities will enable you to guide the work of th8 Council prodwtively ad effectively. I also take pleanure in paying a tribute to Sir John Thomson, who presided over the Council in November with great akill and diligence. In the PPeVioW meetings of the S@-wity Ccumuil devoted to the matter under coneideration, I had the opportunity to rtate our viewa on the United Nationa Peace-keep@ Force in ~PUO W?@ICYP) whiah has ken on the ioland since 1964. x had explained our perception of mSFIC!?P~r role, a role which hae inevitably undergone a tremmdou ahmge in u) uany years. six months ago, I had stated that if the peace process conttnueo to be hampered by Greek Cypriot iatransigeme, the need for the aontinuad prewnce of tha -toe would becae aore and more questionable. Let m underline that feet on this oma6ion a8 8~11. The position of my Government on the resolution whiah hae been adopted today by the council doea not med much elaboration. Beemm of the unacaeptable elemente it eontaine, w cannot consent to any extcbn8ion of uWPIcxP~e mandate an the baeie of the present resolution. ‘phrefore, it laoko our 8upprt a0 a directly intereeted party. MP. KOPay ha8 juot PeaffiPlred the pooition of the Turkioh Republic of tOotthorn Cyprus on the modalities of U?WICVP~o presence in i3orthern’ Cyprus. I wieh to confirm my <levernmetnt~~ full agreemrkt witb that position. We are thankful to the Seuretary4eneeal for his presnent report which outlines hie contacte with the two sides since June in the context of hie mieimn of good off icee. Our eupport for his efforts in search of a fedora1 uolution in Cy~ruo wao reiterated by the Turkish Foreign Uiniatet in the General Aesembly on 2 October 1986, when he etated the followingt (HP. Turkmen, Turkey) We continue to support the mission of go& offiaes with regard to Cyprus of the United Nations Saxetary-General and appreciate his recent efforts. we note with satisfaction the proaq#t acceptance by the Turkish Cypriot side of the draft framasrork agreement submitted on 29 March 1986 by Hr. Javier P&es de Cu6llat after intensive contacts over several months with Both 0ia08. We regret, however, that the Greek Cypriot eide has turned down that doaujrent, which represents the cumulative outcome of a process that Started more than two years ago, in August 1984, in Vienna. “The draft framamrk agreement contains the principles and parameters which should guide ths negotiations between the two sides in Cyprus. That tramwork 1s ths result of two years of effort Ev the Secretary-General to reaanaile the views of the tw, parties. It did not come as a surprise to either party sinca it was discussed with them in a detailed manner before it was LOrEally presented by the Secretary-General. It is normal that neither of the prties is entirely happy with it, but the Turkish Cypriot side has aaaepted it in a spirit of conciliation and compromise and without any illusions 8s to the difficultiee which will emerge during the negotiations. It has accepted it because tire draft agreement reflects a reasonable ‘-alance b&waen opposing views and delicately interconnected problems. .The Turkish Cypriot side h8e proved it8 goodwill and its desire for the final resolution of the Cyprue problem. The Greek Cypriot side ehould sei2e this opportunity. It should realiee that, in view of the evolution of the Cyprus problem, accepten- of the draft framewotit agreement ie a Biti ~6 i1i6i of meaningful negotiation.’ (A/Il/PV.Zl, p. 78) (Hr. Turkmen, TUCkeyJ This is in 00s the parPQa?tive throllgh ubiah N aontinua to viarr tha preemt l itu6eial. +kPO has Iman 8 st4nd4till sinea last April owing t0 the sttituk 0L Oha Ucaak CyprioUs ub have ccntimnd to 8ot 4mxdhg to the 4dvice givan to thn Ptm Atbw8. The UP&a 8nd Bre8k Cypriot hulormhipm hve had, during th4 gmst 8i4 month& u4y mu am~ionr eo d4cl8ro their identity of view8 in h4~9lhgth4Cypcu8u~4seian. Thim cdl4imreeim can hardly ba uelca8d since it mama to aowe only to diainiah eha peaspactm of 8 oosprehansiva rettlewnt tmtwen thm two aidN. Six 8NtIu 4g4* u4 h44rd 44rt4in unf2onvincing orgumenta frca tha Gceok 4rd mmt Cyprfot side bel).ttltmg tha l tfortm of the Saxrt8ry4hnar8i. Irime than tbsy ham fuother drifted 8u8y fraa political re*lisa. 5-M Urnk cvpriot damand en8 preco4diti444 rlrich me 4dV84C4d to evade the dr8ft