Independent In-depth Paragraph by Paragraph Analysis of the Implications of the Annan Plan

Foundation Agreement

Article 8 Demilitarisation

1. Bearing in mind that:

f. A Monitoring Committee composed of representatives of the guarantor powers, the federal government, and the constituent states, and chaired by the United Nations, shall monitor the implementation of this Agreement, Cyprus shall be demilitarised, and all Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot forces, including reserve units, shall be dissolved, and their arms removed from the island, in phases synchronized with the redeployment and adjustment of Greek and Turkish forces.

Comments

In order for the Annan plan to be functional and workable the people of Cyprus need to feel secure. The Treaty of Establishment, the Treaty of Guarantee, and the Treaty of Alliance were all incapable of preventing Greece from orchestrating a military coup against the democratised elected president of the Republic of Cyprus at the behest of the CIA on the orders of Henry Kissinger, which gave Turkey a pretext to invade Cyprus in violation of Article 2 Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter as stated in numerous UN resolutions. The US conspired with NATO so that no action was taken to stop Turkey and to the contrary NATO endorsed Turkey illegal invasion and the assassination attempt of Prsident Makarios. Britain failed in its commitments to protect Cyprus and because of the intervention of Henry Kissinger who ordered James Callahan not to attempt to intervene when Turkey violated a UN brokered cease fire on August 14 1974 and invaded Cyprus a second time in the same year 200,000 Greek Cypriots were ethnically cleansed and thousands were mutilated, raped, murdered, tortured or made to disappear by Turkish forces as documented in the Reports of the European Commission of Human Rights which found Turkey alone was guilty of mass violation of the European Convention of Human Rights.

From 1960 to 1974 and since then, the guarantor powers have undermined the sovereignty and integrity of the Republic of Cyprus they were supposed to guarantee in the first place.  The Annan plan maintains and strengthens the rights of the guarantor powers as if the recent history of Cyprus never happened.

Turkey does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus nor has it shown any intention of respecting its unity, independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity for over 30 years. Since 1964 Turkey has repeatedly failed to comply with over 130 UN Security Council Resolutions concerning Cyprus and numerous European Court of Human Right judgments ordering to unconditionally compensate the Cypriot victims of its human rights violations. How can Cyprus feel secure when a state that does not recognise it and holds the UN and ECHR in contempt, is expected to guarantee its security.

Under the provisions of the UN Charter all states are entitled to use force for the purpose of self defence. If the purpose of paragraph, ii. is to prevent the repetition of events such as those of 1963/4, 1967 and 1974 then the deprivation of Cyprus of its right to defend itself, for example if it were attacked by another state or by terrorists, would make it impossible for it to be implemented.

Demilitarisation does not mean the same thing as disarmament. Demilitarisation means the removal of military force from the streets. Kofi Annan’s plan is contradictory. It states the Cyprus should be demilitarisation but asks for its complete disarmament.

The above paragraph denies Cyprus its right to self defence and leaves it completely at the mercy of any terrorist or aggressor. When Turkey invade Cyprus twice in 1974 its troops showed no mercy whatsoever for the civilian population of Cyprus which the brutally ethnically cleansed. Therefore this paragraph must be amended.

Amendment Required

“1. A Monitoring Committee composed of representatives of the European Union, Greece, Turkey, the federal government, and the constituent states, and chaired by the United Nations, shall monitor the implementation of this Agreement, Cyprus shall be demilitarised which does not mean disarmed. All troops stationed on Cyprus spoil without the constant of the government of Cyprus, including all Turkish occupation forces and those named by the President must be unconditionally removed from Cyprus soil in accordance with UN Resolutions. Cyprus shall reserve the right to individual or collective self-defence in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and seek to acquire both ways and means of protecting itself. The National Guard shall be restricted to no more than 15,000 troops. "

Clarification Required