Baltic Sea Declaration

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Ronneby, Sweden, September 2-3, 1990

Heads of Governments and High Political Representatives of the Baltic Sea States, Norway, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the Representative of the Commission of the European Communities Assembled at Ronneby, Sweden, September 2-3, 1990     

Having exchanged views on increased environmental cooperation in the Baltic Sea area;

Concerned about the continuing threat to the environment of the Baltic Sea; threatening to irreversibly disrupt the ecological balance in the region and seriously curtail the possibilities for sound development in the area;

Welcoming the new climate of understanding and cooperation between the States in the Baltic Sea area, which will make resources available for the protection of the Baltic Sea environment, inter alia, through the reduced need for armaments expenditures;

Convinced that strengthening of such cooperation among them will contribute to the implementation of the relevant provisions of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the outcome of its follow-up meetings;