R. NURULLAYEV: AZERBAIJAN WITHDREW RESOLUTION FROM UN NOT TO ANNOY CO-CHAIR COUNTRIES
Panorama
Dec 9 2011
Armenia
For the fifth year in a row, Azerbaijan withdraws from the UN General
Assembly his draft resolution “On the Situation in the “Occupied
Territories” of Azerbaijan.” The vote was due on December 12, but
was delayed for indefinite time on Azerbaijan’s initiative.
Deputy Chairman on Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party
Razi Nurullayev commenting upon this situation told Faktxeber.com
that the withdrawal of the draft resolution was due to several factors.
First, from January 2012 Azerbaijan begins a new stage of political
and humanitarian activities in the international arena. This stage
is linked with Azerbaijan’s election as non-permanent member of UN
Security Council. For the fifth year in a row, Azerbaijan fails to
vote this resolution through and there is no reason for thinking
that this time Azerbaijan will manage to enlist the support of the
150 countries which voted for Azerbaijan’s non-permanent seat in UN
Security Council. Probably Azerbaijan has no possibility to repeatedly
ask for support.
Second, next year Azerbaijan will attend all meetings of UN Security
Council and will carry out lobbying among the other member countries.
Azerbaijan can organize efficiency of its activities depending on
the results of the processes and facts.
Third, every time putting of this draft resolution on the agenda of
the UN Security Council met serious dissatisfaction by the Co-Chair
countries – U.S., France and Russia. Beginning next year, Azerbaijan
will work with them, and from this point of view it is not beneficial
to annoy them two or three weeks before the start of cooperation.
Fourth, possibly, besides the Co-Chair countries, Turkey also demanded
withdrawal of that document. It is also likely that a range of counries
which supported Azerbaijan in the election of UN Security Council
voted for this country provided that the draft resolution which is
put on the agenda and then withdrawn 5 years in a row should not be
submitted for consideration again. Turkey’s request may be due to
the fact that official Ankara also called on a range of countries to
support Azerbaijan’s candidature in the election. It is also possible
that some countries supported Azerbaijan under certain conditions.