Security Council resolution of July 29. 1994. which stated that any solution must be based on a single State of Cyprus with its independence and territorial integrity safeguarded. calls for the withdrawal of all foreign troops. states that proposals for a total demilitarization of Cyprus would enhance the security of all the Cypriot people and merits support. and urges the Security Council and the United States Government to consider alternative approaches to promote a resolution to the longstanding dispute. including incentives to encourage progress or sanctions against recalcitrant parties. Mr. President. two decades ago. Turkeys brutal invasion drove more than 200.000 Cypriots from their homes and reduced them to the status of refugees in their own land. More than 2.000 people are still missing. including five American citizens. The Turkish Army seized 40 percent of the land of Cyprus. representing 70 percent of the islands economic wealth.
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