CSCE Budapest Declaration,
Towards A Genuine Partnership In A New Era,
DOC.RC/1/95 (21 December 1994)

VII
A Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the Twenty-First Century

Since the end of the Cold War, the CSCE - based on the Helsinki Final Act, the Charter of Paris and the Helsinki Document 1992 - has contributed to co-operative security in the whole CSCE region. In this new era of security co-operation, the participating States have decided to start a discussion of a model based on the CSCE principles and the above-mentioned documents for a common and comprehensive security for the twenty-first century. It will not affect the inherent right of each and every participating State to be free to choose or change its security arrangements, including treaties of alliance, as they evolve.

Accordingly, they have decided:

- to launch in the CSCE a broad and comprehensive discussion on all aspects of security, as appropriate, aimed at devising a concept of security for the twenty-first century;

- to take into account the ongoing discussions in participating States on this topic;

- to hold a seminar on this topic in Vienna in the autumn of 1995;

- to instruct the Senior Council to include this item in its agenda of its meeting before the next regular meeting of the Ministerial Council in Budapest in 1995;

- to request the Chairman-in-Office to present a progress report to the next meeting of the Ministerial Council. The Council may decide upon modalities for the further discussion and possible work on the model. Results available at that time will be presented to the next Summit Meeting by the Chairman-in-Office.