IV
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 80
Calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on the freedoms and
human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 25, 1999
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. MALONEY of New York,
Mr. RUSH, Mr. PORTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. FRANKS
of New Jersey, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. HORN, Mr. HINCHEY,
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. DOYLE, and Mr.
BLAGOJEVICH) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on International Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on
the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people
in the occupied area of Cyprus.
Whereas respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights
is a cornerstone of United States foreign policy;
Whereas the enclaved people of Cyprus, those Greek-Cypriots
and Maronites living in the Karpas peninsula, are subject
to restrictions on freedom and human rights;
Whereas the representatives of the two communities in Cy-
prus, who met in Vienna in August 1975 under the aus-
pices of the Secretary General of the United Nations,
reached an agreement known as the Vienna Three Agree-
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ment, which, inter alia, states that, ‘‘Greek-Cypriots in
the North of the island [of Cyprus] are free to stay and
they will be given every help to lead a normal life, includ-
ing facilities for education and for the practice of their
religion, as well as medical care by their own doctors and
freedom of movement in the North . . . [and] the United
Nations will have free and normal access to Greek-Cyp-
riot villages and habitations in the North’’;
Whereas the key elements of this agreement have not been
implemented and, in fact, severe restrictions have been
placed on the daily lives of the enclaved people of Cyprus;
Whereas the Secretary General of the United Nations, in his
December 10, 1995, report on the operations of the
United Nations in Cyprus, set out the recommendations
contained in the humanitarian review of UNFICYP (the
United Nations Forces in Cyprus), as endorsed by United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1032(95), regarding
the restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the
enclaved people of Cyprus that—
(1) ‘‘The constant presence of the Turkish-Cypriot
police in the daily lives of the Karpas Greek-Cypriots
should be ended’’;
(2) ‘‘Karpas Greek-Cypriots and their visitors
should be allowed to travel between the Karpas and the
buffer zone crossing point in their own vehicles or in reg-
ular public transportation without police escort’’;
(3) ‘‘All restrictions on land travel within the north-
ern part of Cyprus should be lifted’’;
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(4) ‘‘Unrestricted availability of private telephones
should be permitted when they become generally avail-
able and the Karpas Greek-Cypriots should be permitted
to make private telephone calls from locations in the
Karpas other than police stations without the presence
of any official or other person’’;
(5) ‘‘Restrictions on hand-carried mail and news-
papers should be lifted’’;
(6) ‘‘Secondary schooling for Greek-Cypriots should
be facilitated in the Karpas, and teachers and school
supplies for the Greek-Cypriots should be allowed to be
provided from the south without hindrance’’;
(7) ‘‘All Karpas Greek-Cypriot students attending
secondary schools or third-level institutions in the south
should be allowed to return to their homes on weekends
and holidays’’;
(8) ‘‘Access to and religious use of the monastery
at Apostolos Andreas and the church there by the Greek-
Cypriots of the Karpas peninsula and their clergy should
be unrestricted’’;
(9) ‘‘Provision of funds from outside the northern
area should be permitted for the renovation and mainte-
nance of Greek-Cypriot schools and churches in the
Karpas area’’;
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(10) ‘‘Karpas Greek-Cypriots should be permitted
visits by Greek-Cypriot doctors and medical staff’’;
(11) ‘‘There should be no hindrance at any time to
children of Karpas Greek-Cypriots returning to their
family homes without formality’’;
(12) Karpas Greek-Cypriots should be allowed visits
from close relatives who normally reside outside the
northern part of Cyprus’’;
(13) ‘‘Karpas Greek-Cypriots should be allowed to
bequeath fixed property in Karpas to their next of kin
and in the event that such beneficiaries normally reside
outside the northern part of the island, they should be
allowed to visit bequeathed properties without hindrance
or formality’’;
(14) ‘‘Restrictions on UNFICYP’s freedom of
movement to and from as well as within the Karpas area
should be lifted’’;
(15) ‘‘Restrictions on the discharge by UNFICYP
of its humanitarian and other functions with regard to
Karpas Greek-Cypriots should be lifted and liaison posts
should be established where the greatest number of
Greek-Cypriots live in the north at the villages of
Rizokarpaso and Ayias Trias’’; ‘‘(The sole remaining
permanent UNFICYP presence in the Karpas, a small
liaison post, remains confined, with no freedom of move-
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ment, in the village of Leonarisso, where only 9 Greek-
Cypriots still reside)’’; and
(16) ‘‘All restrictions preventing offshore fishing by
the Greek-Cypriots of the Karpas should be lifted’’;
Whereas other restrictions on the freedom and human rights
of the enclaved include—
(1) a requirement that enclaved males aged 18 to
50 report once a week to those in control;
(2) harassment, beating, rape, and murder without
investigation; and
(3) lack of compensation for work performed;
Whereas 
United 
Nations 
Security 
Council 
Resolution
1062(96), inter alia, expressed regret that ‘‘the Turkish-
Cypriot side has not responded more fully to the rec-
ommendations made by UNFICYP and calls upon the
Turkish-Cypriot side to respect more fully the basic free-
doms of the Greek-Cypriots and Maronites living in the
northern part of the island and to intensify its efforts to
improve their daily lives’’;
Whereas on July 31, 1997, Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides
and Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash agreed to fur-
ther address this issue along with other humanitarian
issues; and
Whereas no substantive progress has since been made on the
part of the Turkish-Cypriot side to implement the rec-
ommendations arising out of the humanitarian review un-
dertaken by UNFICYP in 1995: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
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(1) strongly urges the President to undertake
efforts to end restrictions on the freedoms and
human rights of the enclaved people of Cyprus; and
(2) will remain actively interested in the matter
until the human rights and fundamental freedoms of
the enclaved people of Cyprus are restored, re-
spected, and safeguarded.
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