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We, representatives of peace move-

ment, delegates coming from 125 coun- .

tries and all continents and over S0 inter-
national organizations, have gathered in
Warsaw — a city once condemned by

Nazi fascism to extinction — a city
which rose from ruins as a living symbol
of peace.

It is from this city that we address our
appeal to all the peoples of the Earth:

Peace, freedom, social justice, prog-

ress for all nations, for present and

future generations!

During six days of full and frank delib-
erations we have jointly reached an as-
sessment of the requirements in the pre-
sent international situation to ensure
peace, international security and social
progress.

The international and national peace
movements have a long and rich tradition
of peace work. To the advent of détente
all peace-loving social forces, all peoples

of good will have made a significant con-_

tribution.

Political detente | is now a dominant
feature of international life, and has hada
positive impact in the world, especially in
Europe. It is of vital importance now to
strengthen détente, to make it universal
and irreversible.

The Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe has an historical
importance. The solemn reaffirmation of

- the will to fully implement the Final Act

of Helsinki, in particular of the 10 princi-
ples governing the relations between the
participating states, will enable the Bel-
grade meeting to take new constructive
measures to promote and reinforce
détente.

We must be watchful of the growing
activity and propaganda of those who
oppose détente. They give misleading
interpretations of détente. They pro-
claim the inevitability of war and insist
on the anti-humanitarian thesis of an in-
herent warlike naturé of humanity. They
advocate a modern day version of the
detrimental doctrice of ‘‘peace through
strength.

We call on the nations of the world, on
political and social forces, on all those
who want peace and friendly coopera-
tion among nations, on all those who

evaluate objectively the international

situation:
To unite in actions so as to consoli-
date the process of détente, so as to
make it irreversible.

Intensification of the armaments
build-up endangers world peace. The
world is already spending more than $1-
billion each day on armaments. The arms
build-up is an unbearable burden for hu-
manity and the biggest obstacle to the

_ socio-economic development of nations.
_ The most urgent goal of the contempo-
rary generation is the halting of the-

deadly arms build-up and undertaking ef-
fective disarmament measures:

It is necessary to do our utmost so that
the broadest masses of the world become
conscious of the danger of the arms
build-up, and actively resist all the man-
oeuvres of militarist and imperialist
forces who are responsible for this race
toward nuclear holocaust.

Hundreds of millions of signatures to
the New Stockholm Appeal and other
mass actions to stop the arms build-up
vividly express the will of the peoples.
These are effective international actions
of social forces at the non-governmental
level. We fully support initiatives and
steps of governments aimed at the same
goals.

We fully support the decision of the
UN to convene the Special Session of the
General Assembly on Disarmament as
an important stage toward holding the
World Disarmament Conference.

We call on all nations and peoples

To reinforce efforts to extend politi-

cal détente to the military sphere; to

voice their determination to halt the
arms build-up and to pursue effec-
tive disarmament measures at reg-
ional and global levels; to increase
their efforts to limit strategic
weapons systems; to eliminate nuc-
lear weapons and other means of
mass destruction; to insist on the
elimination of foreign military
bases; to demand the reduction of
armed forces and military budgets;

to dissolve simultaneously military

pacts. Our aim is to bring about

general and complete disarmament
and the renunciation of the use of
force in international relations.

The victory of the heroic people of
Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos over the
forces of aggression made a positive con-
tribution to world peace. Likewise we
hail the recent victories of the people of
Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau
and other nations who have asserted
their right to self-determination and in-
dependence. We give unqualified sup-

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port to the heroic struggle of the people
of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe,

Palestine. We express our solidarity with

the peoples of Chile and other Latin
American countries in their fight against
fascist and other reactionary forces. We
support the just solution of the Middle
East conflict on the basis of UN resolu-
tions. The elimination of causes of con-
flict in other parts of the world such as
Cyprus and Korea would be a valuable
contribution to the achievement of world
peace.

Let us work for a peaceful and just
solution of disputes and conflicts be-
tween nations; let us work for the
fulfillment of the just aspirations of
nations to independence, to their
development free of imperialist
pressures and dictates.

We stand for the development of a
new, just economic order in the world
based on equal, mutually beneficial
cooperation of states. We appreciate the
non-aligned states’ contribution to the
fight for international security, disarma-
ment, the setting up. of a new interna-
tional economic order, to progress and
durable peace.

Itis a necessary condition of economic
decolonization that striking dispro-
portions in world economic development
be eliminated. We warmly support the
just efforts of developing states aimed at
gaining full independence in in the politi-
cal: and economic spheres, and to
achieve full command over their national
wealth and natural resources for the
benefit of the people.

Let us act even more vigorously for
liquidation of colonialism and neo-
colonialism. Let us work more vig-
orously for -creation of a just
economic order in the world. Let us
work more vigorously for equal pos-
sibilities of socio-economic
development for all nations.

The struggle for social progress is in-
separable from the strengthening of

< tates the solution of major global prob-
; lems confronting humanity. Détente
” 9 creates new favorable conditions for the
te . ‘ 8 struggle for the isolation of militaristic
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Delegates from over 125 countries representing over 50 international organizations of national and social liberation; for eras-
gathered in Warsaw to advance the cause of world peace.
PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 10, 1977—Page 6

ing racism, apartheid and neo-fascism;

Workers’ Party, Edward Gierek took full part in the proceedings of the assembly.

for elimination of illiteracy, hunger and
epidemic diseases. Peace, international
security, disarmament, cooperation
among nations create also favorable

conditions for ensuring the full imple-
mentation of economic, social, political;

human rights and basic freedoms.

We stand for the consolidation of the
efforts to promote democracy and com-
prehensive human rights all over the
world. We call on all states which have
not done so already to ratify the UN
Covenants on human rights. We con-
demn imperialist and racist regimes for
disregarding and violating fundamental
human rights.

We condemn the attempts of militarist
and cold-war advocates and their prop-
aganda centres for the misuse of the high
ideals of human rights for political man-
ipulations which poison the pimosphetg
of détente.

We call for:

Further determined fight mgainst

fascism and racism, for democracy

and ‘full implementation of civil
liberties and human rights.

The peace movement today which is
composed of many organizations. with
different ideologies and cultures has-an
essential task: to arouse public opinion to

the dangers which threaten world peace _

and international security. Public opin-
ion can and must raise its voice through
the non-governmental organizations and
the mass media, can and must influence
the governments to take concrete mea-

sures leading to general and complete

disarmament.

At present the world peace movement
is confronted with new tasks in order to
promote international security and
cooperation among nations in the
economic, scientific, cultural and
humanitarian spheres, for the protection
and improvement of the environment.
The possibilities of peace forces in all
these respects depend to a considerable
extent on their unity, on consolidation of
the efforts of their various organizations
and on their solidarity in action.

Peace, freedom, social justice and

progress for all nations, for present

and future generations.
— Participants of the World
Assembly of Builders of Peace,
Warsaw, May 11, 1977.