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Table of Contents INFORMATION On the preparation of the Final Report “NATO Enlargement’s Impact on Moldovan Neutrality”. I. To carry out the Final Report “Enlargement’s Impact on Moldovan Neutrality” its author has enfolded/participated /in the following activities: 1. Studding the Documents and Materials regarding: a) NATO’s Foundation and Enlargement, in particular: - The North Atlantic Treaty, Washington DC, 4th April 1949; - The Declaration on a Transformed North Atlantic Alliance, Issued in London, UK, on 6 July 1990; - The Declaration on Peace and Cooperation, issued in Rome, Italy, on 8 November 1991; - The Alliance’s Strategic Concept, agreed by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Rome on 7-8 November 1991; - Partnership for Peace: Invitation, Issued by Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council held on NATO Headquarters, Brussels, on 10-11 January 1994; - Partnership for Peace: Framework Document; - Declaration of the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council held at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, on 10-11 January 1994; - Study of NATO Enlargement, September 1995; - Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO and the Russian Federation, Issued in Paris, France, on 27 May 1997; - Madrid Declaration on Euro-Atlantic Security and Cooperation, Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Madrid on 8 July 1997; - Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Ukraine, Issued in Madrid, Spain, on 9 July 1997; - The Washington Declaration, Signed and issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 23 and 24 April 1999; - Washington Summit Communiqué, Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 24 April 1999; - The Alliance Strategic Concept, Approved by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 23 and 24 April 1999; b) International Treaties and Materials on Security and Neutrality: - Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land (Hague V); October 18, 1907; - Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War (Hague XIII); October 18, 1907; - The Covenant of the League of Nationa (including Amendments adopted to December, 1924) ; - Communiqué of the Conference of Balkan Concord on February 2-4, 1940; - The Charter of the United Nations, signed on June 26, 1945; - Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance (Russian), 14 May 1955. - The CSCE/OSCE Helsinki Final Act, signed on August 1, 1975; - The Military Doctrine of the Warsaw Treaty (Russian), 1987; - The Charter of Paris for a New Europe, signed on November 21, 1990; - The Commonwealth: Informative Bulletin of the Heads of State and Government of the CIS, (Minsk: 1992-1996 (Russian); - Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: documents, data, and analysis / edited by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Paige Sullivan, (New York: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1997). - Istanbul Summit Declaration, issued on November 19, 1999; c) Foreign States’ Documents on Security and Neutrality: Austria - State Treaty for the Re-establishment of an Independent and Democratic Austria; - Federal Constitutional Law of 26 October 1955 on the Neutrality of Austria; Estonia - Estonian Neutrality Law of December 1st, 1938; - Since the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to the Treaty on the Bases: Documents and Materials; - The Constitution of Estonia, Adopted on June 28, 1992; Finland - Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation, and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Finland and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, done on April 6, 1948; - The Military Doctrine of Finland, Statement by the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces Admiral Jan Klenberg, Seminar on Military Doctrine, Vienna, 9 October 1991; - Security in a Changing World: Guidelines for Finland’s Security Policy, Report by the Council of State to the Parliament 6 June 1995; - The European Security Development and Finnish Defence, Report by the Council of State to Parliament on 17 March 1997; - PfP Planning and Review Process, 1999 Draft Planning and Review Assessment, Finland; Lithuania - Basics of the National Security Concept of Lithuania (Draft), 30 October, 1991; - White Paper – 1999; România - Communiqué on the neutrality of Romania on September 6, 1939 (Romanian); - The Constitution of Romania; - The Romania’ Strategy on the Integration into NATO; Russian Federation - Information on Conventional Forces of Russian Federation, valid as of January 1, 1995 according to CFE Treaty. - Information on Conventional Forces of Russian Federation, valid as of January 1, 2000 according to CFE Treaty. - The