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Between 1990 and 1992 detailed elements of a settlement of the Cyprus problem took shape in the form of an overall framework known as the Set of Ideas. [...] In his report to the Security Council, the Secretary-General considered the outcome of the referendum a major setback in the search for a settlement of the Cyprus problem. [...] The Turkish Cypriots on the other hand were attracted by the prospects of ending their isolation and becoming a member of the EU. [...] It is in the interest of Greek Cypriots to assist the Turkish Cypriot community to strengthen the viability of its community. [...] Efforts should focus on ways that will arrest the hemorrhaging in the North by promoting closer ties that promote social and economic contacts between the two sides and by agreeing that the EU assist the Turkish Cypriots as had been envisaged after the 2004 referendum.