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... Motivated by the political will, in the interest of peoples,
to improve and intensify their relations and to contribute in
Europe to peace, security, justice and co-operation as well as to
rapprochement among themselves and with the other States of the
world, ...
PAGE: IX. Co-operation among States [go to this PAGE]
... They will endeavour, in developing their co-operation as
equals, to promote mutual understanding and confidence, friendly
and good-neighbourly relations among themselves, international
peace, security and justice. They will equally endeavour, in
developing their co-operation, to improve the well-being of
peoples and contribute to the fulfilment of their aspirations
through, inter alia, the benefits resulting from increased mutual
knowledge and from progress and achievement in the economic,
scientific, technological, social, cultural and humanitarian
fields. They will take steps to promote conditions favourable to
making these benefits available to all; they will take into
account the interest of all in the narrowing of differences in
the levels of economic development, and in particular the
interest of developing countries throughout the world. ...
PAGE: (b) Matters related to giving effect to certain of the above Principles (i) (ii) [go to this PAGE]
... Desiring to reinforce and to improve the methods at their
disposal for the peaceful settlement of disputes; ...
PAGE: Co-operation in the Field of Economics, of Science and Technology and of the Environment [go to this PAGE]
... Recognizing that co-operation in these fields would promote
economic and social progress and the improvement of the
conditions of life, ...
PAGE: Business contacts and facilities [go to this PAGE]
... Conscious of the importance of the contribution which an
improvement of business contacts, and the accompanying growth of
confidence in business relationships, could make to the
development of commercial and economic relations, ...
... will take measures further to improve conditions for the
expansion of contacts between representatives of official bodies,
of the different organizations, enterprises, firms and banks
concerned with foreign trade, in particular, where useful,
between sellers and users of products and services, for the
purpose of studying commercial possibilities, concluding
contracts, ensuring their implementation and providing after-
sales services; ...
... will further take measures aimed at improving working
conditions of representatives of foreign organizations,
enterprises, firms and banks concerned with external trade,
particularly as follows: ...
PAGE: Economic and commercial information [go to this PAGE]
... Expressing their readiness to improve the quality and
increase the quantity and supply of economic and relevant
administrative information, ...
PAGE: Marketing [go to this PAGE]
... will encourage the improvement of conditions for the
implementation of measures to promote trade and to satisfy the
needs of users in respect of imported products, in particular
through market research and advertising measures as well as,
where useful, the establishment of supply facilities, the
furnishing of spare parts, the functioning of after sales
services, and the training of the necessary local technical
personnel; ...
PAGE: 2. Industrial co-operation and projects of common interest Industrial co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... to improve the quality and the quantity of information
relevant to industrial co-operation, in particular the laws and
regulations, including those relating to foreign exchange,
general orientation of national economic plans and programmes as
well as programme priorities and economic conditions of the
market; and
...
... recommend further the continued examination - for example
within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe - of means of improving the provision of information
to those concerned on general conditions of industrial co-
operation and guidance on the preparation of contracts in this
field; ...
... consider it desirable to further improve conditions for the
implementation of industrial co-operation projects, in particular
with respect to: ...
PAGE: 4. Science and technology [go to this PAGE]
... Convinced that scientific and technological co-operation
constitutes an important contribution to the strengthening of
security and co-operation among them, in that it assists the
effective solution of problems of common interest and the
improvement of the conditions of human life, ...
... Aware of the need to take measures further to improve
scientific and technological co-operation between them, ...
PAGE: Possibilities for improving co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... Possibilities for improving co-operation ...
... Recognize that possibilities exist for further improving
scientific and technological co-operation, and to this end,
express their intention to remove obstacles to such co-operation,
in particular through: ...
... the improvement of opportunities for the exchange and
dissemination of scientific and technological information among
the parties interested in scientific and technological research
and co-operation including information related to the
organization and implementation of such co-operation;
...
... the expeditious implementation and improvement in
organization, including programmes, of international visits of
scientists and specialists in connexion with exchanges,
conferences and co-operation;
...
PAGE: Fields of co-operation Agriculture Energy New technologies, rational use of resources Transport technology Physics Chemistry
Meteorology and hydrology Oceanography Seismological research Research on glaciology, permafrost and problems of life under
conditions of cold Computer, communication and information technologies Space research Medicine and public health Environmental
research [go to this PAGE]
... Research into new methods and technologies for increasing
the productivity of crop cultivation and animal husbandry; the
application of chemistry to agriculture; the design, construction
and utilization of agricultural machinery; technologies of
irrigation and other agricultural land improvement works; ...
... New technologies of production, transport and distribution
of energy aimed at improving the use of existing fuels and
sources of hydroenergy, as well as research in the field of new
energy sources, including nuclear, solar and geothermal energy; ...
PAGE: Forms and methods of co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... recommend further that more effective utilization be made of
the possibilities and capabilities of existing international
organizations, intergovernmental and non-governmental, concerned
with science and technology, for improving exchanges of
information and experience, as well as for developing other forms
of co-operation in fields of common interest, for example: ...
