(1) For the purpose of safeguarding international peace and security, relations between states must be based on the principles of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence. No state may seek hegemony in any form and in any part of the world or subject other states to aggression, interference, subversion, expansion or' control. No disarmament measure may impair thpe sovereignty, independence and security of any state.

(2) In order to safeguard the security of all states, the two states with the largest nuclear and conventional arsenals have the primary responsibility for disarmament and should be the first to reduce their armaments. When they have drastically reduced their nuclear and conventional armaments and closed the huge gap between them and the other nuclear states and militarily significant states, the other nuclear states and militarily significant states should join them in reducing armaments according to reasonable ratios.

(3) It is imperative to bring about the complete prohibition and total destruction of nuclear weapons so as truly to eliminate the danger of nuclear war. While nuclear disarmament is being considered, equal importance should be given to the question of reducing the superpowers' ever-growing arsenals of conventional armaments, and disarmament in these two fields should be carried out in conjunction. Full attention should also be paid to the prohibition and destruction of biological and chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.

(4) The actual process of disarmament should benefit the economic and social development of states. The superpowers are spending huge sums on the arms race, which not only increases the danger of war and jeopardizes international peace and security, but also hinders' the establishment of a new international economic order. Their military expenditures account for two-thirds of the military budgets of all countries put together, so it is only natural that they should be called on first of all to reduce greatly their military expenditures and to make real contributions to aiding the developing countries.

(5) No disarmament measure may prejudice the right of states to make use of modern scientific and technological achievements to promote their economic development. The superpowers must be prevented from using disarmament and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons as pretexts to deprive other states of their right to use nuclear energy and develop their nuclear industries for peaceful purposes.

(6) While formulating more comprehensive disarmament measures, importance should be attached to limited-scope measures, including regional measures. Zones of peace or nuclear weapon-free zones shall be established in the light of the specific conditions prevailing in different parts of the world and the desire of the states in the regions concerned. These zones shall be free from rivalry for hegemony between the superpowers, foreign military presence in all its forms, all armed occupation of other countpries' territory and direct or indirect armed intervention and the threat of force. All nuclear states shall unconditionally undertake not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against these zones.

(7) The question of disarmament concerns the security and interests of all states and should be discussed and settled by all states on an equal footing. The organization and procedures of the disarmament machinery should be democratized; they should be free from superpower manipulation and control and should fully reflect the demands and wishes of all states in the world.

(8) The role of the United Nations in the field of disarmament should be strengthened. The United Nations General Assembly shall be kept informed of progress in all bilateral and multilateral disarmament negotiations. All parties to disarmament negotiations should earnestly consider and respect the recommendations and calls made by the General Assembly.

(9) Disarmament agreements should provide for strict and effective measures of international control to ensure their effective implementation. No control or verification measure may prejudice the sovereignty and security of any state.

(10) The people of the world should be fully informed about the intensification of the arms race between the superpowers, the increasing danger of war and the lack of progress in disarmament in order to get active mass participation in the struggle for disarmament and the defence of world peace.

1. As a step preceding the reduction of conventional weapons, the two states with the largest conventional arsenals shall renounce military intervention in and threat of force against other states, both direct and indirect, withdraw all their troops stationed abroad and dismantle all their military bases on foreign soil.

2. The two states with the largest conventional arsenals shall first greatly reduce their conventional weapons and equipment. They can start by reducing the number of such heavy weapons as tanks, aircraft, warships and artillery. When substantial progress has been made in this regard, the other militarily significant states shall join them in reducing conventional armaments according to reasonable ratios.

1. All chemical and biological weapons shall be completely prohibited and totally destroyed. Pending the attainment of this goal, all states shall unequivocally undertake not to use any chemical or biological weapons.

2. A convention on the complete prohibition and total destruction of all chemical and biological weapons shall be negotiated and concluded as soon as possible.

1. At the request of the states in the region, Southeast Asia should be declared a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality. All attempts by any state to seek any form of hegemony in this zone are prohibited, all foreign troops shall be withdrawn, all foreign military bases dismantled and all foreign aggression, expansion, interference and control eliminated.

2. The position of declaring the Indian Ocean a zone of peace should be respected by all states, the two superpowers in particular. Activities of rivalry for hegemony between the superpowers must be put an end to. The independence and sovereignty of the littoral and hinterland states there should be strictly respected. There must be no military threat, aggression or expansion in any form directed against these states.

3. In conformity with the desire of the countries in the region, the Mediterranean should be declared a zone of peace.

1. All nuclear states shall respect the status of the nuclear-weapon-free zones and unconditionally undertake not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against these zones.

2. The status of the nuclear-free zone in Latin America shall be respected by all states.

3. In conformity with the common desires of the states in the respective regions, nuclear-weapon-free zones shall be established in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, etc.