6 The Human Dimension as a Matter of Direct and Legitimate International Concern PART I dimension of the CSCE are matters of direct and legitimate concern to all participating States and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the State concerned. Lisbon 1996 (Declaration on a Common and Comprehensive Security Model for Europe for the Twenty-First Century) 5. We recognize that, within the OSCE, States are accountable to their citizens and responsible to each other for their implementation of OSCE commitments. Istanbul 1999 (Charter for European Security: II. Our Common Foundations) 7. (…) All OSCE commitments, without exception, apply equally to each participating State (…) We regard these commitments as our common achievement and therefore consider them to be matters of immediate and legitimate concern to all participating States. Astana 2010 3. (…) We further reaffirm that all OSCE principles and commitments, without exception, apply equally to each participating State (…) We regard these commitments as our common achievement, and therefore consider them to be matters of immediate and legitimate concern to all participating States. 6. (…) We reaffirm categorically and irrevocably that the commitments undertaken in the field of the human dimension are matters of direct and legitimate concern to all participating States and do not belong exclusively to the internal affairs of the State concerned. (…)

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