UN General Assembly
1964

65. Having acquired its independence, Cyprus requested admission to the United Nations. When the admission of the new State was being discussed, the treaties signed by the interested parties were known to all the Members of our Organization. These treaties were registered with the United Nations Secretariat, in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter. No objection was raised to the registration and President Makarios himself, in putting forward his request, took care to emphasize that Cyprus was asking to be admitted to the United Nations as "an independent and sovereign State". 66. It is therefore clear that the treaties, which, only four years after their signature, the Greek Cypriots are trying to repudiate unilaterally, are instruments which are legally valid and unquestionably in force. As a Member of the United Nations, the State of Cyprus is indubitably under an obligation to respect its commitments, in accordance with the United Nations Charter and the fundamental principles of international law.