United Nations
General
Assembly
Distr.: General
Security
Council
13 October 2003
Original: English
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General Assembly
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 30
Question of
Cyprus
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Security
Council
Fifty-eighth
year
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Letter
dated
10 October 2003
from the Permanent
Representative of
Cyprus
to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
Upon instructions from my Government and further to the letter dated 20
August 2003, I have the honour to draw your attention to new violations of the
flight information region (FIR) of Nicosia and the national airspace of the
Republic of Cyprus by military aircraft of the Turkish Air Force recorded on 25,
27 and 28 August; on 4, 18 and 23 September; and on 6 and 7 October 2003, as
follows:
On
25 August 2003
, one (1) Turkish military aircraft of unknown type took off
from the illegal
airport
of
Lefkoniko
in the occupied part of
Cyprus
, violating international air traffic regulations and the
national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, flying over the occupied area of Mesaoria, before exiting
towards the FIR of
Ankara
.
On the same day, one (1) CN-235 Turkish military aircraft, coming from
the FIR of
Ankara
, entered the Nicosia FIR, violating international air
traffic regulations and the national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, flying over the occupied area of Mesaoria, before landing
at the illegal
airport
of
Lefkoniko
. The aircraft later took off, departing towards the FIR of
Ankara
.
On
27 August 2003
, six (6) F-16 Turkish military aircraft, coming from the FIR
of
Ankara
in one formation, entered the Nicosia FIR, violating
international air traffic regulations, before exiting in a westerly direction.
On
28 August 2003
, one (1) AB-205 Turkish military aircraft, coming from the
FIR of
Ankara
, entered the Nicosia FIR, violating international air
traffic regulations and the national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, flying over the occupied area of Mesaoria, before landing
at the illegal
airport
of
Lefkoniko
and later at the illegal
airport
of
Krini
.
On
4 September 2003
, one (1) CN-235 Turkish military aircraft entered the
Nicosia FIR, violating international air traffic regulations and the national
airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, flying over the occupied area of Mesaoria, before landing
at the illegal
airport
of
Lefkoniko
. The aircraft departed the following day.
On
18 September 2003
, four (4) Turkish military aircraft of unknown type, coming
from a westerly direction, entered the FIR of
Nicosia
in one formation, violating international air traffic
regulations, before exiting towards the FIR of
Ankara
.
On
23 September 2003
, two (2) F-16 Turkish military aircraft, coming from the FIR
of
Ankara
in one formation, entered the Nicosia FIR, violating
international air traffic regulations, before exiting towards a reverse
direction.
On the same day, one (1) Turkish military aircraft of unknown type took
off from the illegal
airport
of
Krini
, violating international air traffic regulations and the
national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, flying over the occupied area of Mesaoria, before exiting
towards the FIR of
Ankara
.
On the same day 2003, one (1) Turkish military aircraft entered the FIR
of
Nicosia
, violating international air traffic regulations and the
national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, flying over the occupied area of Mesaoria, before landing
at the illegal
airport
of
Lefkoniko
.
On
6 October 2003
, four (4) F-16 Turkish military aircraft, in one formation,
coming from a westerly direction, entered the Nicosia FIR, violating
international air traffic regulations and the national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, before exiting towards the FIR of
Ankara
.
On
7 October 2003
, one (1) COUGAR Turkish military aircraft took off from the
illegal
airport
of
Lefkoniko
, violating international air traffic regulations and the
national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, flying over the area of Mesaoria, before exiting towards
the FIR of
Ankara
.
On behalf of the Government of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, I strongly protest all the above-mentioned violations of
the Nicosia FIR and the national airspace of the
Republic
of
Cyprus
, which are contrary to international law as well as to
Security Council resolutions on
Cyprus
. We sincerely hope that the Government of Turkey, taking
into consideration its international obligations, will refrain from further
violations, respect the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus and contribute
substantively to the efforts for a just and functional solution to the Cyprus
problem, on the basis of United Nations resolutions.
I should be grateful if you would have the present letter circulated as a
document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 30, and of the Security
Council.
(Signed)
Andreas D. Mavroyiannis
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