Self-Determination In Cyprus

EDM number 939 in 1989-90, proposed by Keith Speed on 02/05/1990.

That this House recognises that the Turkish Cypriot people and the Greek Cypriot people each have the right to decide for themselves whether, and if so on what terms, they will enter into a new political association with each other; believes that Rauf Denktas was right to make this point clear at the New York summit, and that he is the leader most likely to negotiate an agreement which the Turkish Cypriots can accept; believes that third parties should refrain from seeking to prescribe the basic terms of any such agreement and from seeking directly or indirectly to force an agreement; agrees with the United Nations' Secretary General that Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots are political equals, and not a minority and a majority; and calls upon Her Majesty's Ministers to remove all economic and political embargos and to receive the elected leaders of both peoples, as the Secretary General does.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.