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OSCE Lisbon Summit Declaration, Annex 1 (statement by the Chairman-in-Office on Nagorno-Karabakh)
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1996
Notes
The Chairman-in-Office's three principles: (1) territorial integrity of Armenia and Azerbaijan; (2) legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh under self-government within Azerbaijan; (3) guaranteed security for the population. 53 of 54 states endorsed; Armenia broke consensus. Frequently cited by Azerbaijan; recalled by Armenia as the moment international support for territorial-integrity-first crystallised.