UN General Assembly
1976

169. The General Assembly is only too aware of the fact that at the time when Greece, two years ago, was restoring its democratic institution, Cyprus was invaded by the armed forces of one of the Powers despite the fact that that Power had guaranteed its independence and its territorial integrity. The fact that to this day the situation in the island remains unchanged underlies the crisis that prevails in our region. 170. In turning to bilateral problems I did not intend to go into them in detail, but the statement made the day before yesterday before this Assembly by my Turkish colleague [8th meeting] obliges me to refer to some of his assertions if only to rectify certain errors of interpretation and certain omissions which have dipped into his presentation.