Word: accords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Helsinki accord was a complex compromise between the Soviet desire for recognition of its hegemony in Eastern Europe and Western desire for an international codification of human rights among other things). How to monitor these agreements was the issue at Belgrade, and to the extent that conferences bring victories, the West won on most counts-if only because the Soviets never made their threatened all-out stand against the U.S. human rights campaign...
...outside Belgrade. Both looked as if they had just pulled off some master stroke of detente. As a matter of fact they had. After seven weeks of edgy deliberations to decide the date, duration agenda and procedures for a higher-level conference this autumn, following up the 1975 Helsinki accord, the envoys of 35 nations reached an agreement last week in a surprisingly conciliatory spirit...
...Belgrade meeting decided that 1) a thorough review of how states have respected the accord, including its human rights provision, would be the first item discussed, 2) the fall session would have decision-making powers, and 3) the conference would open Oct. 4 and run until Dec. 22. If the drafting of a report is not completed by then, the conference will reconvene for an extra month...
...hottest car in the U.S. today," says New York City Auto Dealer Frank Silvestry of the Honda Accord. Many experts would agree. Pertly styled, carefully engineered, with front-wheel drive and able to travel up to 48 miles on a gallon of gas, the Japanese-built Accord practically sells itself, and buyers around the country are willing to wait three to eight months for delivery. The Accord, however, is only the most spectacular example of the massive assault on the U.S. being made by imported cars, which now account for 21% of all new autos sold in the American market...
...respect religious and other liberties. The repression of Rumanian Evangelicals may be less harsh than that of other religious and political dissidents in Eastern Europe, but the petition raises important questions that the government may have to answer at next month's Belgrade conference to review the Helsinki accord. The petition charges three basic types of persecution...