Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral answer of the right hon. Member for Bristol, West (Mr.312W Waldegrave) of 4 April, Official Report, column 1187, which section of the Helsinki Accord recognises, de facto, the existing borders in the Soviet Union; and which section of the Accord states that any boundary changes should be conducted by negotiation.
§ Mr. MaudeThe first of the principles guiding relations between participating states, the first substantive section of the Helsinki Final Act, states that the frontiers of participating states
can be changed, in accordance with international law, by peaceful means and by agreement".Principle III covers the inviolability of frontiers.