The Helsinki Accords, or Helsinki Final Act, were signed by thirty-five states, including the United States, Canada, the Soviet Union and almost every European country, at the end of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. The agreement was not a binding treaty. It recognised the postwar borders of Europe, which satisfied the Soviet Union, and it included commitments on human rights and fundamental freedoms, and on cooperation in economic and cultural matters. Dissidents in Eastern Europe, who formed Helsinki monitoring groups, used it to hold their governments to account. The process later became the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
Before and after
- 30 May 1975Founding of European Space Agency
- June 1975SOS
- 8 June 1975Launch of Venera 9
- 1 July 1975Establishment of Huascarán National Park
- 1 August 1975Helsinki Accords
- 7 August 1975Birth of Charlize Theron
- 20 August 1975Launch of Viking 1
- 27 August 1975Death of Haile Selassie I
- 9 September 1975Launch of Viking 2
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The era
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