UN resolution on Nagorno Karabakh to undermine peaceful process: RA
Permanent Representative to UN Armen Martirosyan
2008-03-15 13:48:00
ArmInfo. "The Resolution of UN General Assembly on Nagorno Karabakh
with requirement of immediate withdrawal of the Armenian forces "from
the occupied territories of Azerbaijan", having been passed the day
before, will undermine the peaceful process, Permanent Representative
of Armenia to UN Armen Martirosyan said from the tribune of UN General
Assembly, the foreign Mass Media report. "The weighed and responsible
mediators in this conflict considered that the Resolution does not
contribute to peaceful negotiations. Armenia knows that it will
undermine the peaceful process", Martirosyan said before voting. The
General Assembly passed the document with 39 votes "for" and 7
"against". Total of 147 out of 192 UN members- states took part in the
voting.
According to the message, 100 UN member-states abstained during voting
on the Resolution on "the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, which
asks to confirm its right for Nagorno Karabakh and the adjacent
territories". The document emphasizes the necessity of "immediate,
complete and unconditional withdrawal of all the Armenian forces from
all the occupied territories of the Azerbaijani Republic". A.
Martirosyan qualified the document, introduced by Baku, which, as he
said, conflicts with the basic international standards, as an attempt
of "sabotage" of the negotiation process by Azerbaijan. The document
could get the official approval of the General Assembly due to support
of the Islamic Conference Organization, on behalf of which Permanent
Representative of Pakistan Munir Akram came forwards.
"We are deeply concerned over Armenia’s attempts to confirm the
status-quo of occupation, in particular, through the attempt of illegal
settlement of the Armenian population in the occupied territory", Akram
said. He called on UN states to confirm the integrity of the
internationally-recognized borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan with the
status of a wide self-government of Nagorno Karabakh in the structure
of Azerbaijan. The document, from which 100 countries dissociated, was
introduced for discussion by the nations in less than a month after the
Serbian Territory of Kosovo declared independence on February 17, which
has been already recognized by 30 states. Russia and a number of other
countries consider this a violation of the international law and feared
of the "domino effect".
The Resolution, confirming the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, was
supported by Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine.
The General Assembly claims once again that no state should recognize
the situation, developed as a result of occupation of AR territories,
legal and should not contribute to or promote preservation of this
situation", the Resolution reads. The General Assembly’s Resolutions
have no compulsory power of performance.