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Helsinki Conference
Helsinki Conference (30 July-1 Aug. 1975) The concluding meeting in a series of conferences held since 1973 in an attempt to reduce political tensions in Europe. It was attended by political leaders from thirty-five nations, with representatives from the Communist Eastern European states, Western Europe, the USA, and Canada. The concluding Helsinki Final Act contained three central commitments. First, it outlined a number of ways to prevent accidental confrontations between Eastern and Western Europe, i.e. between the Warsaw Pact and NATO. Second, it proposed a series of measures for economic and technological cooperation. Third, it obliged its participants to accept international conventions on human rights, and generally to promote better understanding between the countries. The conference, and its offspring, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, acknowledged a role for universal human rights in domestic and international affairs. It represented a major breakthrough in communication between East and West, even if from 1979 Cold War tensions increased again after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Charter '77; Sakharov, Andrey Dimitrievich; disarmament |
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Helsinki Conference." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Helsinki Conference." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-HelsinkiConference.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Helsinki Conference." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-HelsinkiConference.html |
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Helsinki Conference
Helsinki Conference (1973–75) Meetings at Helsinki and later Geneva, attended by leaders of 35 nations representing the entire membership of NATO, the WARSAW PACT, and the non-aligned countries, at which the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was launched (1975). The conference produced the Helsinki Final Act containing a list of agreements concerning political freedom, mutual cooperation, and human rights; it can be considered the major achievement of DÉTENTE. The 34 heads of state also adopted the Charter of Paris for a New Europe. In 1992 the CSCE decided to create its own armed peacekeeping force; it was renamed the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and now has 55 member states.
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"Helsinki Conference." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Helsinki Conference." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HelsinkiConference.html "Helsinki Conference." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HelsinkiConference.html |
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Helsinki Conference
Helsinki Conference see Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe . |
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"Helsinki Conference." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Helsinki Conference." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-HelsinkiC.html "Helsinki Conference." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-HelsinkiC.html |
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