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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Speed (Conservative), on Wednesday, 13 July 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

CYPRUS

That this House notes that 20 years ago on 20th July Turkey intervened in Cyprus in accordance with international law; deplores the racist behaviour of the Greek Cypriots during the previous 11 years when they murdered hundreds of Turkish Cypriot men, women and children, and reduced the Turkish Cypriot population to near starvation; deplores the invasion of Cyprus by Greek troops on 15th July 1974; and trusts that Turkey will maintain troops there for so long as necessary to prevent any recurrence of such behaviour; welcomes the acceptance by President Denktas of the UN Confidence Building Measures on behalf of the Turkish Cypriots, and condemns the Greek Cypriot leader for threatening resignation if verbal assurances given by the United Nations to the Turkish Cypriots are put in writing, thereby making it impossible for further progress to be made; and calls upon the Prime Minister to invite President Denktas to London for talks, and to make the following Downing Street Declaration, 'It would be wrong to attempt to impose, or to persuade others to impose, a united Cyprus in the absence of the freely-given consent of a majority of the people of Northern Cyprus. The British Governme nt agree that it is for the people of the island of Cyprus as a whole, by agreement between the two parts respectively, to exercise their right of self-determination on the basis of consent, freely and concurrently given, North and South, to bring about a united Cyprus if that is their wish. The British Government will encourage, facilitate, and enable, all the people living in Cyprus to achieve agreement - not agreement of a particular character, but simply agreement, through a process of dialogue and cooperation based on full respect for the identities and equal political rights of both the people of the island.'.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

CYPRUS (1504A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Edward O'Hara (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 18 July 1994. It has been signed by 28 members in total.
leave out from 'notes' to end and add 'that on 20th July 1974, Turkey invaded Cyprus ostensibly in accordance with the terms of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee; notes however that, when constitutional order was swiftly restored a Turkish army of occupation remained in control of 37 per cent. of the island in direct contravention of the Treaty of Guarantee; deplores Turkey's action in 1974 in expelling 200,000 Greek Cypriots from their homes in occupied Cyprus, and since 1974 in continuously colonising occupied Cyprus with Turkish nationals, to the point where these now probably outnumber the Turkish Cypriots whom the Turkish occupying army purports to protect but who have in fact emigrated en masse from the island; further deplores any suggestion that a referendum of the present ethnically engineered population of occupied Cyprus could be taken as the freely given consent of the Turkish Cypriot population; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government, whether under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary General or by other necessary means, to work for a solution to the Cyprus problem which respects the rights of all the citizens of the Republic of Cyprus, as recognised by the whole international community with the exception of Turkey, be they of Turkish, Greek or other ethnic origin.'. (Relevant registered interest declared)

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1504 
1504A1 
Session
1993-94
Other sponsors
Stephen Day
Andrew Faulds
Lord Kilclooney
Peter Fry
Jamie Cann
Subjects
Armed conflict Cyprus Peace negotiations Turkey
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk