UN General Assembly
1959

68. Various committees have been established in London and in Nicosia working hard for the implementation of these agreements. The creation of a new State in a rather short period of time is a challenging enterprise. We rest assured, however, that its outcome will be successful as all participants to these working bodies display a spirit of loyalty and dedication to the basic agreements of Zurich and London. The burden of these efforts rests mainly on the Cypriots of both communities facing the responsibility of building up their own future, as free men, in conditions of human dignity and prosperity. Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom assumed the responsibility of assisting the new State of Cyprus in establishing its independence.