The Summit marked a turning point in the history of the CSCE in the post-Cold War era. The participating States signed the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, adding an active operational structure to the OSCE role as a forum for negotiation and dialogue.
Heads of State sign Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Regarded as the cornerstone of security in the region, the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty) is a legally-binding agreement and the product of five years of negotiations.
Negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures produces Vienna Document 1990
The Third CSCE Follow-Up Meeting called for further negotiations on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures. Held in parallel with negotiations on conventional armed forces in Europe, they yielded the Vienna Document 1990 of the Negotiations on CSBMs.
The 1990 CSCE Meeting on the Mediterranean took place from 24 September to 19 October in Palma de Mallorca, where participating States reiterated their conviction that security in Europe and the Mediterranean were closely linked.
End of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE
At the conclusion of the Copenhagen Meeting on the Conference on the Human Dimension, participating States signed the Copenhagen Document, which remains the most important source of OSCE commitments in the human dimension.
East German official Guenter Schabowski announced at a news conference that travel documents would no longer be necessary for East Germans wanting to travel west.
Sofia Meeting on the Protection of the Environment
The Meeting on the Protection of the Environment produced a major report, which, with the report from the Conference on Economic Co-operation in Europe (Bonn, 19 March to 11 April 1990), laid the foundations for the economic and environmental dimension.