Law-ref.org Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe - Final Act - Helsinki 1975
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Questions relating to Security in Europe
1.
(a) Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations between Participating States
I. Sovereign equality, respect for the rights inherent in sovereignty
II. Refraining from the threat or use of force
III. Inviolability of frontiers
IV. Territorial integrity of States
V. Peaceful settlement of disputes
VI. Non-intervention in internal affairs
VII. Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief
VIII. Equal rights and self-determination of peoples
IX. Co-operation among States
X. Fulfilment in good faith of obligations under international law
(b) Matters related to giving effect to certain of the above Principles
(i)
(ii)
2. Document on confidence-building measures and certain aspects of security and disarmament
I
Prior notification of major military manoeuvres
Prior notification of other military manoeuvres
Exchange of observers
Prior notification of major military movements
Other confidence-building measures
II Questions relating to disarmament
III General considerations
Co-operation in the Field of Economics, of Science and Technology and of the Environment
1. Commercial Exchanges
General provisions
Business contacts and facilities
Economic and commercial information
Marketing
2. Industrial co-operation and projects of common interest
Industrial co-operation
Projects of common interest
3. Provisions concerning trade and industrial co-operation
Harmonization of standards
Arbitration
Specific bilateral arrangements
4. Science and technology
Possibilities for improving co-operation
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
Forms and methods of co-operation
5. Environment
Aims of co-operation
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
Forms and methods of co-operation
6. Co-operation in other areas
Development of transport
Promotion of tourism
Economic and social aspects of migrant labour
Training of personnel
Questions relating to Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean
Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields
1. Human Contacts
(a) Contacts and Regular Meetings on the Basis of Family Ties
(b) Reunification of Families
(c) Marriage between Citizens of Different States
(d) Travel for Personal or Professional Reasons
(e) Improvement of Conditions for Tourism on an Individual or Collective Basis
(f) Meetings among Young People
(g) Sport
(h) Expansion of Contacts
2. Information
(a) Improvement of the Circulation of, Access to, and Exchange of Information
(i) Oral Information
(ii) Printed Information
(iii) Filmed and Broadcast Information
(b) Co-operation in the Field of Information
(c) Improvement of Working Conditions for Journalists
3. Co-operation and Exchanges in the Field of Culture
Extension of Relations
Mutual Knowledge
Exchanges and Dissemination
Access
Contacts and Co-operation
Fields and Forms of Co-operation
4. Co-operation and Exchanges in the Field of Education
(a) Extension of Relations
(b) Access and Exchanges
(c) Science
(d) Foreign Languages and Civilizations
(e) Teaching Methods
Follow-up to the Conference