PANCHSHEELA:FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES FOR CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

June 28,1994 is the 40th anniversary of the declaration of the Five Principlesof Peaceful Co-existence.During the past 40 years,these principles,whichstood up to the successive tests of various countries’diplomatic vicissitudes and theevolution of international relations,have proved effective and of vitality in dealingwith the contemporary international relations,and,for that reason,have been ac-cepted by more and more countries.Today,in the new international situation,ithas both important practical significance and profound historic significance to com-memorate the declaration of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence.