Helsinki Accords

Info about the Helsinki Accords

When was the Helsinki Accords?

August 1975

What was discussed in basket one?

• Current borders of European countries were inviolable

Was was discussed in basket two?

• Trade and technological links were promoted across the iron curtain

• USA + USSR agreed to trade with each other

What was discussed in basket three?

• Respect human rights, such as freedom of speech and movement in Europe

What were the international agreements made at Helsinki?

• UN —> peace resolution instead of war

• Student exchange trips arranged as a sign of co-operation

• Countries —> do best to respect UN’s recommended human rights

What was the implication of Helsinki?

• Borders inviolable —> E and W Germany split forever

• USA —> just ended proxy war in Vietnam

• USA + USSR —> trade, USA sell wheat to USSR

What was the problem with the Helsinki Accords?

• Not an official treaty —> some wouldn’t obey it

• USSR —> apply Brezhnev Doctrine for another 15 years in Europe

• USA still interfered with Latin American politics