fsm4UOtk 8gP4ImHIt 8re illapical 84d unPewon8blo. Th8ir 6Ola purpow iS t0 diW4rd th hqithsta interasts of ths TurkAsh Cypriot sida. Such an 8ttitud4 raount8 to 8 thtbi81 Of tb histOry Of 'ttb r4~8tiC#N b6tWan ths tU0 -Unities of Cyprus for the part 23 yerro. fn CR4 ammtim, the ar4sk Prime Uinister continue8 to refer to Cyprw am %-met s8t!km41 4p4oW 4ml nilitwy mm88ura8 8re stre*me43 in ttWl mth Of th t418nd gls 4 9PWfng 4C418 While th4r4 i4 lyre and Pera, t~ferwma to 8#l yraad aoluticm. We have noted that Greece and the Greek Cypriot side have continued to manufacture allegations regarding the Turkish military presence in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with a view to misleading uorld public opinion. Ae etated hy the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 9 October 1986, Turkey has not reinforced its forcea in northern Cyprus, in either personnel or euuipment. Turkey has no aggressive intentions anywhere, including in Cyprus. Turkey is encouraging peace and negotiations in Cyprus and supporting, in this context, the mission of good offices of the Secretary-General anb the document of 29 March 1986 that he hae put forward within the framework of that mission. The development which poses a real danger in Cyprus $8 the rearmament efforts on the Greek Cypriot side and Greece~e contribution to and support of thoae ef forte. The groundlees claims put forward by the Greek Cypriot side ace at the same time designed to cover up those dangerous efforts. The Turkish side has drawn the attention of the United Nations Secretary=Gemeral to this disquieting eituation, and vi11 continue to do so. We note from the Secretary-General*6 report that the Greek eide has in fact considered that there has heen an increase in the troop strengths and armoured vehicles in southern Cy~rua. With regard to troop strengths and level of armaments in southern Cyprw, there are mainly the following three elements to be ‘,aken into account: the Greek Cypriot .NatiOnal Guard-, Greek support for that force , and Greek mainland troops in Cyprue. The Greek Cypriot ‘National Guard” is an unconstitutional army in terma of the !gr;n hb~~ma! ayetern? it was entahllahed after the deetruotion of the partnerahio in 1963 ana constantly used against the Turkish Cypriot community bring the dark years before 1974. SO lt is a force created and used by one of the partners of the biconrmunal Republic against the other partner at a time when there were no Turkish (Hr. Turkmen, Turkey) force8 in Cyprus, apart fra the Turkieh contingent under the Treaty of Alliance. The Greek Cypriot "Net ha1 OueeQm was end still is under the command of a Greek -inland Gennral, end Greek maicrlrnd offioero rt8ff the higher ranks. Therefore, it is a combined Greek and Greek Cypriot fomo. The e8timateQ strength of that army it3 now around 25,WJO. It oounte on a much larger re6erve force which can reedily he eabilfzed. According to of ficfal Greek Cyptbt figures which were reoently revealed, that force can reach a strength of 70,000 men within 24 hours. Tha Gteak Cypriot gNstianal Guard” hao been reorganized and heavily armed in recent year0 through dice& military purchases fram variou8 countries and military mmistanee ftoa Greece. Those pUrehfM&ea bsve been financed from funds which correspond to a eisable petcentsge of the Greek Cypriot gross national product. ThetO is class CoPtboratfon hetwsen Gteeoe and the Greek Cypriot edmlniatrati~t~ to increase clrsmetically atmmenta SINI military capahilitiee in southern Cyprus. At present there are 26 infantry battalions in southern Cyprus. In case of a general laahiliaation 27 additianel infentty battslions can be formed. Furthermore, there ace on the Greek Cypriot eicle 27 other b&telione of various types, including aechenkzedl infantry, tank, armoured carrier, coaummndo, artillery, anti-aircraft and antitank bnttslionr. In general there hao &en an increaue of eight battalions in recent yesra. The most eignificant develomnt with regard to both military eCJUipmWt and reorgeniaation ha8 heen in the mechanised infantry and the armoured carrier battalions, which reveals tha lmportmce placed on Increasing armoured powec. There have Men notahle corre8pondbg increases in armaments In southern m---.--e b,p.U=. f..: wr-lr b*- -a*-hd fop -r-arOA wrfmn*~ t+rrisra ha8 been increased V”Y*wg.aY, -...A ..