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<title>
Declaration on U.N. Membership, Eleven Republics
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<hdr>
Foreign Policy Bulletin, January-April 1992
The Reorganization of Europe: Declaration on U.N. Membership,
Eleven Republics, December 21, 1991
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<p> Member states of the commonwealth, referring to Article 12
of the agreement on the creation of the Commonwealth of
Independent States,
</p>
<p> PROCEEDING from the intention of each of the states to
fulfill its duties stipulated by the U.N. Charter and to take
part in the work of that organization as equal members;
</p>
<p> TAKING into account that previously the Republic of Belarus,
the U.S.S.R. and Ukraine were members of the United Nations
organization;
</p>
<p> EXPRESSING satisfaction that the Republic of Belarus and
Ukraine continue to be U.N. members as sovereign independent
states;
</p>
<p> BEING full of resolve to promote the consolidation of world
peace and security on the basis of the U.N. Charter in the
interests of their nations and the whole of the world community;
</p>
<p> HAVE DECIDED:
</p>
<p> 1. Member states of the commonwealth support Russia in
taking over the U.S.S.R. membership in the U.N., including
permanent membership in the Security Council and other
international organizations.
</p>
<p> 2. The Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and
Ukraine will help other member states of the commonwealth settle
problems connected with their full membership in the U.N. and
other international organizations.
</p>
<p> Done in Alma-Ata on December 21, 1991, in one copy in the
Azerbaijani, Armenian, Belarus, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Moldova,
Russian, Tadzhik, Turkmen, Uzbeck and Ukrainian languages. All
texts have equal force. The original copy will be kept in the
archive of the Government of the Republic of Belarus, which
will send the high contracting parties a certified copy of this
protocol.
</p>
<p>(Signed at Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan by Ayaz Mutalibov, Azerbaijan;
Stanislav Shushkevich, Belarus; Levon Ter-Petrossian, Armenia;
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan; Askar Akayev, Kirgizstan;
Mircea Snegur, Moldova; Boris Yeltsin, Russian Federation;
Rakhamon Nabiyev, Tajikistan; Saparamurad Niyazov, Turkmenistan;
Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan; and Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine. (Texts
distributed by Tass)
</p>
</body>
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