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d Restoring Peace In Vietnam
completion of the return of
captured military personnel and
foreign civilians of the parties.
(d) The four parties shall agree
immediately on the organization,
the working procedure, means of
activity, and expenditures oi the
Four-Party Joint Military
Commission.
Article 17
(a) The two South Vietnamese
parties shall immediately
designate representatives to
form a Two-Party Joint Military
Commission with the task of
ensuring joint action by the two
South Vietnamese parties in
implementing the following
provisions of this Agreement:
-The first paragraph of Article
2, regarding the enforcement of
the cease-fire throughout South
Vietnam, when the Four-Party
Joint Military Commission has
ended its activities;
-Article 3 tb), regarding the
cease-fire between the two South
Vietnamese parties;
-Article 3(c), regarding the
cease-fire between all parties in
South Vietnam, when the Four-
Party Joint Military Commission
has ended its activities;
-Article 7, regarding the
prohibition of the introduction of
troops into South Vietnam and all
other provisions of this article;
-Article 8 (c). regarding the
question of the return of Viet
namese civilian personnel
captured and detained in South
Vietnam;
-Article 13, regarding the
reduction of the military ef
fectives of the two South Viet
namese parties and the
demobilization of the troops
being reduced.
lb) Disagreements shall be
referred to the International
Commission of Control and
Supervision.
(c) After the signing of this
Agreement, the Two-Party Joint
Military Commission shall
agree immediately on the
measures and organization
aimed at endorcing the cease fire
and preserving peace in South
Vietnam.
Article 18
(a) After the signing of this
Agreement, an International
Commission of Control and
Supervision shall be established
immediately.
lb) Until the International
Conference provided for in Ar
ticle 19 makes definitive
arrangements, the International
Commission of Control and
Supervision will report to the four
parties on matters concerning
the control and supervision of the
implementation of the following
provisions of this Agreement
-The first paragraph of Article
2. regarding the enforcement of
the cease-fire throughout South
Vietnam;
-Article 3 (a), regarding the
cease-fire between all the parties
in South Vietnam;
Article 5. regarding the with
drawal from South Vietnam of
U.S. troops and those of the other
foreign countries mentioned in
Article 3 (a).
-Article 6. regarding the
dismantlement of military bases
in South Vietnam of the United
States and those of the other
foreign countries mentioned in
Article i (a);
-Article 8 (a), regarding the
return of captured military
personnel and foreign civilians of
the parties.
The International Commission
of Control and Supervision shall
form control teams for carrying
out its tasks. The four parties
shall agree immediately on the
location and operation of these
teams. The parties will facilitate
their operation.
(c) Until the International
Conference makes definitive
arrangements, the International
Commission of Control and
Supervision will report to the two
South Vietnamese parties on
matters concerning the control
and supervision of the im
plementation of the following
provisions of this Agreement;
-The first paragraph of Article
2, regarding the enforcement of
the cease-fire throughout South
Vietnam, when the Four-Party
Joint Military Commission has
ended its activities;
-Article 3 (b), regarding the
cease-fire between the two South
Vietnamese parties,
-Article 3 (c), regarding the
cease-fire between all parties in
South Vietnam, when the Four-
Party Joint Military Commission
has ended its activities .
-Article 7, regarding the
prohibition of the introduction of
troops into South Vietnam and all
other provisions of this Article;
Article 8 (c). regarding the
question q( the return of Viet
namese civilian personnel
captured and detained in South
Vietnam;
-Article 9 (b), regarding the
free and democratic gen**'”’ 1
elections in South Vietnam;
-Article 13. regarding the
reduction of the military ef
fectives of the two South Viet
namese parties and the
demobilization of the troops
being reduced.
Tiie International Commission
of Control and Supervision shall
form control teams for carrying
out its tasks. The two South
Vietnamese parties shall agree
immediately oa the location and
operation of these teams. The two
South Vietnamese parties will
facilitate their operation.
Id) The International Com
mission of Control and super
vision shall be composed of
representatives of four coun
tries: Canada. Hungary. In
donesia and Poland. The
chairmanship of this Commission
will rotate among the members
for specific periods to be
determined by the Commission.
le) The International Com
mission of Control and Super
vision shall carry out its tasks in
accordance with the principle of
respect for the sovereignty of
South Vietnam.
lf) The International Com
mission of Control and Super
vision shall operate in ac
cordance with the principle of
consultations and unanimity.
ig> The International Com
mission of Control and Super
vision shall begin operating when
a cease-fire comes into force in
Vietnam. As regards the
provisions in Article 18 <b>
concerning the four parties, the
International Commission of
Control and Supervision shall end
its activities when the Com
mission's tasks of control and
supervision regarding these
provisions have been fulfilled. As
regards the provisions in Article
18 <c> concerning the two South
Vietnamese parties, the In^
ternational Commission of
Control and Supervision shall end
its activities on the request of the
government formed after the
general elections in South
Vietnam provided for in Article 9
(b).
