Cyprus and the EU: Searching for a settlement in the light of accession

Cyprus Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-57

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References (27)

1. Treaty on the European Union, article A.
2. Thomas W. (1966)''The First Republic of Cyprus: A Review of an Unworkable Constitution,''TheWestern Political Quarterly, vol.19, pp. 475-90.
3. 3Xydis, Stephen (1973)Cyprus: Reluctant Republic The Hague: Mouton, and Adams
4. Camp, Glen D. (1985), "Greek-Turkish Conflict over Cyprus," Political ScienceQuarterly, vol. 95 Spring, p. 49.
5. The following works provide information and analysis regarding the American andSoviet role in Cyprus: Monteagle Stearns (1992), Entangled Allies: U.S. PolicyToward Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, New York: Council of Foreign RelationsPress); Hart, Parker (1990), Two NATO Allies at the Threshold of War, Cyprus: AFirsthand Account of Crisis Management, 1965-1968 Durham: Duke UniversityPress, 1990); Couloumbis, Theodore (1983), The United States, Greece, andTurkey: The Troubled Triangle, New York: Praeger; Couloumbis, Theodore andHicks, Sallie (1975), U.S. Foreign Policy toward Greece and Cyprus: The Clash ofPrinciple and Pragmatism Washington, D.C.: The Center for Mediterranean Studies;Adams and Cottrell, Cyprus Between East and West.
6. The unilateral declaration of independence of the ''Turkish Republic of NorthernCyprus" was made on 16 November 1983. It is interesting to note also, that less thana year after the Turkish invasion, on 13 February 1975 the Turkish Cypriots hadunilaterally proclaimed the "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus."
7. Implying that in the case of the Iraqi invasion of the oil producing Kuwait in 1990,the converging interests of the powerful countries led to joint action under the UNumbrella for the expulsion of the Iraqi occupation forces from Kuwait.
8. UN doc. S/13369, 31 May 1979. The Kyprianou-Denktash agreement providedalso that priority would be given on the resettlement of Varoshia and that the demilitarizationof the Republic of Cyprus would be discussed. (Varoshia is part of the cityof Famagusta. Until 1974 it was inhabited by Greek Cypriots. Today it is anuninhabited ghost town, fenced off by the Turkish occupation army.)
9. The Association Agreement was signed on 19 December 1972 and went intoeffect on 1 June 1973. It should be noted that the Association Agreement was signedbetween Cyprus and the European Economic Community (EEC) while the applicationfor membership was for the European Communities (EC), that is the European Coaland Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC), and theEuropean Atomic Energy Community (EAEC).
10. The Protocol was signed on 19 October 1987 and went into effect on 1 January1988.
11. Conclusions of the Council of General Affairs, 4 October 1993.
12. Research and technology policy 21. State aids 22. Budgetary and financialmatters 23. Health matters.
13. The acquis communautaire has been defined in a report of the Commissionentitled Europe and the Challenge of Enlargement, which was presented to, andendorsed by the Lisbon European Council (June 1992), as containing the following:- the contents, principles and political objectives of the Treaties,- the legislation adopted in implementation of the Treaties, and the jurisprudenceof the Court;- the declarations and resolutions adopted in the Community framework;- the international agreements, and the agreements between Member Statesconnected with the Community's activities.
14. Conclusions of the Presidency, Cannes European Council, 26-27 June 1995.
15. Agenda 2000, Commission Communication, Doc. 97/6, 15July 1997, vol.1, Fora Stronger and Wider Union, p. 3
16. The decision reads as follows: "The accession process will be launched on 30
17. The decision reads as follows: "The accession process will be launched on 30 March 1998 by a meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the fifteen Member States of the European Union, the ten Central and Eastern European applicant States and Cyprus," Luxembourg European Council, Presidency Conclusions, 12-13 December 1997, par. 11. (The ten Central and Eastern European applicant States are: Hungary, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Slovakia,
18. Vienna European Council (11 and 12 December 1998) Conclusions of the Presidency, par. 59.
19. Opinion, par. 48.
20. Agenda 2000, Commission Communication, Doc. 97/6, 15 July 1997, vol. 1
21. Stronger and Wider Union, p. 66.
22. Opinion, par. 44. This is the first paragraph in the "Conclusions" of the Opinion.
23. In the Opinion (paragraph 22) it was stated that " Cyprus must also give up itsmembership of the Non Aligned Movement of which it was a founder-member andin which it continues to participate actively." It seems that Cyprus has no problemabandoning the Non Aligned Movement before or upon accession to the EU.
24. Conclusions of the Presidency, Dublin European Council, 12-13 December1996.
25. The terms of reference of the European observer were as follows: "prior to thereview scheduled for January 1995 of the question of Cyprus's accession to theEuropean Union, to report periodically to the Council on the implications of politicaldevelopments in Cyprus for the Union's acquis communautaire, including theprogress of the UN Secretary-Generals's good offices mission for Cyprus."
26. European Observer's Report on Cyprus, paragraph II, 2(ii). The Report wasissued on 23 January 1995.
27. The Cyprus Weekly, March 12, 1999