Revised UN plan for Cyprus
- New limitations on the settlement of one ethnic group in region controlled by the other.
- Number of Greek Cypriots allowed to return to the Turkish-controlled north would be "at least" 18 per cent of the northern population, down from a planned 21 per cent earlier.
- Former colonial power Britain to give up half its 98 square miles (254 sq km) of military bases on the island.
- Turkish Cypriot territory to be reduced by 7 per cent to 29 per cent of island to allow some 120,000 Greek Cypriots back to their homes under Greek Cypriot administration.
- Island to be governed by nine-member presidential council of six Greeks and three Turks, three of whom would have no voting rights. Earlier UN proposals specified a six-member council of four Greeks and two Turks.
- Number of people from mainland Greece and Turkey allowed to remain in Cyprus as part of agreement limited to 45,000 for each side.
- Turkey to keep scaled-down military presence on island indefinitely. Earlier UN proposals called for a gradual withdrawal until Turkey joined the EU. Mediators still undecided on how to accommodate eventual plan with EU laws on freedom of movement and settlement. Under initial drafts, UN suggested transition periods, or "derogations", be valid only until Turkey joined EU.
Turkish Cypriots fear they will be "swamped" by richer Greek Cypriot neighbours and want permanent settlement restrictions.
The EU and UN are trying to devise a legally binding formula to meet Turkish demands.
One formula suggesting that free settlement would be possible only once the stuttering Turkish Cypriot economy reaches the same level as the more buoyant Greek Cypriot side has been abandoned. Greek Cypriots say permanent restrictions infringe their human rights.