Cyprus, Turkey And The European Union

EDM number 156 in 2001-02, proposed by Nicholas Winterton on 16/07/2001.

That this House notes that 20th July this year is the 27th anniversary of Turkey's intervention in Cyprus under Article 4 of the 1960 Cyprus Treaty of Guarantee, to prevent the annexation of Cyprus to Greece in violation of Article 1 of that Treaty and to stop renewed attempts under the Iphestos Plan at genocide to which the Turkish Cypriots had already been subjected by Greek Cypriots under the Akritas Plan in 1963, 1964 and 1967 and in violation of Articles 2(a), (b) and (c) and 3(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the 1948 Genocide Convention; considers that the accession of Cyprus to the European Union without the consent of the Turkish Cypriots and Turkey would be a violation of Article 1 of the 1960 Treaty by the Greek Cypriots and of Article 2 by the United Kingdom and Greece; and that it would seriously damage Europe's relations with Turkey and the cohesion of NATO; further considers that the acceptance of the Greek Cypriot Administration in Southern Cyprus as the Government of Cyprus has made a Cyprus settlement impossible; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to deal with both the peoples of Cyprus and their elected institutions on a basis of equality in all respects without further delay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 6 MPs.