Helsinki Final Act (1975)
Backbone of the activities of the CSCE/OSCE, the Helsinki final Act was signed as a politically binding agreement by 35 States at the Helsinki Summit in 1975. The final Act divides areas of activity into three baskets: the first covers issues related to security in Europe; the second concerns cooperation in the field of economics, science, technology and environment; the third involves cooperation in the humanitarian sector and in other fields such as culture and education. Basket one contains “the Decalogue”, a declaration of ten principles supposed to guide the relations between participating States.
