The key elements of that multi-state stability accord would be: one, acceptance by all signatories to the sovereign rights, right to respect and fair treatment for all signatory governments; two, a clear affirmation of the rights of all signatories to the peaceful use of nuclear energy for economic development; three, the acceptance by all signatories of the unlimited right of international nuclear energy inspectors to inspect any and all facilities, laboratories and reactor construction sites on 12-hours notice in all signatory countries; four, agreement to specific joint confidence-building visits by joint delegations reflecting all ...[+++] the signatories' political and scientific communities on an ongoing basis; five, formal acceptance of a " no first-use agreement" with respect to all non-conventional weapons by all the signatories, which would include gas, biological and nuclear; six, agreement to joint signatory oversight through use of NATO AWACS and satellite technology supporting both surveillance and enforcement, and both Russia and NATO would engage to provide joint surveillance support to this part of the agreement; and, seven, agreement by supporting " witness signatories" — Russia, the EU, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Japan and China, among others — to financial, logistical support and development investment in cooperation with signatory countries to advance economic and social opportunity in all the MSSA signatory countries.

No provision of this Agreement may be interpreted in such a way as to prejudice or undermine the sovereignty, sovereign rights or jurisdiction exercised by any State in accordance with international law, as well as its position or views with regard to matters relating to the law of the sea.

The strongest argument in support of the view that Quebec is neither a colony nor an occupied country is found at pages 382 to 383 of its report: [Translation] ``According to those who support Quebec's accession to sovereignty, the right to self-determination constitutes the basis of the alleged right of the Quebec people to form a distinct state, but pursuing the same reasoning, many of their opponents and the spokespersons for most aboriginal peoples take the position that: [English] If Quebec can opt out of Canada then obviously sections of Quebec that preferred to remain part of Canada could opt out of Quebec.

What is not perhaps generally understood is that until 1945 virtually all of the projections of Canada's power in international law of the sea and of the world community's position on the international law of the sea did not exist.

Sovereignty: all Contracting Parties exercise sovereignty over their energy resources in accordance with and subject to international law. They also have the right to choose the geographical areas in their territory to be made available for exploration and exploitation.

This complex situation raises fundamental questions about sovereignty, self-determination and the inviolability of frontiers.