Talat said / wrote: .........Some basic principles have been set by the United Nations. Of course not in the way they recurred to their mind. These parameters have been set as a result of negotiations lasting many years, international experiences, debates and evaluations. And these have been brought onto the agenda, evaluated and debated in many agreement plans, in many solution plans. Therefore, we have in front of us United Nations principles which we could take as basis, as ground. .
Does anybody from the TC "experts" in this forum know which are these "UN principles" (name a few for instance) based on which according to Talat the property issue is going to be resolved? Are they just like the "principles" of Kemal Ataturk that Turks so often talk about and also referred to in their constitution?
Talat thinks he is clever, but the truth is he is a smart ass idiot! There aren't UN principles on the property issue! When he talks about UN principles, he actually has in mind the parameters of the Annan plan on the property issue, and some vague reference in one of the UN SG reports in which he suggests that the two states must have a majority population and property ownership from each of the two communities respectively.
One needs to tell smart ass Talat that first, the Annan plan is just a Kofi Annan and Alvaro De Sotto proposal for a political solution, and does not constitute "UN principles" or laws (what a nonsense!) Secondly, the Annan plan, by default, upon its rejection by anyone of the two sides, is null and void and does not constitute any legal or political precedence (this is even mentioned in the first page /preface of the plan.)
Furthermore, the opinion of a UN SG about majority property ownership, as it was expressed in one of his reports (around 1992 if I remember,) does not constitute a UN principle either, for its has not been specifically endorsed by the UN Security Council in a form of a resolution. However, if you believe that this should be the guiding "principle," then there is only one way for this to be secured for your community, and this if you are ready to accept that the territory of the TC Constituent State will be reduced in size to reflect the amount of property and demographics your community lawfully possesses, i.e. down and close to 18% of the island.
Smart ass Talat, you should stop trying to full your community and confuse the international one with sophistries and nonsense. You should stop wanting "your cake a whole and eat it too," for such a thing does not exist, plus the fact that you are not the only clever around this country. The only principles that exist, vis-a-vie the property issue, are the principles of International law and of human rights protocols and court decisions, and in a sense these are the real UN principles, and not those you foolishly try to sell around as they were implied through the failed and nullified Annan plan!