inviolability of borders

The most important will be to guarantee the inviolability of borders.

The question of security policy was reduced to a guarantee of the inviolability of borders.

That is why it has taken a stand on the inviolability of borders and the fact that there are no unredeemed or other claims.

A state is sovereign when it respects the principle of uti possidetis, the inviolability of borders.

They include the inviolability of borders by means of violence, the guarantee of security and of autonomy for minorities, not only on paper but in reality.

Mr. Rocard said there were two imperatives to insure peace in Europe: the inviolability of borders and respect for European rights.

Like India, China has long been sensitive to pressures on human rights, especially in Tibet, and has spoken before on the inviolability of borders.

D. Respect for the sovereignty, sovereign equality and independence of states and for territorial integrity and inviolability of borders.

Any weaker statement would impair the principle of inviolability of borders through force and would amount to an acceptance of a fait accompli.

Both states verified the inviolability of borders and territorial integrity in the first Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe in 1975.

The leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a statement on the inviolability of borders, which they would all help to patrol.

The inviolability of borders is wisely guaranteed by the founding agreement of the Commonwealth of Independent States; it is vital that this be upheld with unflinching rigidity.

Ladies and gentlemen, European policy towards the Balkans is underpinned by a clear principle: the principle of the inviolability of borders, and respect for the territorial integrity of States.

Those concepts include respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Angola and South Africa, the inviolability of borders, and noninterference in the internal affairs of each country in the region.

The answer, of course, is that to do otherwise would destroy several international principles - the inviolability of borders, the right of people of different religions to live together, the refusal to reward brutal aggression.

It is always frustrating that, each time we have to make a decision about a sensitive matter at the heart of our continent that affects important principles such as the inviolability of borders, we are not able to speak with one voice.

The statement noted that Poland supports the peaceful settlement of the conflict in the frames of sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders, and in the framework of the Charter of the United Nations.

But Mr. Kohl's highly partisan handling of the unification issue may come back to haunt him, Germany and Europe - unless he and other German leaders demonstrate appropriate sensitivity to European concerns, particularly about the inviolability of borders.

Spanish officials have said the purpose of the conference is not to resolve specific disputes in the region, but rather to establish a broad code of conduct covering a variety of problems, from the inviolability of borders and democracy to immigration and economic development.

Whether in the Caucasus, Tibet, Africa or elsewhere, one of the challenges of our times is to find a balance between the aspirations of certain peoples to autonomy, on the one hand, and the inviolability of borders, on the other hand.

And by signing and implementing a declaration of principles, a Magna Carta for the new Europe, C.S.C.E. could help guarantee the rights of national minorities and the inviolability of borders while permitting the movement of people, goods and ideas across them.

Since the appearance of the armed Albanian extremists, the European Union has made clear its very strong support for the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and we have made clear as well our support for the inviolability of borders.

The Lithuanian state emphasizes its adherence to universally recognized principles of international law, recognizes the principles of the inviolability of borders as formulated in Helsinki in 1975 in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and guarantees rights of individuals, citizens and ethnic communities.