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	43.	ICC to inform Geneva Conference members if a recommendation is refused.
	44.	ICC to be set up at the time of cease-fire.
	45.	ICC in Vietnam to cooperate with ICC in Laos, Cambodia.
	46.	ICC may progressively reduce its activities.
	47.	Provisions effective 2400 hours, 22 July 1954.

Annexes

	I.	Demarcation line.
	II.	Delineation of Provisional Assembly Areas.

On 21 July, the day following the armistice agreements, the members of the Geneva Conference approved a Final Declaration (by voice vote, with the U.S. and GVN abstaining; a signed agreement was avoided in order not to emphasize U.S. refusal to approve). The declaration is essentially a comment on the armistice agreements, "taking note" and otherwise stressing certain key points. A summary of the declaration follows:

(2) Summary of the Final Declaration

The Conference:

	1.	Takes note of cease-fire in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
	2.	Expresses satisfaction in cease-fire agreements.
	3.	Takes note of planned 1955 elections in Cambodia and Laos.
	4.	Takes note of prohibition of introduction of additional troops and materiel into Vietnam, and of declarations of Cambodia and Laos not to request foreign aid "except for the purpose of effective defense of their territory."
	5.	Takes note of prohibition of foreign bases in Vietnam, and declarations by Cambodia and Laos that they will not participate in any military alliances "not in conformity with principles of the Charter of the United Nations."
	6.	Recognizes the "essential purpose" of the Vietnam agreements is the end of hostilities, and that the DMZ is in no way a political or territorial boundary; the political settlement of Vietnam to be achieved in the near future.