Letter dated 5 November 2001 from the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
United Nations |
A/56/612–S/2001/1059 |
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General AssemblySecurity Council | Distr.: General9 November 2001
Original: English |
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General Assembly | Security Council | |
Fifty-sixth session | Fifty-sixth year | |
Agenda item 62 | ||
Question of Cyprus | ||
Letter dated 5 November 2001 from the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Under a letter dated 5 October 2001 (A/56/451-S/2001/953), Mr. Umit Pamir, the Permanent Representative of Turkey, sent you a letter covering a “Further Opinion” by Professor Maurice Mendelson QC. That Opinion, and Mr. Pamir’s letter, alleged that Cyprus’s application to join the European Union was illegal, and that the United Kingdom was obliged by the terms of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee to veto Cyprus’s accession to the European Union. [Read more…]