UN General Assembly
1970

173. Hand in hand with the implementation of measures in favor of the South Tirolean minority in Italy, an agreement between Austria and Italy will be signed and submitted to the ratification procedures and, after completion of these steps, will come into force. This will make the provisions of Chapter 1 of the European Convention on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes applicable, in the relations between Austria and Italy, to disputes concerning the interpretation and implementation of bilateral agreements in force between the two parties, also in those cases where disputes refer to facts or situations prior to the coming into force of the aforementioned European convention between the two States. 174. I am happy to acknowledge that, through the new regulation envisaged for autonomy in South Tirol, a cornerstone was laid for a renewed and fruitful cooperation between the two neighboring countries, Austria and Italy. The Austrian Government is firmly 8 Signed in Strasbourg on 29 April 1957 under the auspice'; of the Council of Europe.