Therefore, the Parliamentary Assembly, on the understanding that Moldova shares its interpretation of commitments entered into as spelt out in paragraph 8, and now intends:
a to sign the European Convention on Human Rights at the moment of accession;
b to ratify the European Convention on Human Rights and Protocols Nos. 1, 2, 4, 7 and 11 within a year from the time of accession (subject to a declaration, if necessary, which would exclude the responsibility of the state of Moldova for any acts committed by organs which are de facto not under its control);
c to sign and ratify Protocol No. 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the abolition of the death penalty in time of peace within three years of accession, and to uphold the moratorium on executions until total abolition of capital punishment;
d to recognise, pending the entry into force of Protocol No. 11, the right of individual application to the European Commission and the compulsory jurisdiction of the European Court (Articles 25 and 46 of the Convention);
e to withhold ratification of the CIS
Note Convention on Human Rights until the implications of the co-existence of that convention and the European Convention on Human Rights, especially as far as the control mechanisms are concerned, have been clarified by the Council of Europe; and furthermore not to ratify the said CIS convention without the prior agreement of the Council of Europe;
f to sign and ratify within a year from the time of accession the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
g .to sign and ratify within a year from the time of accession the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and to conduct its policy towards minorities on the principles laid down in Assembly
Recommendation 1201 (1993) on the question of an additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights on the rights of national minorities and incorporate it into the legal and administrative system and practice of the country;
h to sign and ratify, within a year from the time of accession, the European Charter of Local Self-Government, and to study, with a view to ratification, the Council of Europe's Social Charter and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;
i to study, with a view to ratification, and to apply the central principles of other Council of Europe conventions - notably those on extradition, on mutual assistance in criminal matters, on the transfer of sentenced persons, and on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of proceeds from crime;
j to sign and ratify within a year from the time of accession the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities (and its protocol);
k to seek to settle international, as well as internal, disputes by peaceful means, as an obligation incumbent on all member states of the Council of Europe;
l to confirm complete freedom of worship for all citizens without discrimination, and to ensure a peaceful solution to the dispute between the Moldovan Orthodox Church and the Bessarabian Orthodox Church;
m to co-operate in the implementation of the Assembly's procedure on the honouring of commitments entered into at the time of accession to the Council of Europe on issues related to the Organisation's basic values and principles, as well as in monitoring processes established following the Committee of Ministers' Declaration of 10 Novem-ber 1994 (95th session),
