O planu za rješenje uz međunarodnu podršku, koji je sponzorirao tadašnji generalni sekretar UN-a Kofi Annan, pregovarali su lideri kiparskih Turaka i Grka i on je iznesen na odvojenim referendumima na obje strane ostrva.
An internationally backed settlement plan, sponsored by then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, was negotiated by the Turkish and the Greek Cypriot leaders and brought to separate referendums in both parts of the island.