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The Lahore Declaration was signed on 21 February along with a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MoU) after three rounds of talks between the Indian and Pakistani leaders.<ref name="LD"/><ref name="RN">[http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/21bus.htm Vajpayee, Sharief sign Lahore Declaration]</ref> In its content, both governments asserted their commitment to the vision of peace, stability and mutual progress and their full commitment to the [[Simla Agreement]] and the [[Charter of the United Nations|UN Charter]]. Both governments recognised through the Lahore Declaration that the development of nuclear weapons brought added responsibility to both nations towards avoiding conflict and promoted the importance of [[Confidence-building measures]], especially to avoid accidental and unauthorised use of nuclear weapons.<ref name="LD"/><ref name="RN"/> India and Pakistan also decided to give each other advance notification of [[ballistic missile]] flight tests and accidental or unexplained use of nuclear weapons to avoid the outbreak of a nuclear conflict.<ref name="RN"/> Its important ''inter alia'' stated: | The Lahore Declaration was signed on 21 February along with a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MoU) after three rounds of talks between the Indian and Pakistani leaders.<ref name="LD"/><ref name="RN">[http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/feb/21bus.htm Vajpayee, Sharief sign Lahore Declaration]</ref> In its content, both governments asserted their commitment to the vision of peace, stability and mutual progress and their full commitment to the [[Simla Agreement]] and the [[Charter of the United Nations|UN Charter]]. Both governments recognised through the Lahore Declaration that the development of nuclear weapons brought added responsibility to both nations towards avoiding conflict and promoted the importance of [[Confidence-building measures]], especially to avoid accidental and unauthorised use of nuclear weapons.<ref name="LD"/><ref name="RN"/> India and Pakistan also decided to give each other advance notification of [[ballistic missile]] flight tests and accidental or unexplained use of nuclear weapons to avoid the outbreak of a nuclear conflict.<ref name="RN"/> Its important ''inter alia'' stated: | ||
*Recognizes that the nuclear dimension of the security environment of the two countries adds to their responsibility for avoidance of conflict between them.<ref name="Thanks much to CNS">{{cite web|last=Press|title=Lahore Declaration Text|url=http://cns.miis.edu/inventory/pdfs/aptlahore.pdf|work=Governments of India and Pakistan|publisher=Thanks much to CNS|access-date=15 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025003245/http://cns.miis.edu/inventory/pdfs/aptlahore.pdf|archive-date=25 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
*Commits both to the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, and the universally accepted principles of [[peaceful co-existence]].<ref name="Thanks much to CNS"/> | |||
*Commits both countries to the objectives of universal nuclear disarmament and [[Nuclear Proliferation Treaty|nonproliferation]].<ref name="Thanks much to CNS"/> | |||
The Lahore Declaration and the MoU incorporated a joint commitment to intensify efforts to resolve the [[Kashmir conflict]] and other dispute, to enhance bilateral dialogue and to implement nuclear safeguards and measures to prevent conflict. Both governments condemned terrorism and committed to non-interference in each other's internal affairs and the objectives of the [[South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation]] and promote human rights.<ref name="LD"/> | The Lahore Declaration and the MoU incorporated a joint commitment to intensify efforts to resolve the [[Kashmir conflict]] and other dispute, to enhance bilateral dialogue and to implement nuclear safeguards and measures to prevent conflict. Both governments condemned terrorism and committed to non-interference in each other's internal affairs and the objectives of the [[South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation]] and promote human rights.<ref name="LD"/> | ||