UN General Assembly
1992

domination over the others, by a reinforcement of a centralist and undemocratic political system, and by force and seizure; later by war, territorial conquest, "ethnic cleansing", concentration camps and other crimes which must be the subject of judicial investigation and trial; and finally by contempt for all the civilized values that form the basis of the Charter of the United Nations and key documents of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). The Helsinki Final Act is undoubtedly one of those invaluable codes of behaviour a guide to the development of human rights, respect for borders and their openness and the protection of minorities which, through general respect, regulate the process of the democratization of relations between nations and States in a peaceful framework. The authorities of the former Yugoslavia did not really accept the Helsinki principles. They did not believe that signing the document bound them to respect them. The tragedy in the Balkans would not have occurred had the Helsinki principles been respected and implemented in the former