Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:29 pm
OK, Turkcyp, I thought to write another post/installment, about the issue of implementation guarantees ...
Concerning this matter, everyone just assumes that "it is the easiest thing to improve", but in reality it is far from simple ...
I've thought of a munber of issues, where implementation guarantees will be needed. Some concern GCs, some TCs, and some both sides ...
Implementation issues for GCs:
Implementation issues for TCs:
Implementation issues that concern both sides:
As you can see, the issue of implementation guarantees is not at all simple ... the Annan Plan prescribed a lot of great and wonderful things, but it did not also provide the mechanisms by which all these things would actually be enforced, nor did it specify the consequences of non-compliance ...
Some might argue that we have to rely on good will for all the above to happen. Personally, I do not share that sentiment. While good will is necessary for the implementation of the solution, it is by no means sufficient (if the legal/institutional framework is not also there ...)
Concerning this matter, everyone just assumes that "it is the easiest thing to improve", but in reality it is far from simple ...
I've thought of a munber of issues, where implementation guarantees will be needed. Some concern GCs, some TCs, and some both sides ...
Implementation issues for GCs:
- How can we be sure that territorial adjustment will indeed take place?
How can we be sure that the Turkish Army will indeed withdraw?
How can we be sure that the agreed level of settler repatriation will indeed take place?
How can we be sure that TCs will not secede from the Federal Government, leading to the breakdown of the Federal State?
Implementation issues for TCs:
- How can we be sure that those who will have to relocate, will indeed be compensated and supported?
How can we be sure that the terms of the solution will not later be overturned through the application of European Law?
How can we be sure that military weapons kept in the homes of GCs, will indeed be relinquished and removed from the island?
How can we be sure that the GCs will not hijack the Federal State, thus cutting the TCs out of the decision making mechanism?
Implementation issues that concern both sides:
- How can we be sure that property will indeed be returned to the original owners, to the agreed level?
How can we be sure that all property that is not returned will indeed be compensated?
As you can see, the issue of implementation guarantees is not at all simple ... the Annan Plan prescribed a lot of great and wonderful things, but it did not also provide the mechanisms by which all these things would actually be enforced, nor did it specify the consequences of non-compliance ...
Some might argue that we have to rely on good will for all the above to happen. Personally, I do not share that sentiment. While good will is necessary for the implementation of the solution, it is by no means sufficient (if the legal/institutional framework is not also there ...)