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(b) Matters related to giving effect to certain of the above Principles
(i)
The participating States,
Reaffirming that they will respect and give effect to
refraining from the threat or use of force and convinced of the
necessity to make it an effective norm of international life,
Declare that they are resolved to respect and carry out, in
their relations with one another, inter alia, the following
provisions which are in conformity with the Declaration on
Principles Guiding Relations between Participating States:
- To give effect and expression, by all the ways and forms which they consider appropriate, to the duty to refrain from the threat or use of force in their relations with one another.
- 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 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.
- To take effective measures which by their scope and by their nature constitute steps towards the ultimate achievement of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.
- 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.
(ii)
The participating States,
Reaffirming their determination to settle their disputes as
set forth in the Principle of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes;
Convinced that the peaceful settlement of disputes is a
complement to refraining from the threat or use of force, both
being essential though not exclusive factors for the maintenance
and consolidation of peace and security;
Desiring to reinforce and to improve the methods at their
disposal for the peaceful settlement of disputes;
- Are resolved to pursue the examination and elaboration of a generally acceptable method for the peaceful settlement of disputes aimed at complementing existing methods, and to continue to this end to work upon the "Draft Convention on a European System for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes" submitted by Switzerland during the second stage of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, as well as other proposals relating to it and directed towards the elaboration of such a method.
- Decide that, on the invitation of Switzerland, a meeting of experts of all the participating States will be convoked in order to fulfil the mandate described in paragraph 1 above within the framework and under the procedures of the follow-up to the Conference laid down in the chapter "Follow-up to the Conference".
- This meeting of experts will take place after the meeting of the representatives appointed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the participating States, scheduled according to the chapter "Follow-up to the Conference" for 1977; the results of the work of this meeting of experts will be submitted to Governments.