--- --...*- --_ c-~ --. by 96 in the past few yeas8 bringing the total to 140; the number of armoured reconnaissance vehiclea has been increased by 112, makinq a total of 213. The Wt. Turkmen, Turkey) Creek Cyprict arsenal further ina1~905 nearly 200 pi5505 of artillery, 5 total of IWaKly 20u anti-tank weapons of various sophistiuated types, in sddition to gunboats and light reconnsissance 8irarstt. The strength of the Greek uinlsnnd troops in cyprus st present is about one third of the Greek Cypriot l #8tions1 Gusrdm, that is, 8bout 7,000 to 8,000. Those forces comprise the Greek military contingent, whose stresgth should not excesd 950 men and a Greek cosmssdo unit. It will he recslled thst after 1964 the Greek Government olssdestinely sent to Cyprus an army of 20,000 men whiah task part in the nilitsry opsratims against the Turkish Cypriot emlaveo. Under intrrnstionsl pressure, Orowe was forced to withdraw a part of that force in 19671 but those who remahed behind were responsible for staging the coup of IS July 1974 with ths aim of amsxing the island to Greece. It was those Greek foraeo that Atohbishop Hakarios, here in the Security Council, aaked to k withdrawn froa the island on 19 July 1974. Apart from the reguler Gr8ek ad Greek Cypriot forcee, there are aevet~~ private armies which in the psst hsve engaged in sow largs-scale terrorist attacks against both Turkish Cypriots and Groak Cypriot9 bslmging to difhrent arlrpr. That ie the other side of the picture, uhioh Grsseo and ths Greek Cypriots wish to conceal. I wish now to make some restacks about statsrants wo hsvs heard. Ambaseaaor ~ouehoutes stated that the orisis ot Cyprus started 12 years ago. The attempt to start the history of tb arisis at Cyprus only in 1974 is itaelt a deep cause of the conflict. The tragedy of Cyprus dates not from 1974 hut fsola December 1963, when the Greek Cypriot forces and paramilitary units launched a vicious attack on defenceleas Turkish Cypriots. That was the beginning of the division of the ieland; that was the beginning at the trageby. Unless this smesia is treat& it will tw difficult to eetmlva the isue. (Ht. Turkmsn# Turkey) The Greek Wpciot cepcemmtative aloo lamented the fate of the Turkish Qpo iot8. FID maid that. their votoo was dramed by the eettlere ooming from ‘lW key uii wita of the Turkish Aray. Mr. away hae given a reply to that aaeertiar. I aa sure that all DaNokish CypcioUa would be very amused by that touching eolicitude~ of the Greek C)lpciot Adninietraticn for their free&an and well-being. aJtif the Greek Cypriot klminfstration wishes to tesare the lUr kieh Cypciote from this tertible ordeal, crtry 80 they not acorpt the draft agreement propceed by the Secre~ry-General and thum pwmit the reunification of the ieland? Cammating on the 6eaetaty-metal% pogosala, the Greek Qpriot repeaentativ8 vaa again very generous todayr he asked the narkish Cypriots ti l carpt everything which, in their view, is important, begimrfng with the withdrawal Of the %U\lrkieh forum; after that, they promise they will take inta coneidetaticm the cmacw of the TuEkLsh Qprioote for their future, including eecurity, freedom and politi~l equality. T~P~arancnt Rspt~erntativeof GreeohaenrsQ the saw point: hewants &~&t@ gliaity for: Me withdrawal Of the Turkish faces. Well, *at is a wiotiw fOt the Gawk Side is not a piotity for the mrkish si&. In the vi&~ of the Turkish Qpciots and in our view, all issues are interrelated and have the sanm piaity. That is uhy the Gecretary-General*e draft agteewnt constitutes an inU,goated ihole. (Mr. mr kmn, mr key) Mr. WXJSHOUTAS (Cyprus) t The very fact that the President ha5 ju6t called on me as the representative of Cyprus to speck in exercise of the right of reply is a sufficient response to the Turkiah rride in regard to who represents Cyprus. We have heard here an individual who wa8 brought in as a *competent petraonm to give infomation. Instead, he exerted all his efforts towards giving misinformation, to diverting attention from the true identity of the culprit - Turkey, and to straying from the subject-matter before the merabers of the SeCUritY Council: the renewal of the mandate, made neseesary because of the ongoing Turkish aggression against Cyprus and the non-implementation