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Ink-blotter for Helsinki Final Act
Finland, 1975
Silver
© European Union 2016 / House of European History, Brussels, Belgium

This is the signature of Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Council of the European Community, on the Helsinki Declaration. For the first time ever, the conference had given the European Community the chance to speak with ‘one voice’ as a major diplomatic player on the world stage.