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charged with maintaining

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and

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among

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s. While other organs of the United Nations only make recommendations to member

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s, the Security Council has the power to make decisions; which member governments must carry out if they fall under Chapter VII of the under the

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. The decisions of the Council are known as

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s. A

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, is obligated to respect the

and UN members are bound by its articles. Cyprus claims that

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

violates the charter against Republic of Cyprus.

does not recognize the continued existence of the Republic of Cyprus, as established by the London and Zurich Agreements

Turkey refers to the Republic of Cyprus as the "Greek Cypriot administration" or "South Cyprus"

http://www.mfa.gov.tr/MFA/ForeignPolicy/MainIssues/Cyprus/Statement+By+President+Denktaş+In+Response+To+The+Call+Made+By+Greek+Cypriot+Leader+Clerides+For+Tur.htm] In 1974

invaded Cyprus, after a military coup staged by the Greek Junta against the lawfully elected Government of Cyprus under President Makarios. The Turkish army subsequently occupied ~38% of the territory of the island which to this day remains de facto divided with ''"Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"'' (TRNC) proclaimed in 1983 following a UDI by the Turkish Cypriots. The ''"TRNC"'' is an illegal entity as per UN Security Council Resolutions UN Security Council Resolution 541 and UN Security Council Resolution 550 and is recognized only by Turkey. The latter has, subsequently, been condemned by the ''

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'' (ECHR) for human rights violations in Cyprus.

Cyprus related Resolutions

Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly

#2077 (XX) 1965 # 3212 (XXIX) 1974 #3395 (XXX) 1975 #31/12 1976 #32/15 1977 #33/15 1978 #34/30 1979 #37/253 1983

On Missing Persons

#3450 (XXX) 1975 #32/128 1977 #33/172 1978 #36/164 1981 #37/181 1982

On Human Rights

#4 (XXXI) 1975 #4 (XXXII) 1976 #17 (XXXIV) 1978 #1987/50 1987

References

External links

UN documentation Centre
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