120 Helsinki 1992 (15) They will, accordingly: • apply to all CSCE meetings the guidelines previously agreed for NGO access to certain CSCE meetings; • make open to NGOs all plenary meetings of review conferences, ODIHR seminars, workshops and meetings, the CSO when meeting as the Economic Forum, and human rights implementation meetings, as well as other expert meetings. In addition each meeting may decide to open some other sessions to attendance by NGOs; • instruct Directors of CSCE institutions and Executive Secretaries of CSCE meetings to designate an “NGO liaison person” from among their staff; • designate, as appropriate, one member of their Foreign Ministries and a member of their delegations to CSCE meetings to be responsible for NGO liaison; • promote contacts and exchanges of views between NGOs and relevant national authorities and governmental institutions between CSCE meetings; • facilitate during CSCE meetings informal discussion meetings between representatives of participating States and of NGOs; • encourage written presentations by NGOs to CSCE institutions and meetings, titles of which may be kept and provided to the participating States upon request; • provide encouragement to NGOs organizing seminars on CSCE-related issues; • notify NGOs through the CSCE institutions of the dates of future CSCE meetings, together with an indication, when possible, of the subjects to be addressed, as well as, upon request, the activations of CSCE mechanisms which have been made known to all participating States. (16) The above provisions will not be applied to persons or organizations which resort to the use of violence or publicly condone terrorism or the use of violence. (17) The participating States will use all appropriate means to disseminate as widely as possible within their societies knowledge of the CSCE, its principles, commitments and activities. (18) The concept of a CSCE Prize will be considered. VI. The Human Dimension (1) The participating States conducted a useful review of implementation of CSCE commitments in the Human Dimension. They based their discussion on the new community of values established among them, as set forth by the Charter of Paris for a New Europe and developed by the new standards created within the CSCE in recent years. They noted major progress in complying with Human Dimension commitments, but recognized developments of serious concern and thus the need for further improvement. (2) The participating States express their strong determination to ensure full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, to abide by the rule of law, to promote the principles of democracy and, in this regard, to build, strengthen and protect democratic institutions, as well as to promote tolerance throughout society. To these ends, they will broaden the operational framework of the CSCE, including by further enhancing the ODIHR, so that information, ideas, and concerns can be exchanged in a more concrete and meaningful way, including

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