Background & Preparations

The PEACE STATION, a center of Finnish peace organizations, in Helsinki was originally a small railway station. In the logo it is shown in front of the Finlandia Hall that was built to host the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) held in Helsinki, Finland, between 30 July and 1 August 1975.

Below, please find links to a few articles and other material produced during the preparations for the Helsinki+50 Peoples Initiative.

The Helsinki Accords 1 August 1975 in eight languages at OSCE _{-if you need to refresh your memory why not start with this 48 seconds youtube video, probably made by “artificial intelligence”. (the video’s images are strange but the text is rather OK) ?}
Helsinki+50 Conceptual Note by Tord Björk
Helsinki+50 Dilemmas by Tord Björk
Key Outcomes from the International Conference for Peace and Climate Justice, held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 24–27 April 2025, by Olga Karatch
Webinar: Five Criteria for Lasting and Just Peace Agreements _{On Europe Day (Friday, May 9, 2025), the World BEYOND War Europe Network hosted a webinar to examine Five Criteria for Lasting and Just Peace Agreements and more. Contributions by Hans Hedrich, Olga Karatch, Yurii Sheliazhenko, Ulrike Guerot, and others}.

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