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[Eric dayi]

Statement by the President of the Republic Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos at the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly


On our part, we remain committed to a bizonal, bicommunal federal Cyprus in line with what we consider to be the pillars of the survival of this model of settlement: the High level agreements, United Nations Resolutions, International Law and the acquis communautaire. We anticipate that these will safeguard the right of all Cypriots to preserve their fundamental interests while simultaneously taking into account their most basic concerns.

Aside from procedure, the time has come to go back to basics and realise that as long as the basic aspects of the problem are not truly tackled, progress will be difficult. Without dealing with the core components of the problem by putting an end to the military occupation, the massive violations of human rights, the plight of the refugees, and by effectively addressing the question of settlers deliberately and illegally transported to the occupied part of the island, there can be no solution. At the same time, for progress to be realised on the ground, all secessionist attempts on Cyprus must be terminated immediately, in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, and a single vision based on the unification of the island must prevail. Unfortunately however, we have not been moving closer to these imperatives. Instead we have been witnessing for well over a year, a tendency to entrench the faits accomplis on Cyprus, particularly through an outburst of illegal exploitation of Greek-Cypriot owned property in its occupied part.

In establishing the new constitutional and institutional setup, we should avoid artificial structures that will require an abnormally long transitional period to be absorbed by the people and the institutions, at a great socioeconomic cost. We visualise that seeking a settlement will increasingly centre around and fall under the establishment of a functional, working democracy that does not require exceptionally taxing efforts for basic governance. We also visualise that, with Cyprus' membership to the European Union taking solid roots, a settlement would encompass an integration of the currently occupied area to the characteristics of a European society and the standards of the acquis communautaire in full harmony and osmosis with the rest of the island.

Thank you, Mr. President.

2005-09-20

http://www.cyprusemb.se/Dbase/cypemb/archive_352.asp

[Murataga]

Statement by the President of the Republic Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos at the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly


On our part, we remain committed to a bizonal, bicommunal federal Cyprus in line with what we consider to be the pillars of the survival of this model of settlement: the High level agreements, United Nations Resolutions, International Law and the acquis communautaire. We anticipate that these will safeguard the right of all Cypriots to preserve their fundamental interests while simultaneously taking into account their most basic concerns.

Aside from procedure, the time has come to go back to basics and realise that as long as the basic aspects of the problem are not truly tackled, progress will be difficult. Without dealing with the core components of the problem by putting an end to the military occupation, the massive violations of human rights, the plight of the refugees, and by effectively addressing the question of settlers deliberately and illegally transported to the occupied part of the island, there can be no solution. At the same time, for progress to be realised on the ground, all secessionist attempts on Cyprus must be terminated immediately, in accordance with the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions, and a single vision based on the unification of the island must prevail. Unfortunately however, we have not been moving closer to these imperatives. Instead we have been witnessing for well over a year, a tendency to entrench the faits accomplis on Cyprus, particularly through an outburst of illegal exploitation of Greek-Cypriot owned property in its occupied part.

In establishing the new constitutional and institutional setup, we should avoid artificial structures that will require an abnormally long transitional period to be absorbed by the people and the institutions, at a great socioeconomic cost. We visualise that seeking a settlement will increasingly centre around and fall under the establishment of a functional, working democracy that does not require exceptionally taxing efforts for basic governance. We also visualise that, with Cyprus' membership to the European Union taking solid roots, a settlement would encompass an integration of the currently occupied area to the characteristics of a European society and the standards of the acquis communautaire in full harmony and osmosis with the rest of the island.

Thank you, Mr. President.

2005-09-20

http://www.cyprusemb.se/Dbase/cypemb/archive_352.asp

Osmosis: a usually effortless often unconscious assimilation (webster dictionary)

First Enosis, now Osmosis... Can`t these people see that we will never succumb to criminal and racist agendas pertaining to the enforcement of Hellenic ideals in Cyprus- ever ?

[Kifeas]

Papadopoulos talks about the integration of the social and government institutions and practices of the north, with the characteristics of a European society and the standards of the acquis communautaire (i.e. harmonisation of laws, government, civil and business practices, etc;) yet, Murataga and Dayi read in this a "criminal and racist agenda pertaining to the enforcement of Hellenic ideals in Cyprus," i.e. an osmosis and absorption of the TC cultural identity into the Greek Cypriot one!

When somebody is always full of shit, he will always talk shit!

