A key tenet of the Helsinki Accords, signed in 1975, is the commitment to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Accords also emphasize the inviolability of frontiers, cooperation in economic, scientific, and environmental fields, and the importance of security in Europe. This framework aimed to reduce tensions during the Cold War and promote dialogue among Eastern and Western nations.
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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...
In 1975 Its in my world history textbook.
Cooperation in Europe with a special reference to human rights
agreeing to the Soviet domination of the Eastern European satellite nations
Helsinki Accords
Helsinki Accords
Helsinki Accords
agreeing to the Soviet domination of the Eastern European satellite nations