of United Nations resolutions. The Permanent Representative of Turkey - not I - is heat suited to tell whether that person executed his instructions from Ankara Well. I can say that, if anything, he demonstrated the charisma of being a chip off the old black - I mean his Buperior, Mr. Denktaeh, who stated this recently: Whether I like it Or not, whether 1 believe it or not, I do whatever Turkey 85~5.. I shall addgess my remarks to Turkey. The iSSUe of Settlers ohould deeply concern this body and the united N&ions in general, not only because of the illegality and imorality involved in this discredited policy, but also because it will he presented later as a reality which Turkey will claim cannot be reversed. 8n thJs action of importing sgttlern , Turkey over the yeara has given, and is still giving, changing and contradictory anawers to the serious charrJe8 against it. F’ir~t it described these settlers as *&easonal farm woeker5” - and f believe they ace 5s~ deectibt5 in Lb Secretary-i%ner&i'e rtrprr. *--- ---l---L-l --l&L S.&r 11,111 I-UIIL‘VIIC- "C&I. &..a-- question of how a region with 2%per-cent unemployment could be importing la&Our - when the Turkish Cypriot comm~~nity was employed mainly in the agricultural sector - Turkey changed it8 ven8iou and added l uother lie* that the settlers were mrkiah Cypriot8 returning to the i818nd. 8Ut when Turkey va8 Omo again amProuted with the cold facts - the migration etatirtiar which were kept by the United Ringddor during the colonial years, a D9ziQd Of a]ro8t 100 years, and vhich proved the Turkish antxmer utterly false (unle88, of cour8e, we were dealiug vith tabbit8) - Turkey, like a snail, vithdrev into it8 shell, brushing away any que8tion oo this subject vith the ridiculous reply that the quelrtion of settler8 va8 an internal matter of its puppet r&give. ItOW we have a reverrion to the returning Turkish Cypriots and the seasonal WOrkOr8. UnOortunately for Turkey, the ghost of the Turkish settler Colonel Tezer de*oLiuhes it8 attempt to wnceal the truth. Colonel Teaer, in a press conference, said that the settler8 had coma to Cyptua with the approval of mrkeyr that they had been reprorented a8 being agricultural workers and that almost all of them had been aade Cypriot CitiZeR8. The classic an8wer of the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Ozgur, to Mr. GuIler, when the latter va8 hiding the truth about the presence of settlere in Cyprus. is I believe to the point. “Mr. GUrlet,* asked nr. Ozgur, "do you think ve come Prom the Iwon? Are you trying to deceive us too by saying things you aay to the fOreigners?m. And Mr. Gzgur went ant *&I a little bit aeriam when you are talking". That I addroes to the Turkish side. And here are 6ame quotation@ on the subject. First, this i8 what Senator edWard Kennedy Said8 “The ‘eoloniaati~ _- ’ polkv e,a .&$t+r+e +(mk hr4nna uinlrerl mswktah . -- -..~- . ..-_..--.._ _-D.“-.. nationals to Cyprus, has been an open secret fot many months - and, in fact, Was Wnfir~d to ale in a recent exchange of correspondence with the Foreign Minister of Turkey-. We. Moushoutae, cyprue) ‘%%a ‘Purkirh Cypriot populatian begin8 to find unhearablo the preaenco of the oceupantrt military toraor on the on hand and eettlera on the other. Abcrut 30,000 woto tranopLanted from tho doprivrd aroaa of Turkeym. 1 9uok tha tolloui~po tror ‘Ihm Guardiana Upration of mtk8 to the northern Turkish-ocaupied part of cypcue ia taking plaaa oo a male that will 8oon radically alter the racial balance on the i8lmnd and 0~14 mrimmly aftoat the chauae8 of a political solution”. kd now ua cm@ to this quotatbn from Aydinlik - a mrkiah nevrpapera %t thic mount the numbor of settler8 exceed@ 50,000. The colonisation p~ltcy rtill aontinuor and every day new Ttarkirh aeinland l ettlot~ are being uttlod in the Turkish pert OP. cypruse. &toconaa ua8 n&Q@ to dieorimination by the Oovernmmt of Cyprus. That i8 mothot ludicrous stto8pt to ~~irlead the uoold. When 18 pet cent of the population ir given 36 par oent 00 the govwnrunt ports, when that 18 per oent has 40 per cent of the ~lfce and rmmrity go8tr - 68 the Twkiah aW8Unity had under the 1960 mfmtitution - it io rorlly 8trago to bran4 the @n?ernRent of Cypruo au having dircririnatod agsin8t ot l upprersed tho Turklrh Cypriot community. The mrkiah r~pre8entatioeo refer to the 1994 and 1974 eras. The hiutory of Cvprus 15 eanturie8414. Eut, like all urohantr of hate, they mingle out 20 years of som intermittent, rt8gW and sarttorbd intsrcomunal inctidente and discard tour mnkUri@tI of umtinuour gm~~ful, frimdly rolationa batvosn the Greek Cypriot end ckr Turk!