In 1964, the UN Security Council made the fateful decision, in setting up a UN force in Cyprus to keep the peace, to treat the then purely Greek-Cypriot government in office as the Government of Cyprus.
DEGREES: Honorary PhD, Middle East Technical University (Ortadogu Teknik Universitesi), Ankara, 1984. Honorary Doctor of Laws degree of the Southern University, Washington D.C. 1989. Honorary PhD on Political Sciences of the Eastern Mediterranean University (TRNC), 1990. Honorary PhD on Economic Development and International Relations of the Black Sea Technical University (Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi), 10 May 1991.