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(Adopted the Heads of State or Government of the States participating in the Conference on Security and Co-operation, 10 July 1992)  

HELSINKI SUMMIT DECLARATION

Promises and problems of change

1. We, the Heads of State or Government of the States participating in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, have returned to the birthplace of the Helsinki process, to give new impetus to our common endeavour.

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12.  [...] Freedom and tolerance must be taught and practised.

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HELSINKI DECISIONS

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VI

THE HUMAN DIMENSION

Tolerance and non-discrimination

The participating States

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(34) Will consider developing programmes to create the conditions for promoting non-discrimination and cross-cultural understanding which will focus on human rights education, grass-roots action, cross-cultural training and research;

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Education

The participating States

(60) Would welcome, in view of the importance of education as to the dissemination of the ideas of democracy, human rights and democratic institutions, especially in a period of change, the organization to this end of a seminar entitled "Education: Structures, Policies and Strategies" by the Council of Europe, open to all participating States.

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