By autumn 1946, the military government had already ordered the founding of bizonal authorities.

The Turkish Cypriots want political equality and separation in what they call a bizonal federation.

We would like to see a bizonal, bicommunal, federal Cyprus join the European Union.

He immediately began talks with Mehmet Ali Talat on reuniting the country as a bizonal federal state.

As ever, Turkey continued to look forward to the day when a durable solution could be reached on the basis of partnership and a bizonal, bicommunal federation.

It would be aimed at bringing Cyprus into the E.U. as a bizonal, binational state."

Soon afterwards, however, the constructional flaws of the Economic Council as a whole came to the fore requiring the reorganisation of the bizonal administration.

But military intervention was necessary, Denktash said, to persuade the Greek side that a bicommunal, bizonal independent Cyprus was the only answer to stopping further bloodshed.

The plan envisaged a bicommunal, bizonal, federal state, with territorial concessions by the Turkish Cypriot side but only a limited right of return for displaced Greek Cypriots.

Due to the fact that the Economic Council was restricted in its legislative scope and also not a representative assembly elected by the plebiscite, the bizonal institution was often ill-regarded as quasi-parliament.

On the issue of Cyprus, the Prime Minister stated that Pakistan supported a bizonal and bicommunal federal structure based on the equality of the Turkish and Greek communities.

Recognising the need for a resolution, in May 2008 the two sides began another round of negotiations after committing themselves to working towards a bicommunal, bizonal federation with political equality, as defined by relevant Security Council resolutions.

Richard Holbrooke, unable to negotiate the Cypriot factions into a sensible "bizonal, bicommunal" federation, creatively tried to use the impending Cyprus crisis as a shoehorn to ease Turkey into being fairly considered for E.U. membership.

The UN Security Council, in Resolution 750 which was adopted by a unanimous vote on April 10, reaffirmed the independence and territorial integrity of the island as a "bicommunal and bizonal" federation comprising two communities with equal political rights.

Vassiliou told Cyprus' National Council (the senior Greek Cypriot advisory body, which included leaders of the four main parties) on June 29 that Boutros-Ghali had used in the discussions an "informal map", showing possible territorial allocations within a bizonal state.

Christofias started talks with Mehmet Ali Talat on the reunification of Cyprus as a bizonal federal state, but his hopes for Greek Cypriot approval of such a plan were soon scotched by the nationalist's victory in the 2009 parliamentary elections.

Denktash accused Vassiliou of intransigence, while Vassiliou in turn accused Denktash of trying to change the terms of the negotiations, which had been based on a long-standing UN-sponsored plan for a bizonal federal republic, with no provision for secession or dissolution.

I very much welcome the Commission's support for that bizonal, bicommunal, federal Cyprus for which the UN has campaigned for so long and which both the Greek Cypriot side and the Turkish Cypriot side should be working hard to bring about.

Welcoming the new round of talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, Mr. Yilmaz said he hoped that those talks would be the start of an accord in Cyprus with "a bicommunal, bizonal federation, based on the political equality of the two peoples of the island."

Third parties could do better justice to both peoples of Cyprus by making the Greek Cypriot regime realize and accept that a solution can only be found through dialogue that could lead to a bizonal, federal settlement based on equal political status and participation of the two states in Cyprus.

On 25 June 1947, the 52 delegates elected in an indirect ballot of one delegate per 750,000 citizens by the Landtage (parliaments) of the eight Länder in the Bizone gathered in Frankfurt am Main; on 9 August, the law for the reorganisation of the bizonal economic agencies was passed.