[miltiades]

They are both a chip of the same old block , they are not Cypriots and would do much better if they faced up to it, that Cyprus is for the Cypriots G/Cs and T/Cs who would proudly remain so. These two are foreigners , one flies a foreign flag and the other applauds.

[Kifeas]

They are both a chip of the same old block , they are not Cypriots and would do much better if they faced up to it, that Cyprus is for the Cypriots G/Cs and T/Cs who would proudly remain so. These two are foreigners , one flies a foreign flag and the other applauds.

They are two full of shit dirty nationalists!

[Nikitas]

Yep, got to admit that you two( Eric and Murat) are a little peculiar in your approach. Read the whole highlighted sentence again. What are you so shocked about? The application of the acquis communautaire? Characteristics of a European society in Harmony with the rest of the island? In view of these qualifieres Osmosis has the meaning of constant contact and communication, not assimilation. You guys were obviously not very good at high school biology. Effortless in this case means not forced, without pressure. And he already outlined the solution as bizonal and federal in his opening paragraph. In short you are deliberately distorting the meaning.

I am no fan of Pap, but not too happy to be fed propaganda either.

[Pyrpolizer]

He,he,he. The partitionists got terrified of the eventuality of getting osmosed into European standards and Aquis.

Of course you will have to get osmosed, what do you think, that we will degrade to a 'low standard" just to suit you? That would be against the laws of Nature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmosis

Osmosis is the net movement of water across a partially permeable membrane from a region of high solvent potential to an area of low solvent potential, up a solute concentration gradient. It is a physical process in which a solvent moves, without input of energy, across a semi permeable membrane (permeable to the solvent, but not the solute) separating two solutions of different concentrations.[1] Osmosis releases energy, and can be made to do work, as when a growing tree-root splits a stone.

[Piratis]

I will repeat to those that don't get it: The Turks accepted just the word "unification". They didn't accept the meaning of it. They don't want to integrate or unite anything. They want to keep everything separate along ethnic lines, and create a Turkish country on the land they stole from us by ethnically cleansing almost all Cypriots and replacing them with Turkish settlers.

For them "unification" just means the kind of "unification" that exists between Spain and Latvia within EU. Basically two separate independent countries, with just some association agreement.

The Cyprus problem will be solved only in one way: When the balance of power will change and we will be able to protect the sovergnity of our our country and enforce its laws. Thinking that we can come into an agreement with the invadors is nothing more than a waste of time.

Our emphasis until the right time will come should be to create to the invadors as many problems as possible, to ensure that their efforts to legalize any of their illegalities will remain unsuccessful and to continue to improve ourselves.

[phoenix]

I will repeat to those that don't get it: The Turks accepted just the word "unification". They didn't accept the meaning of it. They don't want to integrate or unite anything. They want to keep everything separate along ethnic lines, and create a Turkish country on the land they stole from us by ethnically cleansing almost all Cypriots and replacing them with Turkish settlers.

For them "unification" just means the kind of "unification" that exists between Spain and Latvia within EU. Basically two separate independent countries, with just some association agreement.

The Cyprus problem will be solved only in one way: When the balance of power will change and we will be able to protect the sovergnity of our our country and enforce its laws. Thinking that we can come into an agreement with the invadors is nothing more than a waste of time.

Our emphasis until the right time will come should be to create to the invadors as many problems as possible, to ensure that their efforts to legalize any of their illegalities will remain unsuccessful and to continue to improve ourselves.

Well put, Piratis. It is important we maintain the High Ground as our strong point.

There are parallels here with the partition of Ireland. Historically, because of manipulated demographics the majority in the North wanted partition and to continue being tied to the UK. It may have taken them a few hundred years of occupation but the process of re-unification has been speed-ed up significantly now . . . probably because of EU membership. There has been a rapid turnaround with the majority in partitioned Northern Ireland now favouring a re-united Ireland. The prediction is that this would happen in the next 20 years.

We can wait and re-unification will happen in Cyprus! And without gloating, we can be proud that we have achieved it as diplomatically as possible, without violence.

[Jerry]

The other much smaller minorities in Cyprus have retained their identities, this osmosis crap is just a lame excuse to keep what has been taken by force. Do you think that the Brits in Cyprus will all be Greek in a couple of generations? "Oh but what about our security" cry the TCs, well the EU will take care of that. Forget the UN, all of Cyprus could be a thriving mulicultural society with European standards of living and democracy. Look to the future, stop digging up the past.