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27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr George LOUCAIDES, Mr Paul GAVAN, Mr Andrej HUNKO, Mr Berdan ÖZTÜRK, Ms Laura CASTEL, Mr George PAPANDREOU, Mr Georgios STAMATIS, Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Lord David BLENCATHRA, Ms Dora BAKOYANNIS, Ms Anna EFTHYMIOU
Votes: 46 in favor 15 against 1 abstention
In the draft resolution, paragraph 1, first sentence, replace the words "reaction of" with the following words:
"invasion by"
Explanatory note
In previous documents of the Assembly but also in the present explanatory memorandum, the word invasion is rightly used to accurately describe what happened in 1974
27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr Konur Alp KOÇAK, Mr Mehmet AKALIN, Mr Abdurrahman BABACAN, Mr Mustafa CANBEY, Ms Meryem GÖKA, Ms Pelin YILIK, Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ
Votes: 56 in favor 4 against 0 abstention
In the draft resolution, paragraph 1, first sentence, replace the words "Türkiye which occupied the northern part of the island with its troops" with the following words:
"Türkiye which intervened under Article IV of the Treaty of Guarantee of 1960"
Explanatory note
PACE is expected to respect its Resolution 573 (1974) adopted on 29 July 1974, expressly recognising that Türkiye had exercised "its right of intervention in accordance with Article 4 of the Guarantee Treaty of 1960."
27 June 2024
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Votes: 43 in favor 16 against 1 abstention
In amendment 6, replace the words "under Article IV" with the following words:
"under the pretext of Article IV"
27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr George LOUCAIDES, Mr Paul GAVAN, Mr Andrej HUNKO, Ms Laura CASTEL, Mr George PAPANDREOU, Mr Georgios STAMATIS, Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Lord David BLENCATHRA, Ms Dora BAKOYANNIS, Ms Anna EFTHYMIOU
Votes: 48 in favor 13 against 0 abstention
In the draft resolution, paragraph 1, replace the second and third sentences with the following sentences:
"This crisis followed the intercommunal strife of 1963-1964, which led to the displacement of Cypriots from their homes, following which the United Nations decided to deploy a peacekeeping force (UNFICYP), which is still present on the island today. The Turkish invasion of July-August 1974 resulted in thousands of victims, and a significant portion of the population having to flee their homes, leaving everything behind."
Explanatory note
The amended sentence reflects in a more accurate and balanced way these two critical time periods that the Rapporteur includes in this paragraph.
27 June 2024
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
In Amendment 2, second sentence, replace the words "The Turkish invasion" with the following words:
"The Turkish military intervention"
27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr Konur Alp KOÇAK, Mr Mehmet AKALIN, Mr Abdurrahman BABACAN, Mr Mustafa CANBEY, Ms Meryem GÖKA, Ms Pelin YILIK, Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ
Votes: 16 in favor 43 against 1 abstention
In the draft resolution, paragraph 12, first sentence, replace the words "Türkiye in the northern Cyprus" with the following words:
"the Turkish Cypriot authorities"
Explanatory note
The Immovable Property Commission (IPC) was set up by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and approved by its Legislative Assembly under the IPC Law (No.67/2005). This was acknowledged by the ECtHR in its 2010 Demopoulos decision: "Following [the Xenides-Arestis] judgment, the "TRNC" authorities enacted the [...] Law No.67/2005".
27 June 2024
Tabled by Ms Sandra ZAMPA, Mr Claude KERN, Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN, Ms Saskia KLUIT, Ms Luz MARTINEZ SEIJO
Votes: 48 in favor 13 against 0 abstention
In the draft resolution, paragraph 12, first sentence, replace the words "as an effective domestic remedy" with the following words:
"as Türkiye's effective domestic remedy"
27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr Konur Alp KOÇAK, Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ, Mr Mehmet AKALIN, Mr Abdurrahman BABACAN, Mr Mustafa CANBEY, Ms Meryem GÖKA, Ms Pelin YILIK
Votes: 53 in favor 0 against 7 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 13, replace the first sentence with the following sentences:
"The Assembly notes that according to the official information provided by the IPC, so far it has received 7 596 applications and concluded 1 775 cases, awarding in total 444 884 746 GBP, while it also ruled for exchange and compensation in two cases, restitution in five cases, both restitution and compensation in eight cases, and restitution following the resolution of the Cyprus issue in one case. At the same time, the Assembly notes that, in most cases processed to date, the IPC has ruled for compensation in accordance with claims of the applicants, requesting restitution in only 3.5% of the cases."
Explanatory note
Only 3.5% of the applications to the IPC claimed restitution, while vast majority has opted for compensation and even those very few did not insist on restitution and were ready to accept other remedies, which are considered equally effective. Besides the law provides applicants with avenues to challenge IPC's decisions.
27 June 2024
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
In amendment 8, first sentence, delete the following words:
", awarding in total 444 884 746 GBP, while it also ruled for exchange and compensation in two cases, restitution in five cases, both restitution and compensation in eight cases, and restitution following the resolution of the Cyprus issue in one case"
27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr Francesco VERDUCCI, Mr Ettore Antonio LICHERI, Mr Arnaldo LOMUTI, Ms Sandra ZAMPA, Ms Aurora FLORIDIA
In the draft resolution, paragraph 15, replace the words "endowed with full powers in matters of assigned competence" with the following words:
"underlines that the solution of a bi-zonal and bi-communal federation provides that the two constituent entities are granted broad powers of self-government while respecting the identity of each community."
27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr George LOUCAIDES, Mr Paul GAVAN, Mr Andrej HUNKO, Ms Laura CASTEL, Mr George PAPANDREOU, Mr Georgios STAMATIS, Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Lord David BLENCATHRA, Ms Dora BAKOYANNIS, Ms Anna EFTHYMIOU
Votes: 47 in favor 14 against 1 abstention
In the draft resolution, paragraph 18, after the words "confidence building measures", insert the following words:
", in accordance with international law, "
Explanatory note
"Isolation" is used to promote the partition of the island through direct or indirect recognition of the pseudostate, recognised only by Turkey. Therefore, confidence building measures must comply with international law, thus excluding any possibility of recognition.
27 June 2024
Tabled by Mr Konur Alp KOÇAK, Mr Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ, Mr Mehmet AKALIN, Mr Abdurrahman BABACAN, Mr Mustafa CANBEY, Ms Meryem GÖKA, Ms Pelin YILIK
Votes: 54 in favor 1 against 5 abstentions
In the draft resolution, paragraph 18, replace the word "isolation" with the following words:
"all forms of isolation imposed upon Turkish Cypriots"
Explanatory note
PACE expressed in its 1376 (2004) resolution that, "The Turkish Cypriots' international isolation must cease". Turkish Cypriot people continue to be exposed to all encompassing isolations, including the denial of right to representation in international fora and freedom of movement, hindrance of trade, tourism, cultural and sporting relations with the international community.
27 June 2024
Tabled by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
In amendment 9, replace the words "all forms of isolation imposed upon Turkish Cypriots" with the following words:
"isolation of Turkish Cypriots"