THE PEACE PROCESSES
A list of the plethora of failed peace plans for Cyprus
1964
Acheson Plan
By Michael Theodoulou
In 1964, US president Lyndon Johnson tasked Dean Acheson, a former secretary of state, to see how the Cyprus problem could be solved.
Johnson was concerned that instability (...
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1977 and 1979 High Level Agreements
By Michael Theodoulou
President Makarios, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Rauf Denktash, who headed the Turkish Cypriot community, reached an agreement in February 1977 that set the “guidelines” for subsequent negotiations. ...
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Anglo-American-Canadian Plan
By Michael Theodoulou
In 1978, after two years of consultations, President US Jimmy Carter’s special envoy for Cyprus, Clark Clifford, submitted the first comprehensive plan for a Cyprus settlement on ...
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1992-1994 Ghali Set of Ideas
By Michael Theodoulou
In August 1992, the UN Secretary General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, presented the leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities with a “Set of Ideas” that envisaged Cyprus reunited ...
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Annan Plan
By Michael Theodoulou
At the time, the Annan plan of 2002 to 2004 was the UN’s most concerted and detailed attempt to reach a federal solution to the Cyprus problem. Named ...
Read more 2017
Crans-Montana
By Jean Christou
Barely had anything happened, on the second day, Turkey sought to gain an early tactical advantage with its foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu telegraphing to the Greek Cypriots ...
Read more 2024
A new Cyprus envoy: Flogging another dead horse?
To begin a new Cyprus peace process, the old one must be long dead and buried, kaput, unsalvageable, consigned to the deep freeze until the stars are aligned once again.
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