t h e s u b j e c t s o f i n t e r nat i o na l l aw
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appear to be a non-state territorial entity which is capable of acting in-
dependently on the international scene, but is most probably
de jure
part
of China. It is interesting to note that when in early 1990 Taiwan sought
accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), it did
so by requesting entry for the ‘customs territory’ of ‘Taiwan, Penghu, Kin-
men and Matsu’, thus avoiding an assertion of statehood.
197
The accession
of ‘Chinese Taipei’ to the World Trade Organisation was approved by the
Ministerial Conference in November 2001.
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The ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (TRNC)
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In 1974, following a coup in Cyprus backed by the military regime in
Greece, Turkish forces invaded the island. The Security Council in reso-
lution 353 (1974) called upon all states to respect the sovereignty, inde-
pendence and territorial integrity of Cyprus and demanded an immediate
end to foreign military intervention in the island that was contrary to such
respect. On 13 February 1975 the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus was
proclaimed in the area occupied by Turkish forces. A resolution adopted at
the same meeting of the Council of Ministers and the Legislative Assembly
of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration at which the procla-
mation was made, emphasised the determination ‘to oppose resolutely all
attempts against the independence of Cyprus and its partition or union
with any other state’ and resolved to establish a separate administration
until such time as the 1960 Cyprus Constitution was amended to provide
for a federal republic.
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approach, i.e. that it recognised the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the
sole legal Government of China and acknowledged the position of that government that
Taiwan was a province of China, and see e.g. UKMIL, 71 BYIL, 2000, p. 537. See also
Reel
v.
Holder
[1981] 1 WLR 1226.
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See
Keesing’s Record of World Events
, p. 37671 (1990). This failed, however, to prevent
a vigorous protest by China:
ibid.
Note also the Agreements Concerning Cross-Straits
Activities between unofficial organisations established in China and Taiwan in order to
reach functional, non-political agreements, 32 ILM, 1993, p. 1217. A degree of evolution
in Taiwan’s approach was evident in the Additional Articles of the Constitution adopted
in 1997.
198
See www.wto.org/english/news e/pres01 e/pr253 e.htm. As to Rhodesia (1965–79) and
the Bantustans, see above, pp. 206 and 202.
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See Z. M. Necatigil,
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