& Cypriot cw8un~tios. Why & thsy do that? Bsaauee they cannot justify their wrtiour of regreggetion, partition l hd divielon in the enlightened world of tha turntleth aenturYe Mr. 86oumhouta8, cyprua) The Turkieh ropresontetive #poke about Turkey*r favour&a subject, and I would like to mke tbie reply: Yer, there were e-e &aged, intermittent clarhea. Ye& lives were loat - som Creek Cypriots, l ae Turkirh Cypriots. Yea, that oCcurted during the colonial years and again in 1964 en8 in f967, when Cyprus was independent. These aluhee were instigated and orchestrated by mrkey - a teetic! ruinPscent of the uthods of t&ore vim intentionally uet fire to suaearie oPse% home in order to have a pretext for entering the ho= and rtealing the owner’s ~longingo. (Mr. mufshoutea, Cyprus) ?rcr the hietay of your own corntry, Hr. Praddent, yau knov better than enyosre that are doe8 not partitiar a countpy .and thet one &es not forcibly ugregab its people on etimio criteria jwtbecarrro in the paat - 20 or 30 yeua befire - disturbmaa occurred. QIe doem not ptonulgete apartheid ooluthne on the poetmct of mintaining eecwity. InmtuU, am atriven to keep mity in a country arubd as one and indioieible. One 8tr ivea dot oo-peoeticm and justice for all, with a CIIPYI\ oantry end deetiny. That ie the -ition of my Government. The PRESIDENTI The repemmtativo of Greece hee asked tro epak in eseroise of hie ri#kt of reply, ad P call upon him now. ,yr . UolRmAs (GmJU) s I am indeed reluctant to exerciee my right of reply at thie fate hour, but L an afraid I heve to say a few recede in reply to what Ambasoelbr Tutkmn hae jumt e--d. In the fir l t plaa, I should like to address bi8 l tstemt that Greece ie damding the witb&wal of the Turkieh troops as e matter of abmoluts piaity, with theconmequrrco that themrkieh cmmnunity would be left urpotected. But that ia not chat I eaid. The prptth that the Tu?kicfh troop Wmuld be withdrawn as a first priority oteup from the very fact that tharie tmmpta are illegally in o/plus and that they em the by-product of an invasion that h68 ban on&mm3 by this aganiaatitm. m mttu t&at tnat b&sic pmitim ay be, &et I eaid vaa that “the qusetian of the WithdtaVal of all ehe Turkish trooge should be fully diecussed at the negotiethg tale ee a lgtter of absolute pttotity, before any further eomibsrathm lo given to the conat&tuticmal and other aspeataa. I runlnhetl the reaaona for calling fa that abeolute priority8 I vent on to Say ---=- - that (Ht. mushoutaa, cyprus) “That is all the IKYO necessary beoawe the latter [conetituticmal and tettibotial] aspects have been abundantly dealt with in the 12 yeare that have eloped aince the Twkiah fm)a8iQIm. Puppet PO 22) I juet wanted to eet tbu reaxd atrsiqht a8 a0 what I actually said. Allow IPB now to comment ~1 two or three other remacke mde by the Permanent Repraerenta tive of Turkey. It Seems to met that there is so-thing of a discrepancy between cerItsin sensitivities ad cart%in insensitivities of Anbaasador Turkmen. Hei felt obliged to obte hi8 ahock because the Greek Government is closely m-operating with the Gavernment of Qpcuo - *ich is true. But at Ule 8ame time he not mly appeared inoensitlve to the faat that the mrkieh ommunity in Cypue ie -aperating close&y with Ankara, but aleo tended to igmze that the nor&mm part of Wprus ie ruled by mcaca, and that the instrummt of that rule is the Turkish army of occupatia,. There ie another discrepancy of the mm nature: the mrkish Ambaseador felt obliged to say that the Gwernment of ~pcue is preparing its army fa defence and inaeaeing its ctrength. Aloo, he maintains that there are a nuraber of Greek trcuw in CWxua. In the first plaoe, I Mould like categorically to deny his oS6ettion that we have 8,000 Greek soldiera and officers in Cyprutsr that is WQlly inaccurate . But even if for argumfmt~s sake we veze to accf3pt that there are Wrtain Grwk military elements in Cypub, it BPciketI ma that the repteaentstive of Turkey wa8 &hacked that a nun&mr of Greek