President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday will address an event titled Memories of Occupied Lands, organised by the committee of occupied municipalities and communities.
The event, to be held at the cultural centre of the Holy Metropolis of Kykkos, in Nicosia marks the 40th anniversary of the internationally unrecognised declaration of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on the November 15, 1983.
The illegal declaration was condemned by UN Security Council resolutions 541 (1983) and 550 (1984) which called it illegal and asked for its immediate withdrawal. Resolution 550, also called upon the international community to not to recognise the purported republic set up by the secessionist act, nor facilitate the TRNC in any way.
Nicosia noted that the unilateral declaration of independence of the TRNC is recognised only by Turkey which occupies 37 per cent of Cyprus territory.
Anti-occupation and commemoration events are taking place throughout the Republic in various municipalities, organised by political parties as well as citizen groups.
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