Helsinki Accords
Helsinki Accords
Finland. 14.
In 1975 Its in my world history textbook.
Cooperation in Europe with a special reference to human rights
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Helsinki Accords
Helsinki Accords
protection of human rights
Gerald Ford
The Helsinki accords were the height of detente because of their agreements of continued peace and protection of basic "human rights." Also the main point of Helsinki accords was to reduce tension between the Soviets and Western Europe. For the most part this plan was kept, but the Soviets continued to haul muntions to procommunist forces. The thaw in the Cold War was turing out to be chillingly brief...
The Helsinki Accords, Helsinki Final Act, or Helsinki Declaration was the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland, during July and August 1, 1975. Thirty-three states, including the USA, Canada, and most European states except Albania and Andorra, signed the declaration in an attempt to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West. The signatories were: Federal Republic of Germany German Democratic Republic United States of America Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada Cyprus Denmark Spain Finland France United Kingdom Greece Hungary Republic of Ireland Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Norway Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Holy See Sweden Switzerland Czechoslovakia Turkey Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Yugoslavia