Question: When did the country where the headquarters of the organization that recognizes the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus is located declare independence from England?

the north atlantic treaty organization (nato / ˈneɪtoʊ /; french: organisation du traité de l'atlantique nord; otan), also called the north atlantic alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 north american and european countries. the organization implements the north atlantic treaty that was signed on 4 april 1949. nato constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. nato's headquarters are located in haren, brussels, belgium, while the headquarters of allied command operations is near mons, belgium. <SEP> The site of the UN headquarters has extraterritoriality status. This affects some law enforcement where UN rules override the laws of New York City, but it does not give immunity to those who commit crimes there. In addition, the United Nations Headquarters remains under the jurisdiction and laws of the United States, although a few members of the UN staff have diplomatic immunity and so can not be prosecuted by local courts unless the diplomatic immunity is waived by the Secretary - General. In 2005, Secretary - General Kofi Annan waived the immunity of Benon Sevan, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Vladimir Kuznetsov in relation to the Oil - for - Food Programme, and all were charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Benon Sevan later fled the United States to Cyprus, while Aleksandr Yakovlev and Vladimir Kuznetsov decided to stand trial. <SEP> These states would found a new nation -- the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was passed on July 2 with no opposing vote cast. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence. The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. <SEP> Since 1965, following clashes between the two communities, the Turkish Cypriot seats in the House remain vacant. In 1974 Cyprus was divided de facto when the Turkish army occupied the northern third of the island. The Turkish Cypriots subsequently declared independence in 1983 as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus but were recognised only by Turkey. The United Nations recognises the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus over the entire island of Cyprus. In 1985 the TRNC adopted a constitution and held its first elections. <SEP> united nations security council resolution 573, adopted on 4 october 1985, after hearing a complaint by tunisia, the council condemned an air raid on the country by the air force of israel on 1 october. the palestine liberation organization (plo) headquarters was targeted in the attack, after israel had responded to the murder of three israeli citizens in cyprus.