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| Cyprus
Treaty of Alliance |
| Nicosia,
16 August 1960 |
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The Republic of
Cyprus, Greece and Turkey,
I. In
their common desire to uphold peace and to preserve the security
of each of them,
II.
Considering that their efforts for the preservation of peace and
security are in conformity with the purposes and principles of
the United Nations Charter.
Have agreed as
follows:
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| Article
I |
The High
Contracting Parties undertake to co-operate for their common
defense and to consult together on the problems raised by that
defense.
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| Article
II |
The
High Contracting Parties undertake to resist any attack or
aggression, direct or indirect, directed against the
independence or the territorial integrity of the Republic of
Cyprus.
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| Article
III |
For
the purpose of this alliance, and in order to achieve the object
mentioned above, a Tripartite Headquarters shall be established
on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
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| Article
IV |
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and Turkey shall participate in the Tripartite Headquarters so
established with the military contingents laid down in Additional
Protocol No. 1 annexed to the present Treaty.
The said
contingents shall provide for the training of the army of the
Republic of Cyprus.
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| Article
V |
The
Command of the Tripartite Headquarters shall be assumed in
rotation, for a period of one year each, by a Cypriot, Greek and
Turkish General Officer, who shall be appointed respectively by
the Governments of Greece and Turkey and by the President and
the Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus.
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| Article
VI |
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present Treaty shall enter into force on the date of signature.
The High
Contracting Parties shall conclude additional agreements if the
application of the present Treaty renders them necessary.
The High
Contracting Parties shall proceed as soon as possible with the
registration of the present Treaty with the Secretariat of the
United Nations, in conformity with Article 102 of the United
Nations Charter.
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| ADDITIONAL
PROTOCOL No. 1 |
- The Greek
and Turkish contingents which are to participate in the
Tripartite Headquarters shall comprise respectively 950
Greek officers, non-commissioned officers and men, and 650
Turkish officers, non-commissioned officers and men.
- The
President and the Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus,
acting in agreement, may request the Greek and Turkish
Governments to increase or reduce the Greek and Turkish
contingents.
- It is agreed
that the sites of the cantonments for the Greek and Turkish
contingents participating in the Tripartite Headquarters,
their juridical status, facilities and exemptions in respect
of customs and taxes, as well as other immunities and
privileges and any other military and technical questions
concerning the organisation and operation of the
Headquarters mentioned above shall be determined by a
Special Convention which shall come into force not later
than the Treaty of Alliance.
- It is
likewise agreed that the Tripartite Headquarters shall be
set up not later than three months after the completion of
the tasks of the Mixed. Commission for the Cyprus
Constitution and shall consist, in the initial period, of a
limited number of officers charged with the training of the
armed forces of the Republic of Cyprus. The Greek and
Turkish contingents mentioned above will arrive in Cyprus on
the date of signature of the Treaty of Alliance.
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| ADDITIONAL
PROTOCOL No. 2 |
Article
I
A Committee
shall be set up consisting of the Foreign Ministers of Cyprus,
Greece and Turkey, It shall constitute the supreme political
body of the Tripartite Alliance and may take cognizance of any
question concerning the Alliance which the Governments of the
three Allied countries shall agree to submit to it.
Article II
The Committee
of Ministers shall meet in ordinary session by its Chairman at
the request of one of the members of the Alliance.
Decisions of
the Committee of Ministers shall be unanimous.
Article III
The Committee
of Ministers shall be presided over in rotation and for a
period of one year, by each of the three Foreign Ministers. It
will hold its ordinary sessions, unless it is decided
otherwise, in the capital of the Chairman's country. The
Chairman shall, during the year in which he holds office,
preside over sessions of the Committee of Ministers, both
ordinary and special.
The Committee
may set up subsidiary bodies whenever it shall judge it to be
necessary for the fulfillment of its task.
Article IV
The
Tripartite Headquarters established by the Treaty of Alliance
shall be responsible to the Committee of Ministers in the
performance of its functions. It shall submit to it, during
the Committee's ordinary session, an annual report comprising
a detailed account of the Headquarters' activities.
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| References:
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- From: C.H.
Dodd, (1993), `Cyprus: A Historical Introduction', in C.H.
Dodd (ed.), "The Political, Social, and Economic
Development of Northern Cyprus", Eothen Press,
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.
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