Solemnly declares that the Indian Ocean, within limits to be determined, together with the air space above and the ocean floor subjacent thereto is hereby designated far all time as a zone of peace; '
2
Calls uponthe great Powers, in conformity with this Declaration, to enter into immediate consultations with the littoral States of the Indian Ocean with a view to:
~a) ~alting the furt~er escalation and expansion of the1r m1htary presence m the Indian Ocean;
( b) Eliminating from the Indian Ocean ali bases ~ilitary_ installations and logistical supply facilities, th~ d1spos1t1_on of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destructton and any manifestation of great Power military presence in the Indian Ocean conceived in the context of great Power rivalry;
3
Calls upan the Iittoral and hinterland States of the lndian Ocean, the permanent members of the Security Council and other major maritime users of the Indian Ocean, in pursuit of the objective of establis_h_ing a sy_stem of universal coU~tive security without m1htary alhances and strengthenmg international security through regional and other co-operation to enter into consultations with a view to the implemdntation of this Declaration and such action as may be necessary to ensure that:
(_a) Warships and military aircraft may not use the Indrnn Ocean far any threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of any littoral or hinterland State of the Indian Ocean in contravention of the purposes and principies of the Charter of the United Nations;
( b) Subject to the foregoing and to the norms and principies of international law, the right to free and unimpeded use of the zone by the vessels of aU nations is unaffected;
e
Appropriate arrangements are made to give effect to any international agreement that may ultimately be reached for the maintenance of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace;
4
Requeststhe Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session on the progress that has been made with regard to the implementation of this Declaration;
5
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-seventh session an itero entitled "Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a zone of peace".
