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RIGHT OF ALL NATIONS TO CHOOSE THEIR ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MODELS FREELY AND WITHOUT EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE OF ANY KIND ARE RESPECTED.
WE URGE THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GIVE NEW INPEUS TO THE PEACE PROCESS, BY FULLY IMPLEMENTING THE COMMITMENTS THEY HAVE ASSUMED UNDER THE GUATEMALA AGREEMENT, FOR THEY KNOW THAT THEY ALONE CAN SOLVE THE CRISIS AND MEET THE LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS OF THEIR PEOPLES FOR PEACE, DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION.
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES, AS THEY SOLEMNLY DECLARED AT THEIR MINISTERIAL MEETING IN HAMBURG WITH THEIR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CONTADORA COUNTERPARTS, REAFFIRM, ONCE AGAIN, THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO CONTRIBUTE, TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY, TO THE PEACE PROCESS IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION, WE CALL ON OTHER COUNTRIES TO DO LIKEWISE.
20. CONSEQUENTLY, WE HAVE FOLLOWED WITH PARTICULAR INTEREST THE EFFORTS INITIATED LAST NOVEMBER IN ACAPULCO BY THE HEADS OF STATE OF EIGHT LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT MECHANISM FOR CONSULTATION AND CONCERTED POLITICAL ACTION. WE WELCOME THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH OPENED UP NEW PATHS FOR REGIONAL CONCERTATION AND WE INTEND TO PURSUE OUR DIALOGUE WITH THESE COUNTRIES AIMED AT PROMOTING PEACE, DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA.
THE TWELVE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA. WE APPEAL TO THE GOVERN- MENTS OF THOSE FEW COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE REESTA- BLISHMENT OF FULL PLURALISTIC DEMOCRACY TO ENGAGE IN A PROCESS OF GENUINE DEMOCRATIZATION WHICH WILL ENABLE THEIR PEOPLES TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY AND TO BUILD A FUTURE WORTHY OF THEM.-
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