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... During the opening and closing stages of the Conference the
participants were addressed by the Secretary-General of the
United Nations as their guest of honour. The Director-General of
UNESCO and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe addressed the Conference during its second
stage. ...
... During the opening and closing stages of the Conference the
participants were addressed by the Secretary-General of the
United Nations as their guest of honour. The Director-General of
UNESCO and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe addressed the Conference during its second
stage. ...
PAGE: 1. (a) Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations between Participating States [go to this PAGE]
... Reaffirming, in conformity with their membership in the
United Nations and in accordance with the purposes and principles
of the United Nations, their full and active support for the
United Nations and for the enhancement of its role and
effectiveness in strengthening international peace, security and
justice, and in promoting the solution of international problems,
as well as the development of friendly relations and co-operation
among States; ...
... Reaffirming, in conformity with their membership in the
United Nations and in accordance with the purposes and principles
of the United Nations, their full and active support for the
United Nations and for the enhancement of its role and
effectiveness in strengthening international peace, security and
justice, and in promoting the solution of international problems,
as well as the development of friendly relations and co-operation
among States; ...
... Reaffirming, in conformity with their membership in the
United Nations and in accordance with the purposes and principles
of the United Nations, their full and active support for the
United Nations and for the enhancement of its role and
effectiveness in strengthening international peace, security and
justice, and in promoting the solution of international problems,
as well as the development of friendly relations and co-operation
among States; ...
... Expressing their common adherence to the principles which
are set forth below and are in conformity with the Charter of the
United Nations, as well as their common will to act, in the
application of these principles, in conformity with the purposes
and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; ...
... Expressing their common adherence to the principles which
are set forth below and are in conformity with the Charter of the
United Nations, as well as their common will to act, in the
application of these principles, in conformity with the purposes
and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; ...
PAGE: II. Refraining from the threat or use of force [go to this PAGE]
... The participating States will refrain in their mutual
relations, as well as in their international relations in
general, from the threat or use of force against the territorial
integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other
manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations and
with the present Declaration. No consideration may be invoked to
serve to warrant resort to the threat or use of force in
contravention of this principle. ...
PAGE: IV. Territorial integrity of States [go to this PAGE]
... Accordingly, they will refrain from any action inconsistent
with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations against the territorial integrity, political independence
or the unity of any participating State, and in particular from
any such action constituting a threat or use of force. ...
PAGE: VII. Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief
[go to this PAGE]
... 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. ...
... 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]
... 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. ...
PAGE: IX. Co-operation among States [go to this PAGE]
... The participating States will develop their co-operation
with one another and with all States in all fields in accordance
with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations. In developing their co-operation the participating
States will place special emphasis on the fields as set forth
within the framework of the Conference on Security and Co-
operation in Europe, with each of them making its contribution in
conditions of full equality. ...
PAGE: X. Fulfilment in good faith of obligations under international law [go to this PAGE]
... The participating States confirm that in the event of a
conflict between the obligations of the members of the United
Nations under the Charter of the United Nations and their
obligations under any treaty or other international agreement,
their obligations under the Charter will prevail, in accordance
with Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations. ...
... The participating States confirm that in the event of a
conflict between the obligations of the members of the United
Nations under the Charter of the United Nations and their
obligations under any treaty or other international agreement,
their obligations under the Charter will prevail, in accordance
with Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations. ...
... The participating States confirm that in the event of a
conflict between the obligations of the members of the United
Nations under the Charter of the United Nations and their
obligations under any treaty or other international agreement,
their obligations under the Charter will prevail, in accordance
with Article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations. ...
PAGE: (b) Matters related to giving effect to certain of the above Principles (i) (ii) [go to this PAGE]
... To refrain from any use of armed forces inconsistent with
the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations and the provisions of the Declaration on Principles
Guiding Relations between Participating States, against
another participating State, in particular from invasion of
or attack on its territory.
...
... To promote, by all means which each of them considers
appropriate, a climate of confidence and respect among
peoples consonant with their duty to refrain from propaganda
for wars of aggression or for any threat or use of force
inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations and
with the Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations between
Participating States, against another participating State.
...
... To make every effort to settle exclusively by peaceful means
any dispute between them, the continuance of which is likely
to endanger the maintenance of international peace and
security in Europe, and to seek, first of all, a solution
through the peaceful means set forth in Article 33 of the
United Nations Charter.
To refrain from any action which could hinder the peaceful
settlement of disputes between the participating States.
...
