Whereas the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) concluded on August 1, 1975 (in this joint resolution referred to as the Helsinki Final Act ), established a comprehensive concept of security that encompasses political-military, environmental and economic, and human rights and humanitarian dimensions; Whereas the Helsinki Final Act set out a declaration of ten fundamental Principles Guiding Relations Between States, which all participating States committed to respect and put into practice in their relations with each other, that have been the basis of the international order in the OSCE Region since its inception in 1975; Whereas these Principles, adopted on the basis of consensus by all participating States and reaffirmed through the years, enshrine— (1) sovereign equality, respect for the rights inherent in sovereignty; (2) refraining from the threat or use of force; (3) inviolability of frontiers; (4) territorial integrity of States; (5) peaceful settlement of disputes; (6) nonintervention in internal affairs; (7) respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; (8) equal rights and self-determination of peoples; (9) cooperation among States; and (10) fulfilment in good faith of obligations under international law; Whereas the Helsinki Final Act, for the first time in the history of international agreements, recognized that respect for, and implementation of, commitments to human rights and fundamental freedoms are integral to stability and security within and among nations; Whereas, in the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe, the participating States declared, Human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, are inalienable and are guaranteed by law. Their protection and promotion is the first responsibility of government, and committed themselves to build, consolidate and strengthen democracy as the only system of government of our nations