{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox UN resolution |number = 541 |organ = SC |date = 18 November |year = 1983 |meeting = 2,500 |code = S/RES/541 |document = https://undocs.org/S/RES/541(1983) |for = 13 |abstention = 1 |against = 1 |subject = Cyprus |result = Adopted |image = NCyprus_location.svg |caption = Northern Cyprus }}
[[Northern Cyprus]] [[Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|declared its independence]] in 1983 with its official name being the [[Northern Cyprus|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)]]. It is recognized only by [[Turkey]].
With '''United Nations Security Council resolution 541''', adopted on 18 November 1983, after reaffirming [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 365|Resolution 365]] (1974) and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 367|Resolution 367]] (1975), the Council considered [[Northern Cyprus]]' decision to [[Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|declare independence]] legally invalid.
It called upon both parties to cooperate with the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]], and urged other Member States not to recognize Northern Cyprus, while only recognizing the [[Cyprus|Republic of Cyprus]] as the sole authority on the island.
The resolution was adopted by 13 votes to one against ([[Pakistan]]) and one abstention from [[Jordan]].
== Hellenic Republic v. Council of the European Communities == On 04.08.1986, [[Greece]] filed a case against the [[Council of the European Union|Council of the European Communities]] (supporting intervener: [[European Commission|Commission of the European Communities]]). In the case, [[Greece]] first argued that the UN Security Council Resolution 1983/541 called "upon all States not to recognize any Cypriot State other than the Republic of Cyprus". [[Greece]] then reasoned that since the Turkish Government recognized the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]], the European Community "cannot grant it the special aid without ignoring that breach and thereby itself violating an obligation imposed on it under a measure which is binding on it by virtue of the principle of substitution."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digitalcommons.onu.edu/onu_law_review/vol43/iss1/1 |title=Developing the principle of non-recognition|work=Adam Saltzman|date=2019 |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref>
On 25.05.1988, [[Council of the European Union|Council of the European Communities]] (supporting intervener: [[European Commission|Commission of the European Communities]]) specified that the UN Security Council Resolution 1983/541 which is '''not passed under Article VII of [[Charter of the United Nations|the UN Charter]]''' is '''non-binding''' in nature, and Council of EC and the Commission of the EC stated that "It is manifest from the wording of the operative part and from the debates and the declarations of vote prior to the adoption of Resolution No 541 that '''the Resolution does not constitute a "decision" and is therefore not a binding measure''', but a measure in the nature of a '''mere recommendation'''. Consequently, the States to which the declaration is addressed are NOT bound to comply with paragraph 7 of the resolution or to infer from the fact that paragraph 7 was not complied with the consequences which [[Greece]] claims they should infer."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:61986CC0204 |title=Opinion of the Advocate-General (of CoEC and CEC)|work=Advocate General Mancini|date=1988 |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref>
On 27.09.1988, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rejected all of the [[Greece]]'s arguments in the Case 204/86 (Greek Republic v. [[Council of the European Union|Council of the European Communities]] (supporting intervener: [[European Commission|Commission of the European Communities]]). Since [[Greece]] lost the case, the ECJ ordered Greece to pay the court costs (including the costs of the intervener), per the rules of procedure of the ECJ. The ECJ stated (in prg28) that the Resolution 1983/541 of the United Nations Security Council is completely extraneous to relations between the Community and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:eec1dbbe-ca2b-4e87-9f06-d9a2d2b31a10.0002.03/DOC_1&format=PDF |title=Judgment of 27.9.1988 - Case 204/86|work=European Court of Justice (ECJ)|date=1988 |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Cyprus}} * [[Two-state_solution_(Cyprus)|Two-state solution (Cyprus)]] * [[Cyprus dispute]] * [[List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 501 to 600]] (1982–1987) * [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus]] * [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] * [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 550]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{wikisource-inline}} *[[s:United Nations Security Council Resolution 541|Text of Resolution]]
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