Treaty No 5476 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece and Turkey and Cyprus, which was signed and entered into force in Nicosia on 16 August 1960, concerns the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus and includes the arrangements relating to the nationality of persons affected by this establishment, as well as the agreement on the territorial definition of this Republic. It also gives details on the geographical delimitation of the sovereign area belonging to the new Republic, and, by extension, the areas remaining under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.