CSCE Third Follow-up Meeting begins in Vienna

State representatives debated questions of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Vienna Mechanism, adopted during the meeting, made it obligatory for one participating State to respond to requests for information by another.

The States also decided to hold a conference on the human dimension, which was held in three stages:

• Paris (30 May - 23 June 1989)
• Copenhagen (5-29 June 1990)
• Moscow (10 September - 4 October 1991)

The Vienna Meeting also reviewed advances made at the Stockholm Conference on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures from 1984 to 1986, and noted the progress in negotiations on military security and disarmament.