...compromise between Mugabe and the opposition. 16. The preamble to the Washington Treaty (1949) binds parties to "safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization...democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law." 17. CSCE, "Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE,"...

...parties to the Treaty were "determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilizations of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law." With an economy of language that characterized most of the Treaty, the allies described the alliance...

...community was determined "to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilisation of their people founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law." According to Raymond Aron, alliances either evolve towards communities or else dissolve altogether....

...978-1-4303-0098-4 The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire...determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilisation of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule...

...North Atlantic Treaty The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire...determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilisation of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule...

...that the Parties thereto "are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilizations of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy,...stability and well-being in the North Atlantic Area". The first undertaking of the Parties found in the operational part of the Treaty - article 1 - is then...

...of the UN Charter. They are determined to safeguard the 'freedom, common heritage and civilisation' of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy,...stability and well-being in the 'North Atlantic area', and are resolved to unite their efforts for collective defence and the preserva7. The only 'article...

...the treaty and the commitments that it entailed. The preamble declared that the parties to the treaty "are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage...democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law," a locution that constituted the resulting alliance as a civilizational one. Article 5 built on this...

...understanding, the preamble of the North Atlantic Treaty defended freedom in a positive sense. Its participants "determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage,...democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law." As a practical political document, it not only contracted to maintain collective defense and preserve...

..."seek to promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area" and includes the determination to "safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization...democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law." 2 Despite the loftiness of such goals, the primary purpose of NATO's creation may be found in the final...