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FOLLOW-UP TO THE CONFERENCE

The participating States,

Having considered and evaluated the progress made at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe,

Considering further that, within the broader context of the world, the Confer- ence is an important part of the process of improving security and developing co-operation in Europe and that its results will contribute significantly to this process,

Intending to implement the provisions of the Final Act of the Conference in order to give full effect to its results and thus to further the process of improving security and developing co-operation in Europe;

Convinced that, in order to achieve the aims sought by the Conference, they should make further unilateral, bilateral and multilateral efforts and continue, in the appropriate forms set forth below, the multilateral process initiated by the Conference,

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Declare their resolve, in the period following the Conference, to pay due regard to and implement the provisions of the Final Act of the Confer-

ence:

(a) unilaterally, in all cases which lend themselves to such action; (b) bilaterally, by negotiations with other participating States; (c) multilaterally, by meetings of experts of the participating States, and also within the framework of existing international organisations, such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and UNESCO, with regard to educational, scientific and cultural co-operation;

Declare furthermore their resolve to continue the multilateral process initiated by the Conference:

(a) by proceeding to a thorough exchange of views both on the implemen- tation of the provisions of the Final Act and of the tasks defined by the Conference, as well as, in the context of the questions dealt with by the latter, on the deepening of their mutual relations, the improve- ment of security and the development of co-operation in Europe, and the development of the process of détente in the future; (b) by organising to these ends meetings among their representatives, beginning with a meeting at the level of representatives appointed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs. This meeting will define the appro- priate modalities for the holding of other meetings which could include further similar meetings and the possibility of a new Con- ference;

3. The first of the meetings indicated above will be held at Belgrade in 1977. A preparatory meeting to organise this meeting will be held at Belgrade on 15 June 1977. The preparatory meeting will decide on the date, duration, agenda and other modalities of the meeting of representatives appointed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs;

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The rules of procedure, the working methods and the scale of distribution for the expenses of the Conference will, mutatis mutandis, be applied to

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