PAGE: 5. Environment [go to this PAGE]
... Affirming that the protection and improvement of the
environment, as well as the protection of nature and the rational
utilization of its resources in the interests of present and
future generations, is one of the tasks of major importance to
the well-being of peoples and the economic development of all
countries and that many environmental problems, particularly in
Europe, can be solved effectively only through close
international co-operation, ...
... Considering that the success of any environmental policy
presupposes that all population groups and social forces, aware
of their responsibilities, help to protect and improve the
environment, which necessitates continued and thorough educative
action, particularly with regard to youth; ...
PAGE: Aims of co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... to increase the effectiveness of national and international
measures for the protection of the environment, by the comparison
and, if appropriate, the harmonization of methods of gathering
and analyzing facts, by improving the knowledge of pollution
phenomena and rational utilization of natural resources, by the
exchange of information, by the harmonization of definitions and
the adoption, as far as possible, of a common terminology in the
field of the environment;
...
... to encourage, where possible and appropriate, national and
international efforts by their interested organizations,
enterprises and firms in the development, production and
improvement of equipment designed for monitoring, protecting and
enhancing the environment.
...
PAGE: Fields of co-operation Control of air pollution Water pollution control and fresh water utilization Protection of the marine
environment Land utilization and soils Nature conservation and nature reserves Improvement of environmental conditions in
areas of human settlement Fundamental research, monitoring, forecasting and assessment of environmental changes Legal and
administrative measures [go to this PAGE]
... Prevention and control of water pollution, in particular of
transboundary rivers and international lakes; techniques for the
improvement of the quality of water and further development of
ways and means for industrial and municipal sewage effluent
purification; methods of assessment of fresh water resources and
the improvement of their utilization, in particular by developing
methods of production which are less polluting and lead to less
consumption of fresh water; ...
... Prevention and control of water pollution, in particular of
transboundary rivers and international lakes; techniques for the
improvement of the quality of water and further development of
ways and means for industrial and municipal sewage effluent
purification; methods of assessment of fresh water resources and
the improvement of their utilization, in particular by developing
methods of production which are less polluting and lead to less
consumption of fresh water; ...
PAGE: Forms and methods of co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... The participating States declare that problems relating to
the protection and improvement of the environment will be solved
on both a bilateral and a multilateral, including regional and
sub-regional, basis, making full use of existing pattern and
forms of co-operation. They will develop co-operation in the
field of the environment in particular by taking into
consideration the Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment,
relevant resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and
the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Prague sym-
posium on environmental problems. ...
PAGE: 6. Co-operation in other areas Development of transport [go to this PAGE]
... Considering that the improvement of the conditions of
transport constitutes one of the factors essential to the
development of co-operation among them, ...
... express their willingness, with a view to improving
international rail transport and with due respect for their
rights and international commitments, to work towards the
elimination of difficulties arising from disparities in existing
international legal provisions governing the reciprocal railway
transport of passengers and goods between their territories; ...
PAGE: Promotion of tourism [go to this PAGE]
... encouraging the exchange of information, including relevant
laws and regulations, studies, data and documentation relating to
tourism, and by improving statistics with a view to facilitating
their comparability;
...
... examining the possibilities of exchanging specialists and
students in the field of tourism, with a view to improving their
qualifications;
...
PAGE: Questions relating to Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean [go to this PAGE]
... Convinced that security in Europe is to be considered in the
broader context of world security and is closely linked with
security in the Mediterranean area as a whole, and that
accordingly the process of improving security should not be
confined to Europe but should extend to other parts of the world,
and in particular to the Mediterranean area, ...
... to seek, by further improving their relations with the non-
participating Mediterranean States, to increase mutual
confidence, so as to promote security and stability in the
Mediterranean area as a whole;
...
... to intensify their efforts and their co-operation on a
bilateral and multilateral basis with the non - participating
Mediterranean States directed towards the improvement of the
environment of the Mediterranean, especially the safeguarding of
the biological resources and ecological balance of the sea, by
appropriate measures including the prevention and control of
pollution; to this end, and in view of the present situation, to
cooperate through competent international organizations and in
particular within the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP);
...
PAGE: 1. Human Contacts [go to this PAGE]
... Affirming, in relation to their present effort to improve
conditions in this area, the importance they attach to
humanitarian considerations, ...
PAGE: (d) Travel for Personal or Professional Reasons [go to this PAGE]
... They intend to consider, as necessary, means - including, in
so far as appropriate, the conclusion of multilateral or
bilateral consular conventions or other relevant agreements or
understandings - for the improvement of arrangements to provide
consular services, including legal and consular assistance. ...
PAGE: (e) Improvement of Conditions for Tourism on an Individual or Collective Basis [go to this PAGE]
... The participating States consider that tourism contributes
to a fuller knowledge of the life, culture and history of other
countries, to the growth of understanding among peoples, to the
improvement of contacts and to the broader use of leisure. They
intend to promote the development of tourism, on an individual or
collective basis, and, in particular, they intend: ...
PAGE: 2. Information [go to this PAGE]
... Desiring, with the development of mutual understanding
between the participating States and with the further improvement
of their relations, to continue further efforts towards progress
in this field, ...
... Make it their aim to facilitate the freer and wider
dissemination of information of all kinds, to encourage co-
operation in the field of information and the exchange of
information with other countries, and to improve the conditions
under which journalists from one participating State exercise
their profession in another participating State, and ...
PAGE: (a) Improvement of the Circulation of, Access to, and Exchange of Information (i) Oral Information [go to this PAGE]
PAGE: (ii) Printed Information [go to this PAGE]
... To facilitate the improvement of the dissemination, on their
territory, of newspapers and printed publications, periodical and
non-periodical, from the other participating States. For this
purpose: ...
... To contribute to the improvement of access by the public to
periodical and non-periodical printed publications imported on
the bases indicated above. In particular: ...
... they will improve the opportunities for reading and
borrowing these publications In large public libraries and their
reading rooms as well as in university libraries.
...
... They intend to improve the possibilities for acquaintance
with bulletins of official information issued by diplomatic
missions and distributed by those missions on the basis of
arrangements acceptable to the interested parties. ...
PAGE: (iii) Filmed and Broadcast Information [go to this PAGE]
... To promote the improvement of the dissemination of filmed
and broadcast information. To this end: ...
PAGE: (c) Improvement of Working Conditions for Journalists [go to this PAGE]
... (c) Improvement of Working Conditions for Journalists ...
... The participating States, desiring to improve the conditions
under which journalists from one participating State exercise
their profession in another participating State, intend in
particular to: ...
PAGE: 3. Co-operation and Exchanges in the Field of Culture [go to this PAGE]
... Desiring, with the development of mutual confidence and the
further improvement of relations between the participating
States, to continue further efforts toward progress in this
field, ...
... (b) to improve the facilities for the exchange and for the
dissemination of cultural property, ...
PAGE: Extension of Relations [go to this PAGE]
... To expand and improve at the various levels co-operation and
links in the field of culture, in particular by: ...
PAGE: Mutual Knowledge [go to this PAGE]
... to promote the systematic exchange, between the institutions
concerned and publishing houses, of catalogues of available books
as well as of pre-publication material which will include, as far
as possible, all forthcoming publications; and also to promote
the exchange of material between firms publishing encyclopaedias,
with a view to improving the presentation of each country;
...
... to examine jointly questions of expanding and improving
exchanges of information in the various fields of culture, such
as theatre, music, library work as well as the conservation and
restoration of cultural property.
...
PAGE: Exchanges and Dissemination [go to this PAGE]
... To contribute to the improvement of facilities for exchanges
and the dissemination of cultural property, by appropriate means,
in particular by: ...
PAGE: Access [go to this PAGE]
... improving and expanding exchanges of books, bibliographies
and catalogue cards between libraries;
...
... to contribute by appropriate means to the wider use of the
mass media in order to improve mutual acquaintance with the
cultural life of each;
...
PAGE: Fields and Forms of Co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... a joint study with a view to the improvement and possible
harmonization of the different systems used to inventory
and catalogue the historical monuments and places of
cultural interest in their countries;
...
PAGE: (a) Extension of Relations [go to this PAGE]
... To expand and improve at the various levels co-operation and
links in the fields of education and science, in particular by: ...
PAGE: (b) Access and Exchanges [go to this PAGE]
... To improve access, under mutually acceptable conditions, for
students, teachers and scholars of the participating States to
each other's educational, cultural and scientific institutions,
and to intensify exchanges among these institutions in all areas
of common interest, in particular by: ...
... facilitating travel between the participating States by
scholars, teachers and students for purposes of study, teaching
and research as well as for improving knowledge of each other's
educational, cultural and scientific achievements;
...
PAGE: (c) Science [go to this PAGE]
... Within their competence to broaden and improve co-operation
and exchanges in the field of science, in particular: ...
PAGE: (d) Foreign Languages and Civilizations [go to this PAGE]
... To encourage the study of foreign languages and
civilizations as an important means of expanding communication
among peoples for their better acquaintance with the culture of
each country, as well as for the strengthening of international
co-operation; to this end to stimulate, within their competence,
the further development and improvement of foreign language
teaching and the diversification of choice of languages taught at
various levels, paying due attention to less widely-spread or
studied languages, and in particular: ...
... to intensify co-operation aimed at improving the teaching of
foreign languages through exchanges of information and experience
concerning the development and application of effective modem
teaching methods and technical aids, adapted to the needs of
different categories of students, including methods of
accelerated teaching; and to consider the possibility of
conducting, on a bilateral or multilateral basis, studies of new
methods of foreign language teaching;
...
PAGE: Follow-up to the Conference [go to this PAGE]
... Considering further that, within the broader context of the
world, the Conference is an important part of the process of
improving security and developing co-operation in Europe and that
its results will contribute significantly to this process, ...
... Intending to implement the provisions of the Final Act of
the Conference in order to give full effect to its results and
thus to further the process of improving security and developing
co-operation in Europe, ...
... (a) by proceeding to a thorough exchange of views both on the
implementation of the provisions of the Final Act and of the
tasks defined by the Conference, as well as, in the context of
the questions dealt with by the latter, on the deepening of their
mutual relations, the improvement of security and the development
of co-operation in Europe, and the development of the process of
détente in the future;
...