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2001 SESSION

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05/09

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 9

ANALYSIS

This house concurrent resolution urges the President of the United States to increase the administration's efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution to the dispute in Cyprus between Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus. It also urges Turkey to withdraw troops from Cyprus and to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding the dispute in Cyprus.

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08mar01...0191h

01-0524

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Whereas, in 1974, Turkey sent armed forces to Cyprus and occupied over 36 percent of the land, creating widespread displacement of Greek Cypriots from the northern part of the island; and

Whereas, the international community and the United States Government have repeatedly called for the speedy withdrawal of all foreign forces from Cyprus; and

Whereas, a peaceful, just, and lasting solution to the Cyprus problem would greatly benefit the security and the political, economic, and social well-being of all Cypriots, as well as contribute to improved relations between Greece and Turkey; and

Whereas, the attention of the world will be focused on this region when the Olympics are held in Greece in 2002; and

Whereas, United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1250 and 1251, adopted on June 26, 1999, and June 29, 1999, respectively, provided parameters for a solution and were supported by the United States; and

Whereas, Resolution 1250 reaffirms all its earlier resolutions on Cyprus, particularly Resolution 1218 of December 22, 1998, and

Whereas, Resolution 1251 reaffirms that the status quo is unacceptable and that negotiations on a final political solution to the Cyprus problem have been at an impasse for too long; and

Whereas, Resolution 1251 also reiterates the United Nations' position that a Cyprus settlement must be based on a state of Cyprus with a single sovereignty and international personality and a single citizenship, with its independence and territorial integrity safeguarded, and comprising 2 politically equal communities as described in the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, in a bicommunal and bizonal federation, and that such a settlement must exclude union in whole or in part with any other country or any form of partition or secession; and

Whereas, despite such resolutions, over 30,000 Turkish armed forces remain stationed on the island of Cyprus with no substantial progress toward the establishment of an independent, bicommunal federation; and

Whereas, efforts by the United Nations and the United States to resolve this dispute remain unsuccessful; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the general court of New Hampshire hereby urges the President of the United States to increase the administration's efforts in mediating a peaceful resolution to the dispute in Cyprus; and

That the general court of New Hampshire hereby urges the President of the United States to persuade Turkey to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions addressing Cyprus and to cooperate fully in achieving lasting peace and independence for the Republic of Cyprus; and

That copies of this resolution, signed by the speaker of the house and the president of the senate, be forwarded by the house clerk to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, each member of the New Hampshire Congressional delegation, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, the American Ambassador to Cyprus, the Cypriot Ambassador to the United States, and the Turkish Ambassador to the United States.

(Approved: April 12, 2001)