The UN summit fails to break the impasse Cyprus

http://www.karenmillendressesmall.comThe last meeting between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders and the Secretary General of the United Nations January 22 to 24 failed threatening the future of the island and Turkey as a candidate for the European Union. It was the fifth time since November 2010 that the leaders were meeting. But from the beginning of the discussion at the Greentree Foundation in New York, both sides agreed, to the chagrin of the United Nations, no tangible progress has been made since the peak last October. None of the seven points of negotiation has been resolved. After this failure, there is no chance of establishing a bizonal, bicommunal federation before the Republic of Cyprus takes the rotating Presidency of the European Union (EU) in July. The main obstacle to any progress for decades continues: a total lack of contact, communication and trust between Greek Cypriots and Turkey. The disinterest of Turkey is fed, in turn, by the way some EU states, particularly France, which blocks five negotiating chapters, have undermined the process of EU accession to the point that Ankara leaders lose their motivation to engage in solving the Cyprus problem. The current impasse is not fault of the UN, karen millen salewhich attempts since 2008 to facilitate dialogue between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, who live on an island divided politically and militarily since 1963 since 1974. At the end of the summit last October, the UN hoped that leaders would reach an agreement on all aspects of internal negotiations before a new meeting in January. An international conference could then have been organized quickly to resolve the remaining issues, followed by a referendum held simultaneously on each side of the island to approve a plan to resolve the conflict. But if the Good Offices Mission of the United Nations has stepped up efforts since mid-2011, it has only limited power to pressure in a process that essentially belongs to the Cypriots. Greentree should have allowed an agreement on three main sticking points: the sharing of executive power (including the method of election and rotation of the Presidency); property (information sharing by the Turkish Cypriots) and citizenship (the presence of Turkish settlers north of the island). In his speech on January 25, Ban Ki-Moon but evoked active discussions "with no real result." In the absence of tangible progress, he has shown a willingness to reduce its efforts in the mission of good offices. Alexander Downer, his special adviser on the ground, emphasized the importance in early January from the top of Greentree, noting that no other tripartite meeting was planned soon. The Secretary-General himself has sent a letter to two spokesmen, expressing concern about the predicted failure and the difficulty of continuing the dialogue once Cyprus has assumed the rotating presidency of the EU. He believes that negotiations are nearing completion, so the Turkish Cypriots should share with their Greek neighbors information on property north of the island, karen millen dressesand they must invest in a multilateral conference. In his statement of January 25, Ban Ki-Moon has removed the condition it was asked to resolve internal problems (governance, property, economy and citizenship) before holding an international conference. He said that after an assessment of the situation in March, and if it finds significant progress in negotiations (without specifying its endpoints), will organize a conference in late April or early May. Participation of both sides of Cyprus and Turkey, Greece and UK - as external guarantors under the Treaty of Guarantee of 1960 - a multilateral conference to allow concrete discussions on the territorial division (with maps and Accurate statistics). All is not lost at Greentree: Turkish Cypriots said they had initiated the process of exchanging information on the property, and a meeting between leaders of both communities will be established shortly. But if the talks on the reunification does occur, but are devoid of any substance. The Greek Cypriot presidential elections of 2013 could be a turning point, if a successor to President Christofias takes a position in favor of a more flexible federation with the Turkish Cypriots. In the absence of debate on a possible model, the positions of both sides on the future of a united republic, however, are unlikely to converge. However, the failure of negotiations since 2008 is mainly due to the inability of Greek Cypriots and Turkey to establish a dialogue. The mistrust and everyone refuses to believe that the other really wants peace and is able to enforce an agreement. 2013 allows for a breakthrough, all actors must necessarily solving this key problem. The stalemate in the accession negotiations of Turkey to the EU also explains the lack of communication, which all parties are responsible: the Greek Cypriots through their delaying tactics, karen millensome European countries wishing to discourage Turkey, and this latter through its refusal to open its ports and airports to Greek Cypriot traffic and slow implementation of reforms required by Brussels.