officers and men are suppaeedly in ~WUS, while totally ignaing the fact that there are, illegally, 27,000 Turkish 04~. muntas, Greece) Asdsassador TUrkmII has deeccibed ocrspLetely justifies our paeiticm that the question of the armies in Cyprus is of paramount importance indeed. That is why my Careenskant haa coneistmtly and pereistently aoked Umt the Turkbh troop0 - and all tireign troops - be withdrawn from Cymu8t becauSe what Ambama&r Turknmn said comaborate our paeitiao that the question of Q~us is are of IntanatiOMl dimnsiants and impor tame. It is a queetiem Mat involvea - apart from the other fmdamental aepeote of tie queetigp\, such as the qumtion of the exexcise by OyprUS of it8 swereignty wet the island - the direat uanfcantstion in ttre island betWean the army of Turkey and part0 of the Greek wmy. That ia the very point on the baairis of which my CbvecnrPent has been enking for years that the questi= of the rithdrawal of all armies be diecuamed afa a ettec of ebbsolute piotity. I beg the Security Council to attaah particular tipstems to that aspect, beeawe it it3 an aspect that pertains to the maintencmce of peace in the region. The PRESIDENT% I call upon the representative of nw key, who has asked fo speak in exercise of hi6 right of reply. Mr. lURl@lEN (lIarkey): I hould like fir et to address two pints msde by Asbaasador Dauntas. He says that because th :e are Turkish faces in northern Qprus we are dominating the northern part of the island and imposing our will on the Turkioh~piotgcwernment there. Well, I cb not think that the pcasence of forom in any country mean13 mat the political will of that aountry is also dominated. Pa instmce, theze are nany ulited States troope in the Pedezal Rctplblic of Germany% does that man that the United Staten Governslent rules the Federal B3pUalic of Geruxmy? Similarly, there are EkWiet troom in 80~ Eastern Europsan aountzies; doe5 that mean that Me &Vi& Union rule8 those countrise? The principle cannot be sccepte~. (Mr. I)ountaa, Greece) There are Turkish forces in northern Qypcus became the Gmernment of the Rewblic of Northern Cyprus wishes those forces to remain there until there ie a solu tian. Ambassador Oountaas also saitl that what he sneant was that priority should be given not to the actual withdrawal of forces, but rather to the discussion of the issue. But the question will be discussed, according to the draft agreer&ant propceed by the Secretary-Gemeral; it is cne of the many points to be discussed by the two sides when negotiations start. The objection we have is that it is not a priority problem bacause if it is a very important issue for the Greek Side, political equality is more important for the lWkish side. So the two issues have to be aisOua5ea ma negotfated togsther. According to the repessntetive of Greece , I eaid I was shocked by the ~~esencs of the Greek force6 in southern Qpcus. How can I be shocked when we knew of it all along? I must say that we tried very hard to have at least part of those forces removed in 1967, and we know that a nufiber of them remained there. Thus, we were not 53hockea~~ I a0 not think I used that wota. (Mr. I\rrklPen, 9&r key) I wish to make one brief remark to the representative of the Greek Cypriot administration, who made a very qood point. Re said that for four centuries the Turks and Greeks on the island had lived together in peace ahd in partnership. That ie true, but it wae during the time of the Ot&msn Burpire, when the Turks haa the greater political power on the island. When matters were reversed and the Greeke had the upper hard, things deteriorated. The PRRSPURNF: I call on the representative of Cyprus, who wishes to speak in exercioe of the right of reply. Mr. HDUSHCUTAS (Cyprus): I wish, in fact, to make a historical point, Mr. President. Cyprus hecame indepmdent in 1960. since 1878 it had been under the united Kingdom. So the statement of the representative of Turkey should be considered bearing that in mind. The PRRSIURWP: There are no further speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. STA- BY TBE PRRSIURWl’ The PRRSIDRHTt Since many delegations may not be represented by their permanent representatives at additional iaeetiugs that may take place later in December, I should be remiss if I did not take this occasion to