PAGE: 2. Document on confidence-building measures and certain aspects of security and disarmament [go to this PAGE]
... Determined further to refrain in their mutual relations, as
well as in their international relations in general, from the
threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or
political independence of any State, or in any other manner
inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations and with the
Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations between Participating
States as adopted in this Final Act; ...
PAGE: Co-operation in the Field of Economics, of Science and Technology and of the Environment [go to this PAGE]
... Taking into account the interests of the developing
countries throughout the world, including those among the
participating countries as long as they are developing from the
economic point of view; reaffirming their will to co-operate for
the achievement of the aims and objectives established by the
appropriate bodies of the United Nations in the pertinent
documents concerning development, it being understood that each
participating State maintains the positions it has taken on them;
giving special attention to the least developed countries, ...
... Having taken into account the work already undertaken by
relevant international organizations and wishing to take
advantage of the possibilities offered by these organizations, in
particular by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,
for giving effect to the provisions of the final documents of the
Conference, ...
PAGE: Economic and commercial information [go to this PAGE]
... will support a study, in the framework of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe, of the possibilities of creating
a multilateral system of notification of laws and regulations
concerning foreign trade and changes therein; ...
... will encourage international work on the harmonization of
statistical nomenclatures, notably in the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe. ...
PAGE: Marketing [go to this PAGE]
... will encourage international co-operation in the field of
trade promotion, including marketing, and the work undertaken on
these subjects within the international bodies, in particular the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. ...
PAGE: 2. Industrial co-operation and projects of common interest Industrial co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... 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; ...
PAGE: Forms and methods of co-operation [go to this PAGE]
... in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, study
of possibilities for expanding multilateral co-operation, taking
into account models for projects and research used in various
international organizations; and for sponsoring conferences,
symposia, and study and working groups such as those which would
bring together younger scientists and technologists with eminent
specialists in their field;
...
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. ...
... 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. ...
... advocating the inclusion, where appropriate and possible, of
the various areas of co-operation into the programmes of work of
the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, supporting
such co-operation within the framework of the Commission and of
the United Nations Environment Programme, and taking into account
the work of other competent international organizations of which
they are members;
...
... advocating the inclusion, where appropriate and possible, of
the various areas of co-operation into the programmes of work of
the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, supporting
such co-operation within the framework of the Commission and of
the United Nations Environment Programme, and taking into account
the work of other competent international organizations of which
they are members;
...
... to advocate that within the framework of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe a study be carried out of
procedures and relevant experience relating to the activities of
Governments in developing the capabilities of their countries to
predict adequately environmental consequences of economic
activities and technological development.
...
PAGE: 6. Co-operation in other areas Development of transport [go to this PAGE]
... Taking into account the work being carried out on these
subjects by existing international organizations, especially by
the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe, ...
... 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 the desire for intensification of the work being
carried out by existing international organizations in the field
of transport, especially that of the Inland Transport Committee
of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and express
their intention to contribute thereto by their efforts; ...
PAGE: Questions relating to Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean [go to this PAGE]
... to promote the development of good-neighbourly relations
with the non-participating Mediterranean States in conformity
with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, on which their relations are based, and with the United
Nations Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning
Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States and accordingly,
in this context, to conduct their relations with the non-
participating Mediterranean States in the spirit of the
principles set forth in the Declaration on Principles Guiding
Relations between Participating States;
...
... to promote the development of good-neighbourly relations
with the non-participating Mediterranean States in conformity
with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, on which their relations are based, and with the United
Nations Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning
Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States and accordingly,
in this context, to conduct their relations with the non-
participating Mediterranean States in the spirit of the
principles set forth in the Declaration on Principles Guiding
Relations between Participating States;
...
... 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: Follow-up to the Conference [go to this PAGE]
... (c) multilaterally, by meetings of experts of the participating
States, and also within the framework of existing international
organizations, such as the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe and UNESCO, with regard to educational, scientific and
cultural co-operation;
...
... The Government of the Republic of Finland is requested to
transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the text
of this Final Act, which is not eligible for registration under
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, with a view to
its circulation to all the members of the Organization as an
official document of the United Nations. ...
... The Government of the Republic of Finland is requested to
transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the text
of this Final Act, which is not eligible for registration under
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, with a view to
its circulation to all the members of the Organization as an
official document of the United Nations. ...
... The Government of the Republic of Finland is requested to
transmit to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the text
of this Final Act, which is not eligible for registration under
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, with a view to
its circulation to all the members of the Organization as an
official document of the United Nations. ...
... The Government of the Republic of Finland is also requested
to transmit the text of this Final Act to the Director-General of
UNESCO and to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe. ...