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6. Co-operation in other areas
Development of transport
The participating States,
Considering that the improvement of the conditions of
transport constitutes one of the factors essential to the
development of co-operation among them,
Considering that it is necessary to encourage the
development of transport and the solution of existing problems by
employing appropriate national and international means,
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,
note that the speed of technical progress in the various
fields of transport makes desirable a development of co-operation
and an increase in exchanges of information among them;
declare themselves in favour of a simplification and a
harmonization of administrative formalities in the field of
international transport, in particular at frontiers;
consider it desirable to promote, while allowing for their
particular national circumstances in this sector, the
harmonization of administrative and technical provisions
concerning safety in road, rail, river, air and sea transport;
express their intention to encourage the development of
international inland transport of passengers and goods as well as
the possibilities of adequate participation in such transport on
the basis of reciprocal advantage;
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;
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;
consider that examination by the participating States of the
possibility of their accession to the different conventions or to
membership of international organizations specializing in
transport matters, as well as their efforts to implement
conventions when ratified, could contribute to the strengthening
of their co-operation in this field.