The participating States express the conviction that respect for these principles will encourage the development of normal and friendly relations and the progress of co-operation among them in all fields. They also express the conviction that respect for these principles will encourage the development of political contacts among them which in turn would contribute to better mutual understanding of their positions and views.
The participating States declare their intention to conduct their relations with all other States in the spirit of the principles contained in the present Declaration.
(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 con- sider 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 main- tenance of international peace and security in Europe, and to seek, first
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