ABSTRACT
The principle of co-existence in Europe was recently strengthened by the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, which opened at Helsinki on 3 July 1973 and continued at Geneva from 18 September 1973 to 21 July 1975. The conference was concluded at Helsinki on I August 1975, by the High Representatives of the United States, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and thirty-one other nations. These actions were surely not guided by the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, nor were they designed to broaden co-operation and understanding between the German and Polish peoples as provided for in the Treaty. If this pattern of violations of human rights continues, diplomatic protests could be lodged based upon the language of the Helsinki declaration, and when the Conference reconvenes at the ambassadorial level in Belgrade in 1977, all parties guilty of violations should be called to account.
