What is Helsinki Accords?
The '''Helsinki Final Act''', also known as '''Helsinki Accords''' or '''Helsinki Declaration''' was the document signed at the closing meeting of the third part of the [[Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe]] held in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]], during 30 July – 1 August 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.csce.gov/sites/helsinkicommission.house.gov/files/The%20Helsinki%20Process%20Four%20Decade%20Overview.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-12-06 |archive-date=2021-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826022418/https://www.csce.gov/sites/helsinkicommission.house.gov/files/The%20Helsinki%20Process%20Four%20Decade%20Overview.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> All then-existing European countries as well as the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], altogether 35 participating states, signed the Final Act in an attempt to improve the [[détente]] between the [[Soviet bloc]] and [[Western world|the West]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:1975 in Europe]] [[Category:Gerald Ford]]