thank the outgoing members of the Council for their outetaudinq co-operation during my presidehey. FAREWELL TRIWTR To MR. VIACHESIJW A. USTIRGV, URRER-SEXZRTARY-GlNRRAL POR POLITICAL AND SECURITY CCSURCIL AFFAIRS The PRRSPDRNT: Before adjourning the meeting, I ehould like to say a few words of farewell to Under-Secretary-General for Political and Security COUnCil Affairs, #r. Viache8lav A. Ustinov. I am mre I speak for all members of the council in expteaeinq to Mr. rlstfnov our recoqnition of his many efforts on behalf of the Council and ite 5lemhers. As he Leaves to aseume new reepnaibflit ies on (Mr. Turkmen, Turkey) behalf of hie Government, I extend to him on hehalf of the Council very best wishes in his future endeavours. We wish him and his family happiness. (spoke in Russian1 I wioh to thank Under-Secretary-General Uetinov for his excellent work in the security Council. We all wish him great success and health in the future. (continued fn Rnglish) I call on Under-Secretary-General Ustinov. Mr. USTINOV (Under-Secretary-General for Political and Security Council Affairs): I should like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to you, Mr. President, for your very kind words addressed to me on behalf of the members of the Council and on your own behalf. It has been a great honour for me to have been deeply involved in the work of this main organ of the United Nations system, which is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. I have tried to fulfil my duties in the best way possible, to the best of my ability, during the more than five years that I have been with the Organieetion. I am particularly grateful to Mr, Perez de Cuellar, our Secretary-General, for his wise guidance and co-operation, which I always felt. My thanks go also to all my colleagues in the Secretariat, and especially to the staff of the security Council and Political Committees Division, ably headed by Mr. Ortner, who helpea me a lot. May I express once again to you, Hr. President, and all. members my sincere graliLudrt iOf L-~~r . ..-. -- ----_r.-- --. . . --. --.,-- rr~nu civupe~airorr arm urroaratariu+rq Cri86 My tii& icji t&S iuli.iiGi promotion of the noble goals and principles of the united Nations Chattee, in the interests of international peace and security. (The President) I take this opportunity to extend to all of you here best vishes for the coning year. The PI?SSILW?l’x I thank Under-Secretary-General Ustinov for his kind words addressed to all of US* Mr. GARVALGV (Bulgaria) t I should like to associate myself and my delegation with the farevell tribute which you, Mr. President, on your own behelf and on kh8lf of the Council, extended to the under-Secretary-General for Political and Security Council Affairs, Vischeslav Aleksandrovich Ustinov. Uy delegation vould like to extend its deepest gratitude to the Under-Secxetsry-Gener81 for his very iupottant contribution to the Security Council*8 work 8s 8 senior member of the seoretsriat. We are very vell avare and indeed appreciative of the way in vhich the Under-Secretarry-General has discharged his duties, manifesting throughout his rich erudition, wisdom and wide experience 8s a diplom8t. Se has accomplished various assignments with distinction and excellence. In bidding fsrevell to the Under-Secretary-Genecal the Bulgarian delegation wishes him gcod health and success in the new poet to which his Government will assign him. Mr. BMONOGOV (Union of Soviet socialist nepublics) (interpretation from Russian) r I should like to associate myself, Mr. President, with the kind words you expreesed to the outgoing Under-Secretsry-General, Vi8cheslav Aleksandrovich’Uetinov. The Soviet delegation wishes to extend to him ite deePest gratitude far his great contribution to the Council’s work and for his excellent leadership of his Uepartnv3nt. Thanks to the great diplomatic skill, exgerienc;e and organizationa?. talents he hae rlisplayed in hi.u high post, he has oucce6sfully carried out a (Mr. Ustinov) variety of complicated political taak8 and diplomatic functions. The Soviet delegation wishen Vimheelav Alakeafbdrovich Ustinov further fruitful work in the BiQlORIatiC field, good health and all l ccess and happineee- The meting raae at 1.30 P.m. Oar. 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