ECOWAS REVISED TREATY d) non-aggression between Member States; e) maintenance of regional peace, stability and security through the promotion and strengthening of good neighbourliness; f) peaceful settlement of disputes among Member States, active co-operation between neighbouring countries and promotion of a peaceful environment as a prerequisite for economic development; g) recognition, promotionand protection of humanand peoples' rightsin accordance with the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; h) accountability, economic and social justice and popular participation in development; i) recognition andobservance of therules and principles of theCommunity; j) promotion and consolidation ofademocratic system ofgovernance ineach Member State asenvisaged bythe Declaration ofPolitical Principles adopted inAbuja on 6 July, 1991; and k) equitable and just distribution ofthe costs and benefits ofeconomic co-operation and integration. ARTICLE 5 GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS 1. Member States undertake to create favourable conditions for the attainment of the objectives ofthe Community, and particularly totake all necessary measures toharmonise their strategies and policies, and torefrain from any action that may hinder the attainment of the said objectives. 2. Each Member State shall, in accordance with its constitutional procedures, take all necessary measures to ensure the enactment and dissemination of such legislative and statutory texts as may be necessary for the implementation ofthe provisions of this Treaty. 3. Each Member State undertakes to honour its obligations under this Treaty and to abideby the decisions and regulations of the Community.