treatment ~f~lture. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryI'MB/G Al45/PV.8 lE (Hr.Gttn.cber. Federal lQublicQCGtm1nv) Tba.whole continent .Ultbec~itted toparli...nta~de.ocracy, r.spect for huaaarights, theprinciplos ofsocial..rk~tecon~; .ocialjustice, protection ofthenatural,ourc.,of11feendthepeaceful coexistence ofnations. Onlyin thiswaycantheon.Buropee_rg•• ever40yearsofdivision haveleftscarsinGemr'1? andBurope, theheaUnq ofthose,carswillrequiregreatpolitical andeconomic efforts. Weregardourcontribution tothereconstruction ofEurop6asaninvestment in thefutureofourownnationasvellasinthatofEurope. Inthisweperceive our Buropeu calling -theEuropean callingofusGemans. Theunification ofGermany wiUnotcauseustoforgetthealiiofunifying thewholeofBurope. OUraiMlsaEuropebasedonsolidarity andpartnership whichwlllfulfilthe ezpectatlons ofallBuropean people.. Solidarity andpartnership mustprevail, not rivalry andhegemony. Theestablishment ofasoundpolitical, economic, socialandecological framework fortheprocess oftransformation inCentral andBastern Buropaisthe ..inobjective ofastability-oriented European policyinwhichthemilitary factors increasingly losetheirsignificance. Oureconomic andpolitical weightandourposition atthecentreofBurope plac.aspecial responsibility onusGermansinthisrespect and.earefacingup tothisresponsibilit7' Inthis cODDecti~~~ wehavealwaysbeenawarethattheSovietUnionbelongs to Europe. Without theSovietUniontherecanbenounitedEurope. WlththeGerman-Soviet TreatyonGood-Neighbourly Relations, Partn~rshi~ and Co-operation, whichwasinitialed inMoscowrecently, thetwocountries intendto shapetheirfuturetogether. N.wanttobeabletotrustoneanotheriaevery re.pect. ~eTreatyaffords thebasisforthis. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library2. AI"5/".1 11 (Hr.G.p.cher, re".ra1 .Ipublic ofQegaapy) Oth.r~r.oftheBuropcaD Co.-unity al.oarenegotiatiDg co-operation ACJl"eJHnta "iththeSovi.tUnion. Through suchclos.co-oporation withthoMl!lben oftheB~ropau Ca-unity, theSovietUnionistyill9'itlllfuturetothatofEurope. Th.intdrnatlonal economic andfinaDcial inllltitutions ,,111a180havetotake thbn.w4.v.loplllnt intoaccount. !towthiuingi.call.dfor.vorywbera. W.area180•••kingcloseco-operation withallourneighboura inC.ntral and South-.ast.rn Burope,"ithwhichwehavemanytraditioDR andint.rests incoaaoll. The.nd1ngoftheE.st-WfJlBt confrontation andthedev.lopment ofan.w r.lation.hip betwe.n thememberStat.softh.twoa~~~2Dc,s opentb.wayforan.w systemofco-operation inEuropeinthefie14ofs.curity aswell.Th.changing lforthAtlantic d.f.nce alliance andtheEuropean COllllllUDity, towhichtheWllited G'~aDY too"illbelong, oswellastheConfer.nc~ ODSecurity andCo-operation in Burop.(CSCB)wUlbepillara ofthlllDe"system. They"illbepillarsofaDew d.v.lo~Dt inwhichmilitary s.curity"illbecomplem.nted byabroad.r andmore solidfoundation forco-operation aim,datsaf.guarding peac.. Th...mb.~sofboth alliances nolODgerr.gard.achother.sadversaries, norasathr.at. Fifte.n years ag~the35.ignetori.s oftheCSCBH.lsinki FinalActpledged thems.lves tofr••dom,d.mocracy androlp4ct forhumanrights. Devo1opments since thenhaveborneoutthatbolddecision of1915.T.be summitconfer'Dce duetobe h.ldinParison19Nov.mber"illrais.theCSeBprocesstoan.w1.ve1andcr.ct. thefirstcommoninstitutions ofthen.w,theone,Europe. Regular me.tings ofReadsofStateandGovernment BndofFor.ignMinisters, a centreforconflict p~.ventlon ~4asecretariat willprovide thefirst,solid foundations foralastingp.aceful orderthroughout Europebasedonco-operatioD. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryallBuro,._. factth&ttheCSClCODfer.ac8 ofFor.lgaM!Dlat.r. 1.toplac.ber..OD~rlcaa(HP:.a..JJttD'c;Jw'· ''.1IIqgbllc pC_'r)AI.S/"'.I 18 reduceforcG.al'...c•••ary.~urg.the~".rdu. cODcluato. ofacODveDtloDThecsaillSUl'ope1.4."10plll9••t.pbJ'.t.p.withouractivepartlclpatloD,rNl/6 ll8gotiatio..at.edat.11Mlllatiag .hort-raDg. Iluclear IIl••11e..Furth.r.tep.toDb.m_Dt aD4thecr.atloD ofco-operative ••curityr_1Dtilekeytothe CO-.oDBuropeaa house. T.b.41.a~at D8g0tlatio ••au,tkeeppac.viththe 4yDa.icpolitical dev.lo,..Dt.. Thepea41ag cODclu.ioD oftheVi.DD.negotiatioD' ODCODV.Dtiollal dlaal'll...atvUlhavetobefoUovec1 a..0011aapo••iblebyIDtoa.}fat.ofSuropeu eo-operatloD, ••cudtyIUl4.tablllty. fte.orthAllericaD d88Ocraol••&1'8IDvolved iDtill.proc.....Datural aDd~rtaat partaer.. Tb. tA....9I'udper.pectlve 18opeDIDg upforSuope. Aa.couatry.ltute« ID theC.Dtr.Oflul'opethew:a1te4GttnlUJ'. "'1'8ofit.paa-hI'opeaa r••poulbUlty. v111do.verytblDg po••ibl.to...ur.thatthlaperapectl". bee....r.alltyfor provldlK!g foraglobalbaaODche.lcal...poas.fte••barbadc__•of de.tructioD au.tbeeU..iGat.dvorlclwide. By1'.4ucil19 theirDucl.ar..apoD',tJw .uper-Power. al'...etiugthe!robligatio.. toaaaklD4. YbeUIl!v~r.al validity of .theDOD-proliferatioD Tr>Jaty_st bea.suredforthe.akeofIIIUI".urvival. Co-ordiDated iDternatloaal .ffort.al'.De.dedtopr.veDt theell••e.1D.tioD of delivery .yste••forDuclear, biol03ical au4che.ical weapoa••