On 28 September 1990, in view of the Council of Europe’s first participation in a summit of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) from 19 to 21 November 1990, the Parliamentary Assembly of the organisation gives its support for an autonomous role for the Council of Europe in the CSCE process, particularly in the field of human rights, and puts itself forward as the basis for a new Assembly, remedying the missing ‘parliamentary dimension’ in the process.