(h) The four parties shall agree
immediately on the organization,
means of activity, and ex
penditures of the International
Commission of Control and
Supervision. The relationship
between the International
Commission and the In
ternational Conference will be
agreed upon by the International
Commission and the In
ternational Conference.
Article 19
The parties agree on the
convening of an International
Conference within thirty days of
the signing of this Agreement to
acknowledge the signed
agreements; to guarantee the
ending of the war. the main
tenance of peace in Vietnam, the
respect of the Vietnamese
people’s fundamental national
rights, and the South Vietnamese
people’s right to self-
determination ; and to contribute
to and guarantee peace in In
dochina.
The United States and the
Democratic Republic of Viet
nam, on behalf of the parties
participating the the Paris
Conference on Vietnam, will
propose to the following parties
that they participate in this
International Conference:
People’s Republic of .u. the
Bpn..M=- ' me Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, the
United Kingdom, the four
countries of the International
Commission of Control and
Supervision, and the Secretary
General of the United Nstions,
together with the parties par
ticipating in the Paris Conference
of Vietnam.
Chapter VII
REGARDING CAMBODIA
AND LAOS
Article 20
(a) Hie parties participating in
the Paris Conference on Vietnam
shall strictly respect the 1954
Geneva Agreements on Cam
bodia and the 1962 Geneva
Agreements on Laos, which
recoginzed the Cambodian and
the Lao people's fundamental
national rights, i.e., the in
dependence, sovereignty, unity,
and territorial integrity of these
countries. The parties shall
respect the neutrality of Cam
bodia and Laos.
The parties participating in the
Paris Conference on Vietnam
undertake to refrain from using'
the territory of Cambodia and the
territory of Laos to encroach on
the sovereignty and security of
one another and of other coun
tries.
(b) Foreign countries shall put
an end to all military activities in
Cambodia and Laos, totally with
draw from and refrain from
reintroducing into these two
countries troops, military ad
visers and military personnel,
armaments, munitions and war
material.
(c) The *• .emal affairs of
Cambodia and Laos shall be
settled by the people of each of
these countries without foreign
interference.
id) The problems existing
between the Indochinese coun
tries shall be settled by the In
dochinese parties on the basis of
respect for each other’s in
dependence, sovereighnty. and
territorial integrity, and non
interference in each other’s in
ternal affairs.
Chapter VII
THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE
UNITEDSTATESAND
THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Article 21
The United States anticipates
that this Agreement will usher in
an era of reconciliation with the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
as with all the peoples of In
dochina. In pursuance of its
traditional policy, the United
States will contribute to healing
yunds of war and to postwar
reconstruction of the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam and
throughout Indochina.
ARTICLE 22
The ending of the war. the
restoration of peace in Vietnam,
and the strict implementation of
this Agreement will create
conditions for establishing a new.
equal and mutually beneficial
relationship between the United
States and the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam on the basis
of respect for each other’s in
dependence and sovereignty, and
non-interference in each other’s
internal affairs. At the same time
this will ensure stable peace in
Vietnam and contribute to the
preservation of lasting peace in
Indochins and Southeast Asia.
Chapter IX
OTHER PROVISIONS
Article 23
This Agreement shall enter into
force upon signature by
plenipotentiary representatives
of the parties participating in the
Paris Conference on Vietnam. All
the parties concerned shall
strictly implement this
Agreement and its Protocols
Done in Pans this twenty-
seventh day of January One
Thousand Nine Hundred and
Seventy-Three, in Vietnamese
and Engjsh. The Vietnamese and
English texts are official and
equally authentic.
For the government of the United
States of America-
William R. Rogers, Secretary of
State;
For the Government of the
Democratic Republic of Viet
nam -Nguyen Duy Trinh
Minister for Foreign Affairs;
For the Government of the
Republic of Vietnam-Tran Van
Lam. Minister of Foreign Af
fairs,
For the Provisional
Revolutionary Government of the
Republic of South Vietnam--
Nguyen Thi Binh, Minister for
Foreign Affairs;
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