CHAPTER III DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS 97. Reaffirming the concept of comprehensive security enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act’s Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations Between participating States that includes commitments to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, 98. Underscoring the conclusions of the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe, in which participating States agreed, at their most senior level, to “undertake to build, consolidate and strengthen democracy as the only system of government of our nations,” and that the protection and promotion of human rights “is the first responsibility of government”, 99. Recalling the Moscow Document of 1991 that affirms that human dimension commitments are of “direct and legitimate concern to all participating States and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the State concerned”, 100. Noting that human dimension commitments continue to be violated in many OSCE participating States and that some seek to justify such violations as necessary to preserve national security, 101. Observing that the failure of participating States to fulfil their human dimension commitments contributes significantly to the deterioration of public trust in institutions and thus to political instability, 102. Deeply regretting the continued failure of the OSCE Ministerial Council to adopt any human dimension decisions in recent years, 103. Underscoring that the working definition of anti-Semitism, which was adopted for use by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, endorsed by the European Parliament, and almost adopted for use in the OSCE at the Hamburg Ministerial Council in 2016, serves as an important guide for law enforcement, prosecutors and judges, monitors and civil society groups in understanding the multi-dimensional nature and new forms of this age-old hatred, 104. Concerned that OSCE field mission mandates are often held hostage to political interests instead of being negotiated in the spirit of pursuing deeper respect for human rights and democratic principles, 105. Recalling the consensus among participating States in Copenhagen in 1990 that democracy is inherent to the rule of law, and reaffirming the minimum standards for democracy enumerated in that document, 106. Underscoring the consensus declaration in Ljubljana in 2005 that recognizes pluralistic democracy and the rule of law as prerequisites for peace, security, justice, and stability, 13