Azerbaijan-proposed draft UN resolution on Karabakh – full text
ANS TV, Baku
24 Nov 04
Presenter Here is the full text of a draft resolution submitted by
Baku to the 59th session of the UN General Assembly.
Correspondent, over archive footage of the UN The draft resolution
entitled “The situation on Azerbaijan’s occupied territories” reads:
Based on the UN goals, principles and terms;
confirming the principle of respect for any state’s sovereignty and
territorial integrity, security of internationally-recognized borders;
preventing the use of force for seizing territories and confirming
international humanitarian law and principles, especially the 1949
Geneva Convention and protocols amended to it;
confirming international human rights standards;
referring to the Security Council’s resolutions Nos 822, 853, 874 and
884, as well as referring to resolution No 48/114 entitled “Emergency
international aid to refugees and displaced persons in Azerbaijan”;
expressing serious concern about the continuation of the occupation
of Azerbaijani territories, the current situation on Azerbaijan’s
occupied territories and its negative impact on attempts to reach
peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan;
being seriously concerned about reports on resettlement on Azerbaijan’s
occupied territories whereas the entire local population has been
evicted from there;
emphasizing that the moves of this type, as well as misappropriation
of lands and property, other illegal moves on Azerbaijan’s occupied
territories, is in violation of international human rights, especially
the Geneva Convention on protection of civilian population during
the war dated 12 August 1949;
advising the OSCE Minsk Group to boost efforts to find a speedy and
lasting settlement to the conflict in the Azerbaijani Republic’s
Nagornyy Karabakh region;
and welcoming the efforts by the Council of Europe, the EU and the
Organization of the Islamic Conference in this direction, the General
Assembly:
1. once again announces its unchangeable support to the Azerbaijani
Republic’s sovereignty and territorial integrity;
2. strongly calls on the conflicting parties to make efforts for the
peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Azerbaijani Republic’s
Nagornyy Karabakh region and around it within international norms
and legal principles;
3. confirms the right of refugees and displaced persons from the
conflict area to voluntarily return to native lands on decent terms
with the help of the international community;
4. strongly calls on the conflicting parties to seriously observe
and respect international human rights norms;
5. notes inadmissibility of accepting the legality of any moves to
formalize neither the current situation nor the status quo occupation
of Azerbaijan’s territories;
6. emphasizes that resettlement or similar moves on the occupied
territories are illegal and in violation of international law,
especially international human rights, and stresses the importance
of immediately putting an end to all these actions and restoring the
status quo;
7. proposes that the OSCE urgently send a multinational fact-finding
mission consisting of relevant experts from the member countries
to conduct an investigation and submit a report on all aspects of
the situation on Azerbaijan’s occupied territories and asks for the
necessary help in this from the secretary-general, if needed;
8. asks the secretary-general to submit a detailed report on the
fulfilment of this resolution at the General Assembly’s 60th session;
9. makes a decision to include the issue of the situation on
Azerbaijan’s occupied territories on the agenda of the 60th session.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress