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PAGE: Questions relating to Security in Europe [go to this PAGE]
... Recognizing the close link between peace and security in
Europe and in the world as a whole and conscious of the need for
each of them to make its contribution to the strengthening of
world peace and security and to the promotion of fundamental
rights, economic and social progress and well-being for all
peoples; ...
PAGE: I. Sovereign equality, respect for the rights inherent in sovereignty [go to this PAGE]
... The participating States will respect each other's sovereign
equality and individuality as well as all the rights inherent in
and encompassed by its sovereignty, including in particular the
right of every State to juridical equality, to territorial
integrity and to freedom and political independence. They will
also respect each other's right freely to choose and develop its
political, social, economic and cultural systems as well as its
right to determine its laws and regulations. ...
... The participating States will respect each other's sovereign
equality and individuality as well as all the rights inherent in
and encompassed by its sovereignty, including in particular the
right of every State to juridical equality, to territorial
integrity and to freedom and political independence. They will
also respect each other's right freely to choose and develop its
political, social, economic and cultural systems as well as its
right to determine its laws and regulations. ...
... The participating States will respect each other's sovereign
equality and individuality as well as all the rights inherent in
and encompassed by its sovereignty, including in particular the
right of every State to juridical equality, to territorial
integrity and to freedom and political independence. They will
also respect each other's right freely to choose and develop its
political, social, economic and cultural systems as well as its
right to determine its laws and regulations. ...
... The participating States will respect each other's sovereign
equality and individuality as well as all the rights inherent in
and encompassed by its sovereignty, including in particular the
right of every State to juridical equality, to territorial
integrity and to freedom and political independence. They will
also respect each other's right freely to choose and develop its
political, social, economic and cultural systems as well as its
right to determine its laws and regulations. ...
... Within the framework of international law, all the
participating States have equal rights and duties. They will
respect each other's right to define and conduct as it wishes its
relations with other States in accordance with international law
and in the spirit of the present Declaration. They consider that
their frontiers can be changed, in accordance with international
law, by peaceful means and by agreement. They also have the right
to belong or not to belong to international organizations, to be
or not to be a party to bilateral or multilateral treaties
including the right to be or not to be a party to treaties of
alliance; they also have the right to neutrality. ...
... Within the framework of international law, all the
participating States have equal rights and duties. They will
respect each other's right to define and conduct as it wishes its
relations with other States in accordance with international law
and in the spirit of the present Declaration. They consider that
their frontiers can be changed, in accordance with international
law, by peaceful means and by agreement. They also have the right
to belong or not to belong to international organizations, to be
or not to be a party to bilateral or multilateral treaties
including the right to be or not to be a party to treaties of
alliance; they also have the right to neutrality. ...
... Within the framework of international law, all the
participating States have equal rights and duties. They will
respect each other's right to define and conduct as it wishes its
relations with other States in accordance with international law
and in the spirit of the present Declaration. They consider that
their frontiers can be changed, in accordance with international
law, by peaceful means and by agreement. They also have the right
to belong or not to belong to international organizations, to be
or not to be a party to bilateral or multilateral treaties
including the right to be or not to be a party to treaties of
alliance; they also have the right to neutrality. ...
... Within the framework of international law, all the
participating States have equal rights and duties. They will
respect each other's right to define and conduct as it wishes its
relations with other States in accordance with international law
and in the spirit of the present Declaration. They consider that
their frontiers can be changed, in accordance with international
law, by peaceful means and by agreement. They also have the right
to belong or not to belong to international organizations, to be
or not to be a party to bilateral or multilateral treaties
including the right to be or not to be a party to treaties of
alliance; they also have the right to neutrality. ...
... Within the framework of international law, all the
participating States have equal rights and duties. They will
respect each other's right to define and conduct as it wishes its
relations with other States in accordance with international law
and in the spirit of the present Declaration. They consider that
their frontiers can be changed, in accordance with international
law, by peaceful means and by agreement. They also have the right
to belong or not to belong to international organizations, to be
or not to be a party to bilateral or multilateral treaties
including the right to be or not to be a party to treaties of
alliance; they also have the right to neutrality. ...
PAGE: II. Refraining from the threat or use of force [go to this PAGE]
... Accordingly, the participating States will refrain from any
acts constituting a threat of force or direct or indirect use of
force against another participating State. Likewise they will
refrain from any manifestation of force for the purpose of
inducing another participating State to renounce the full
exercise of its sovereign rights. Likewise they will also refrain
in their mutual relations from any act of reprisal by force. ...
PAGE: VI. Non-intervention in internal affairs [go to this PAGE]
... They will likewise in all circumstances refrain from any
other act of military, or of political, economic or other
coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the
exercise by another participating State of the rights inherent in
its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind. ...
PAGE: VII. Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief
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... VII. Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief ...
... The participating States will respect human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought,
conscience, religion or belief, for all without distinction as to
race, sex, language or religion. ...
... They will promote and encourage the effective exercise of
civil, political, economic, social, cultural and other rights and
freedoms all of which derive from the inherent dignity of the
human person and are essential for his free and full development. ...
... The participating States on whose territory national
minorities exist will respect the right of persons belonging to
such minorities to equality before the law, will afford them the
full opportunity for the actual enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms and will, in this manner, protect their
legitimate interests in this sphere. ...
... The participating States on whose territory national
minorities exist will respect the right of persons belonging to
such minorities to equality before the law, will afford them the
full opportunity for the actual enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms and will, in this manner, protect their
legitimate interests in this sphere. ...
... The participating States recognize the universal
significance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect
for which is an essential factor for the peace, justice and well-
being necessary to ensure the development of friendly relations
and co-operation among themselves as among all States. ...
... They will constantly respect these rights and freedoms in
their mutual relations and will endeavour jointly and separately,
including in co-operation with the United Nations, to promote
universal and effective respect for them. ...
... They confirm the right of the individual to know and act
upon his rights and duties in this field. ...
... They confirm the right of the individual to know and act
upon his rights and duties in this field. ...
... In the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the
participating States will act in conformity with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations and with the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They will also fulfil
their obligations as set forth in the international declarations
and agreements in this field, including inter alia the
International Covenants on Human Rights, by which they may be
bound. ...
... In the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the
participating States will act in conformity with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations and with the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They will also fulfil
their obligations as set forth in the international declarations
and agreements in this field, including inter alia the
International Covenants on Human Rights, by which they may be
bound. ...
... In the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the
participating States will act in conformity with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations and with the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They will also fulfil
their obligations as set forth in the international declarations
and agreements in this field, including inter alia the
International Covenants on Human Rights, by which they may be
bound. ...
PAGE: VIII. Equal rights and self-determination of peoples [go to this PAGE]
... VIII. Equal rights and self-determination of peoples ...
... The participating States will respect the equal rights of
peoples and their right to self-determination, acting at all
times in conformity with the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations and with the relevant norms of
international law, including those relating to territorial
integrity of States. ...
... The participating States will respect the equal rights of
peoples and their right to self-determination, acting at all
times in conformity with the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations and with the relevant norms of
international law, including those relating to territorial
integrity of States. ...
... By virtue of the principle of equal rights and self-
determination of peoples, all peoples always have the right, in
full freedom, to determine, when and as they wish, their internal
and external political status, without external interference, and
to pursue as they wish their political, economic, social and
cultural development. ...
... By virtue of the principle of equal rights and self-
determination of peoples, all peoples always have the right, in
full freedom, to determine, when and as they wish, their internal
and external political status, without external interference, and
to pursue as they wish their political, economic, social and
cultural development. ...
... The participating States reaffirm the universal significance
of respect for and effective exercise of equal rights and self-
determination of peoples for the development of friendly
relations among themselves as among all States; they also recall
the importance of the elimination of any form of violation of
this principle. ...
PAGE: X. Fulfilment in good faith of obligations under international law [go to this PAGE]
... In exercising their sovereign rights, including the right to
determine their laws and regulations, they will conform with
their legal obligations under international law; they will
furthermore pay due regard to and implement the provisions in the
Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in
Europe. ...
... In exercising their sovereign rights, including the right to
determine their laws and regulations, they will conform with
their legal obligations under international law; they will
furthermore pay due regard to and implement the provisions in the
Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in
Europe. ...
... The participating States, paying due regard to the
principles above and, in particular, to the first sentence of the
tenth principle, "Fulfilment in good faith of obligations under
international law", note that the present Declaration does not
affect their rights and obligations, nor the corresponding
treaties and other agreements and arrangements. ...
PAGE: (b) Matters related to giving effect to certain of the above Principles (i) (ii) [go to this PAGE]
... To refrain from any manifestation of force for the purpose
of inducing another participating State to renounce the full
exercise of its sovereign rights.
...
... To refrain from any act of economic coercion designed to
subordinate to their own interest the exercise by another
participating State of the rights inherent in its
sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.
...
PAGE: Possibilities for improving co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... the wider use of commercial channels and activities for
applied scientific and technological research and for the
transfer of achievements obtained in this field while providing
information on and protection of intellectual and industrial
property rights;
...
PAGE: 6. Co-operation in other areas Development of transport [go to this PAGE]
... declare themselves in favour, with due respect for their
rights and international commitments, of the elimination of
disparities arising from the legal provisions applied to traffic
on inland waterways which are subject to international
conventions and, in particular, of the disparity in the
application of those provisions; and to this end invite the
member States of the Central Commission for the Navigation of the
Rhine, of the Danube Commission and of other bodies to develop
the work and studies now being carried out, in particular within
the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; ...
... 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: Economic and social aspects of migrant labour [go to this PAGE]
... to ensure equality of rights between migrant workers and
nationals of the host countries with regard to conditions of
employment and work and to social security, and to endeavour to
ensure that migrant workers may enjoy satisfactory living
conditions, especially housing conditions; ...
... to confirm the right of migrant workers to receive, as far
as possible, regular information in their own language, covering
both their country of origin and the host country; ...
PAGE: (a) Contacts and Regular Meetings on the Basis of Family Ties [go to this PAGE]
... They confirm that the presentation of an application
concerning contacts on the basis of family ties will not modify
the rights and obligations of the applicant or of members of his
family. ...
PAGE: (b) Reunification of Families [go to this PAGE]
... They confirm that the presentation of an application
concerning family reunification will not modify the rights and
obligations of the applicant or of members of his family. ...
PAGE: (c) Improvement of Working Conditions for Journalists [go to this PAGE]
... grant to journalists of the participating States the right
to import, subject only to its being taken out again, the
technical equipment (photographic, cinematographic, tape
recorder, radio and television) necessary for the exercise of
their profession; [Footnote: While recognizing that appropriate local personnel
are employed by foreign journalists in many instances, the participating
States note that the above provisions would be applied, subject to the
observance of the appropriate rules, to persons from the other
participating States, who are regularly and professionally engaged as
technicians, photographers or cameramen of the press, radio, television or
cinema.
...
PAGE: Access [go to this PAGE]
... recommending that, in determining the size of editions,
publishing houses take into account also the demand from the
other participating States, and that rights of sale in other
participating States be granted, where possible, to several
sales organizations of the importing countries, by agreement
between interested partners;
...