Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

American  

noun

1. an agreement signed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1975, by 35 countries including the U.S. and the Soviet Union, that promotes human rights as well as cooperation in economic, social, and cultural progress. CSCE

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Example Sentences

A major achievement, ridiculed at the time, was the intensive, months-long effort to negotiate positions in preparation for the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

From Washington Post

In 1975, Ford attended the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, where 35 nations signed an agreement pledging to increase the movement of people and information across borders.

From Time

During the conference in Rome, Marazziti summarized its progress: When the Helsinki Conference on Security and Coöperation in Europe took place, in 1975, sixteen countries had abolished the death penalty.

From The New Yorker

A Russian diplomatic source did not rule out a meeting taking place "spontaneously" at the weekend Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

From Reuters

Conference Not a Total Loss There was much to disagree about at last week's Budapest meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive