Key texts and agreements

Documents relating to the Nagorny Karabakh conflict and peace process

• Resolution by the Soviet of the Autonomous Region of Nagorny Karabakh requesting incorporation into the Armenian SSR, Stepanakert, 20 February 1988 [unofficial translation].
• Resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet regarding the decisions of the Supreme Soviets of Azerbaijan and Armenia on Nagorny Karabakh, Moscow, 18 July 1988 [abridged].

• Joint resolution of Armenia SSR and Nagorny Karabakh Oblast on reunification, 1 December 1989.

• Decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR in connection with the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR on uniting the Armenian SSR and the NKAO, Baku, 6 December 1989.

• Law on Secession, USSR, 3 April 1990 [unofficial translation; extracts].

• Zheleznovodsk Declaration, Zheleznovodsk, 23 September 1991.

• Helsinki Additional Meeting of the CSCE Council: Summary of Conclusions, Helsinki, 24 March 1992.

• Joint Declaration by the Heads of State [of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran], Tehran, 7 May 1992.

• Agreement between the three foreign ministers of Nagorny Karabakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan on ceasefire, Alma-Ata, 1 September 1992
• Agreement on the halting of hostilities, Sochi, 19 September 1992.
• Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act (Public Law 102-511), Washington DC, 24 October 1992.

• UN Security Council Resolution 822, 30 April 1993.

• UN Security Council Resolution 853, 29 July 1993.

• UN Security Council Resolution 874, 14 October 1993.

• UN Security Council Resolution 884, 12 November 1993.

• Declaration of the Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Moscow, 15 April 1994.

• The Bishkek Protocol, Bishkek, 5 May 1994 [unofficial translation].

• Ceasefire agreement, Bishkek, 11 May 1994.

• CSCE Budapest Declaration: Towards a Genuine Partnership in a New Era, (summit decision on Nagorny Karabakh), Budapest, 21 December 1994.

• Agreement on the Settlement of Incidents [along the ceasefire line], 6 February 1995.

• Statement of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, organization for Security and cooperation in Europe 1996 Summit, Lisbon, 3 December 1996.

• Joint Declaration of the Presidents of the Russian Federation, United States and France, Denver, 23 June 1997.

• Minsk Group proposal ('package deal'), July 1997 [unofficial translation].

• Minsk Group proposal ('step-by-step deal'), December 1997 [unofficial translation].

• Minsk Group proposal ('common state deal'), November 1998 [unofficial translation].

• Council of Europe Resolution 1416, Strasbourg, 25 January 2005.

• Report of the OSCE Fact-Finding Mission to the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan Surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, Prague, 6 February 2005.

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