National Security Concept of the Russian Federation, signed on January 10, 2000; - The Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation, signed on April 21, 2000; Sweden - The Military Doctrine of Sweden, Statement by the Supreme Commander Swedish Armed Forces General Bengt Gustafsson, Seminar on Military Doctrine, Vienna, 8 October 1991; Switzerland - The Neutrality Guide-Lines of the Swiss Ministry for foreign Affairs, 26 November 1954; - Swiss Security in Times of Change: Report 90 of the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly on Switzerland’s Security Policy, Issued in Bern, on 1 October 1990. - The Military Doctrine of Switzerland, Statement by the Chief of the General Staff of the Swiss Army Lieutenant General Heinz Häsler, Seminar on Military Doctrine, Vienna, 9 October 1991; - Report by the Council of State to the Parliament “Security in a Changing’ World”, Issued in Helsinki, on 6 June 1995. - The Swiss Partnership for Peace Programme: Clusters of Competence, Federal Military Department, General Secretariat, Permanent PfP Office, February 1997. - Rapport annuel du Conseil Fédéral sur la Participation de la Suisse au Parteneriat pour la Paix de l’OTAN en 1997 ; - Report of the Study Commission on the Strategic Studies, Issued in Bern, on 26 February 1998; - PfP Planning and Review Process, 1999 Draft Planning and Review Assessment, Switzerland; - Security through Cooperation: Report of the Federal Council to the Federal Assembly on the Security Policy of Switzerland, Issued in Bern, on 7 June 1999; Turkmenistan - The Permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan: Collection of political and legal documents; - Foreign Policy of Neutral Turkmenistan: Speeches, Addresses and Interviews of the President of Turkmenistan Saparmurad Turkmenbashi; Ukraine - The Constitution of Ukraine, adopted in 1996; - The Military Doctrine of Ukraine, issued on October 18, 1993; - PfP Planning and Review Process, 1999 Draft Planning and Review Assessment, Ukraine; United States of America - The Neutrality Act on May 1, 1937; - The Neutrality Act on November 4, 1939; - NATO Participation Act of 1994; - NATO Security Revitalization Act of 1995; - Hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, June 20, 1996; d) Documents and Data on the Republic of Moldova - Archives of the Government of the Republic of Moldova, Section “Decrees and Rulings of the President of the Republic of Moldova” (Romanian); - The Declaration on Sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova on June 23, 1990 (Romanian); - The Resolution of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on the military service of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova on September 4, 1990; - The Declaration on Independence of the Republic of Moldova on August 27, 1991 (Romanian); - The Pact Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and its consequences for Bessarabia: Documents, (Chisinau, Publishing House “Universitas”, 1991). - The Declaration of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on the security and disarmament aspects on September 10, 1991 (Romanian); - Republica Moldova / Respublica Moldova / The Republic of Moldova / La République de Moldavie, (Chişinău: Universitas, 1991). - The Agreement on the principles of the peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in Transnistrian Region of the republic of Moldova on July 21, 1992, Diplomatic Bulletin - Diplomaticeskii Vestnic, No. 15-16, 15-31 August 1992 - Russian); - The Republic of Moldova: Documents and Data, (Author: Nedelciuc, Vasile, Chişinău, July 1992). - Bessarabia (Documentary Outline), The Institute of Military History and Theory, (Bucharest, 1992). - Ciobanu, Ştefan, Bessarabia’s Union (Romanian - Unirea Basarabiei: Studiu şi documente cu privire la mişcarea naţională din Basarabia în anii 1917-1918, (Chişinău: Editura “Universitas”, 1993). - The PfP Presentation Document of the Republic of Moldova on March 16, 1994; - The resolution of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on the ratification of the Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States, adopted on April 26, 1994; - The Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, Adopted on 29th July 1994; - The Foreign Policy Concept of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian), 1995; - The National Security Concept of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian), 1995; - The Military Doctrine of the Republic of Moldova (Romanian), 1995; - The Moldovan/Trans-Dniester Conflict, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: documents, data, and analysis / edited by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Paige Sullivan, (New York:
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