AZERBAIJAN SUBMITTED TWO MORE DOCUMENTS TO THE UN

Washington, 5 March (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan, as a member of UN, continues its efforts
to bring the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict to the notice of the
international community. On this purpose, the Azerbaijan’s Permanent Mission to UN
submitted two more documents to the UN Security Council and General Assembly.
Resolutely expressing its position on the conflict in a number of resolutions of the
Security Council and General Assembly, the UN has, on Azerbaijan`s initiative,
included the question on situation in the occupied areas in the agenda of the last
sessions of the General Assembly in a separate clauses. In March 14, 2008, the UN GA
has adopted a resolution “On the situation in the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan”. According to the document, the General Assembly requested the Secretary
General to submit a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present
resolution.
As stated, one of the documents is Azerbaijan’s Permanent representative to UN
Agshin Mehdiyev’s report to the UN Secretary General entitled “Support by States
Members of the United Nations and international organizations to Azerbaijan’s
position on the conflict in and around the Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.”
The 9-page report described the international support to Azerbaijan during the
Armenia’s military aggression against Nagorno Karabakh and the adjacent regions and
in the following period. The statements made by the Organization of the Islamic
Conference, UN Security Council and General Assembly, US State Department, foreign
ministries of Russia, Iran and Turkey, European Union, Council of Europe, NATO,
Economic Cooperation Organization in Turkey in 1993, OSCE Chairmanship during the
Minsk Conference in that year, and the resolutions adopted by the above-mentioned
organizations in respect to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, were submitted
to the UN Secretary General. UN General Assembly resolution 62/243 adopted on March
14, 2008 completed the list of documents. The letter quoted that resolution as
saying: “The General Assembly reaffirms continued respect and support for the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan within its
internationally recognized borders; demands the immediate, complete and
unconditional withdrawal of all Armenian forces from all the occupied territories of
the Republic of Azerbaijan; reaffirms the inalienable right of the population
expelled from the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan to return to
their homes.”
The second letter sent to the UN Secretary General was entitled as “Report on the
international legal responsibilities of Armenia as the belligerent occupier of
Azerbaijani territory”. 27-page report requested to answer to three questions: Is
Armenia an occupier in international law of Azerbaijani territory? If so, then, what
are Armenia’s duties as an occupier of Azerbaijani territory with regard to issues
as the maintenance of public order, the preservation of Azerbaijani legal system,
and the protection of human rights in the territory in question? And the last, how
may Armenia’s responsibilities be monitored and enforced in international law?
The report envisages that Armenia should take commitments under 21 Articles. The
report proved that Armenian actions in Nagorno Karabakh and regions around it is
applicable to international humanitarian legal articles, it is impossible to
establish an official sovereignty upon these lands legally , Armenia, as an occupant
state, on the Hague Convention, bears responsibility for 4210 Azerbaijani missing
people and persons participated in military crimes should be held accountable.
Earlier, Azerbaijani Permanent Mission to the UN submitted to General Assembly and
Security Council first two reports on December 24, 29 last year. The first Report is
about legal complications of Armenian Republic’s military aggression against
Azerbaijan Republic” and the second is “Report about self-determination against the
background of basic norm of the states’ territorial integrity and Armenia’s
revisionist claims”. The Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict still remains
on the agenda of UN General Assembly`s 63rd session under the Articles 13 and 18, to
end in September current year.

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