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The participating States,
Having considered and evaluated the progress made at the
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe,
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,
Convinced that, in order to achieve the aims sought by the
Conference, they should make further unilateral, bilateral and
multilateral efforts and continue, in the appropriate forms set
forth below, the multilateral process initiated by the
Conference,
- 1. Declare their resolve, in the period following the
Conference, to pay due regard to and implement the provisions of
the Final Act of the Conference:
- (a) unilaterally, in all cases which lend themselves to such action;
- (b) bilaterally, by negotiations with other participating States;
- (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;
- 2. Declare furthermore their resolve to continue the
multilateral process initiated by the Conference:
- (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;
- (b) by organizing to these ends meetings among their representatives, beginning with a meeting at the level of representatives appointed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs. This meeting will define the appropriate modalities for the holding of other meetings which could include further similar meetings and the possibility of a new Conference;
- 3. The first of the meetings indicated above will be held at Belgrade in 1977. A preparatory meeting to organize this meeting will be held at Belgrade on 15 June 1977. The preparatory meeting will decide on the date, duration, agenda and other modalities of the meeting of representatives appointed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs;
- 4. The rules of procedure, the working methods and the scale of distribution for the expenses of the Conference will, mutatis mutandis, be applied to the meetings envisaged in paragraphs 1 (c), 2 and 3 above. All the above-mentioned meetings will be held in the participating States in rotation. The services of a technical secretariat will be provided by the host country.
The original of this Final Act, drawn up in English, French,
German, Italian, Russian and Spanish, will be transmitted to the
Government of the Republic of Finland, which will retain it in
its archives. Each of the participating States will receive from
the Government of the Republic of Finland a true copy of this
Final Act.
The text of this Final Act will be published in each
participating State, which will disseminate it and make it known
as widely as possible.
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.
Wherefore, the undersigned High Representatives of the
participating States, mindful of the high political significance
which they attach to the results of the Conference, and declaring
their determination to act in accordance with the provisions
contained in the above texts, have subscribed their signatures
below:
at Helsinki, on 1st August 1975, in the name of
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Helmut SCHMIDT Federal Chancellor THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Erich HONECKER First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Gerald R. FORD President of the United States of America THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA Bruno KREISKY Federal Chancellor THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM Leo TINDEMANS Prime Minister THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA Todor JIVKOV First Secretary, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bulgaria CANADA Pierre Elliott TRUDEAU Prime Minister THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS His Beatitude Archbishop MAKARIOS III President of the Republic of Cyprus DENMARK Anker JORGENSEN Prime Minister SPAIN Carlos ARIAS NAVARRO Head of the Government THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND Urho KEKKONEN President of the Republic THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Valery GISCARD D'ESTAING President of the French Republic THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND The Rt. Hon. Harold WILSON, O.B.E., M.P., F.R.S. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC Constantin CARAMANLIS Prime Minister THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC Janos KADAR First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party IRELAND Liam COSGRAVE Prime Minister ICELAND Geir HALLGRIMSSON Prime Minister THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC Aldo MORO Prime Minister of the Italian Republic and in his capacity as President in office of the Council of the European Communities THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN Walter KIEBER Head of Government THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG Gaston THORN Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA Dom MINTOFF Prime Minister, Minister for Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO Andre SAINT-MLEUX Minister of State, President of the Government Council, Representing H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco NORWAY Trygve BRATTELI Prime Minister THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS J. M. DEN UYL Prime Minister THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND Edward GIEREK First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party PORTUGAL Francisco DA COSTA GOMES President of the Republic THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA Nicolae CEAUSESCU President of the Socialist Republic of Romania SAN MARINO Gian Luigi BERTI Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs THE HOLY SEE Son Excellence Monseigneur Agostino CASAROLI Secretary of the Council for Church Public Affairs SWEDEN Olof PALME Prime Minister THE SWISS CONFEDERATION Pierre GRABER President of the Confederation, Head of the Federal Political Department THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC Gustav HUSAK Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY Suleyman DEMIREL Prime Minister THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS L. BREJNEV General-Secretary of the CC of the CPSU THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF JUGOSLAVIA Josip Broz TITO President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Jugoslavia