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.
Međunarodni plan, pod pokroviteljstvom tadašnjeg generalnog sekretara UN Kofija Anana, bio je na stolu pred vođama kiparskih Turaka i Grka i održana su dva odvojena referenduma na obe strane ostrva.