attention totheactivities oftheOrganisation forEconomic Co-operation and Development (OECD);thatorganization shouldberenewed f~omtheinsideandopen itselftoco-operation withothercountries wishing toadopteconomic policies basedonfreemarketprinciples, thatis,thecountries ofCentral andEastern Europe, including eventheSovietUnion. TheUnitedNations Economic Commission forEuropecouldalso,infuture, playaroleofprimeimportance here. Inrespect ofthefirstbasketoftheHelsinki FinalAct-whichcovers disarmament andsecurity -webelieve thatprocedures shouldbesetupinvolving regular consultations andinformation ezchanges between theForeign Ministers of the35memberStates-soontoheonly34-andthattheBeadsofStateor Government shouldalsomeetatregular intervals toestablish whatthecontent of theco-operation between theirStatesshouldhe.Thisshouldgotogether withthe establishment ofasmallgeneral secretariat and,perhaps, theinvolvement ofCSeE diplomatic r.presentatives. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryEr/lOAl45/PV.9 39-40 (Mr.Iyakens, Belgium) Weareinfavourofsetting upasystemtopreventconflicts, based OD ezchanges ofinformation, onconsultations andonmediation andarbitration. Together withtheNetherlands andLuzembourg, Belgium hasdeveloped aspecific proposal tothisend. -------------------- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryRNlI1 AI«S/PV.g 41 (Mr.b"'Q" blg1_) Ronver, I f••lthat..must90auchfurther. Th.R.lsiui 1'1nalActof1975 hasb.en o~crucial iMportanc. ingln.rating the.avIofliboraliEatioD Inthe socialist countri.s. Bgtwemustbearin.indthattherinalActisstilla political docUlllnt without anybinding legalforc.. Weth.r.for. thilltthatto complete theproc.ssinitiated bytheConf.r.nc. ODSecurity andCo-operation in Europe(CSCI)achart.r forsecurity andco-operation inlurope,eaforc.abl. UDd.r international law,isD.eded. Wemightenvisage givingtheInternatioD.l Courtof JusticeatTheRagueanimportant roletoplayinthatproces8. Wecouldalso consider thecreation ofaspevific l.galforum. Tbecoreissuei8thatsignatory Statesshouldaccept th~juri8diction ofsuchaforumandabidebyitadecisions. Belgium i8alsogreatly concerned ~j)outtheproblems arising outofethnic diver8ity withinStateborder8 andthepr.senc. ofethnicminoritie8. Correction8 ofStatebord.rs donotle..toU8thehe~tsolut:lon. Demand8 pu.tforward Inthat SIDsetendtoaggravate conflicts ev.nfurther. Th.hi8tory oflurope p~iortothe FirstWorldWarandintheinter-war pe~iod8houldicspir. ustocODsider timely meaBures toavoidanyfo~ofneo-Balkani.ation. w.believethattheproper handling ofsuchque8tions i8po88ible onlygivenra8pectforhumanrights, and thusthrough theapplication ofthe"thirdba8ket"oftheRelsinki FinalAct. Rovever, ad.~uate in8titutional 801ution8 mU8ta180befound. Breaking fromour ownexperience, weinBelgium areofthevie.thatthegranting ofeatensive cultural autono~ inVariOg8 matters relating toprivete andcommunity qgeatioD8 of apersonal nature-inclUding language, religiou8 fr.edo. andtheoEgaDl.ation of education -canprepare thegroundforapeaceful solution. Suchasolution is advisable becau8eitlacompatible withthesurvival ofStates, provided political leaders demon8trate 8uitabl~ mutualre8traint. Finally, thecredibility ofQ8ecurity charter forEuropewouldbeenhanced if-againinthe10n98rrun-veveretocODsider thee8tablishment ofa Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryIlM/ll AI"S'".'..2 (Mr.Jr"'P" IIlgium) multilat.ral ••curitycorpsforBure,...41upofcontlDg.nt. fro.the...ll.r European Stat... Th.politic.l..4p.ycho1ogical t.p.ctof.uchaEuropean peac.-t••piDgforc.ontheBuropeofthefuturecou14beprofound andcon.titut. a 1104.1foroth.rcontin.nt.. Let_a4datODC'that"obviously, pan-Buropean s.curlty r..-iu.toa1ar9'.xt.ntd.pend.nt onthe~ualityofco-operation and und.rstanding betwe.n theUnitedStat••andtheSovi.tUnionIns.curity matt.rs. Forthatr.asonwefavou~thespe.dy.igaatur. ofad.claration ofnon-aggr'llion bya.great•nuabarofStat••a.po••ibl•• Howev.r parado.ical itmay.oUD4"tomorrow's Europeilmore.alilydefinedin t'1'II1ofvalu••thanint.E'III'ofg.ographical boUDdari.s. InlIlYvi.wtheEuropeof valu...ncompa.... allcouatri••withinandoutside theoldcontinent thatintheir conltitutional andlegalpractice. .Ub.crib8 toandobserverelpect fo~thehuman individual" pluralistic d.mocracy" funda.ental political andhumanrights" the efficiency ofthemarket ecoDc~" theo~gani.ation oflocial-security Iysteml, and 10OD. ODer.aarkoft.nm.d.bysceptic.i.thatallwel.arnfromhistoryisthatit