The Campaign has been concluded! Thank you for the enormous support!

CYSO ISCHYS, the most influential youth NGO in Cyprus, ran the Global Campaign for the Return of Varosha to its Lawful Inhabitants, displaced by force in 1974, on this website. The Campaign ended on August 14, 2007, on the same day that in 1974 Famagusta/Varosha was taken by the Turkish troops in the second phase of their barbaric invasion on the island.

The Campaign gathered a total of 9,600 signatories supproting its claim, originating from thirty different countries and five continents. The signatories endorsed the following statement:

"WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DEMAND THE RETURN OF VAROSHA TO ITS LAWFUL INHABITANTS THAT WERE DISPLACED IN 1974, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE RELEVANT RULINGS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS".

Please read our Legal Basis, the status of Famagusta today and its history. By signing you will be endorsing the following statement:

 

Who will be receiving the signatures and when?

The following will be receiving the above statement, along with the 9,600 signatures endorsing it before the end of this year:

The Heads of Government of the Five Permanent Members of the UN Security Council:

• The President of the United States of America
• The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• The President of the French Republic
• The President of the Russian Federation
• The President of the People's Republic of China

  and:

• The Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
• The Secretary-General of the United Nations
• The President of the European Commission
• The President of the Council of the EU
• The President of the European Parliament

The above are all persons that by a positive action can create the momentum for our petition's goal. The Turkish Prime Minister, currently Mr. R.T.Erdogan, can virtually carry out the goal of our petition, as it is Turkey that has occupied the north part of Cyprus since 1974, including Famagusta.

Finally, the following will also receive the petition:

• The Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
• The President of the Republic of Cyprus
• The leader of the Turkish Cypriot community

UN Security Council Resolution 550 (1984)

...5. Considers attempts to settle any part of Varosha by people other than its inhabitants as inadmissible and calls for the transfer of this area to the administration of the United Nations... (read more of our Legal Basis)

 

 

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