Among other things. this resolution would urge the President to appoint a high level official to be his personal representative to the Cyprus negotiations. call for the removal of Turkish troops from the island. and petition the United Nations to seek a prompt resolution to the conflict. After 8 years this is the least we can do. Regrettably. tomorrow marks the dubious achievement of the eighth anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. By now we all know that at that time. more than onethird of the Cypriot population. 200.000 people. were driven from their homes. deprived of all their possessions. and reduced to the status of refugees. More than 2.000 people. including 8 American citizens. have been missing since then. The Turks seized. and still hold. 40 percent of the land mass of Cyprus. representing 70 percent of the economic wealth of the country.
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