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U.N. General Assembly calls for U.N. to assist in preventing
environmental damage from fires in Nagorno-Karabakh
AP Worldstream;
Sep 08, 2006
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the U.N. to
urgently assist in preventing environmental damage from fires in the
disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia disassociated itself from the resolution, which was approved
Thursday without a vote, and expressed concern at its title, "the
situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan."
The mountainous territory in Azerbaijan has been controlled _ along
with some surrounding areas _ by Karabakh and Armenian forces since
1994.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been governed by a shaky cease-fire that in 1994
ended a six-year separatist war.
The resolution stressed "the necessity to urgently conduct an
environmental operation to suppress the fires." It took note of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's intention
to organize a mission to the region to assess the short-term and
long-term impact of the fires.
Nagorno-Karabakh is inside Azerbaijan, but is populated mostly by
ethnic Armenians, who have run it and seven contiguous districts
since the 1994 truce.
Sporadic border clashes regularly break out and the unresolved conflict
has held up development in the strategic region.
Azerbaijan's U.N. Ambassador Yashar Aliyev introduced the draft
resolution, saying that in early June Azerbaijan registered massive
fires in the eastern part of the territory occupied by Armenia,
and by August the fire had damaged more than 600 square kilometers.
After the vote, he thanked everyone who supported the resolution,
expressing dismay that Armenia disassociated itself from the text which
had been negotiated with its diplomats over 48 hours. As a minimum,
he said, it was "honest and appropriate."
Armenia's U.N. Ambassador Armen Martirosyan said that although he
supported the content of the resolution, he had serious problems
with its title and opposed bringing any Nagorno-Karabakh issue to
the United Nations.
U.S. deputy ambassador Alejandro Wolff, speaking on behalf of the
OSCE group dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh issue _ the U.S.,
France and Russia _ said the three countries remain committed to
promoting a peaceful, negotiated solution to the conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
environmental damage from fires in Nagorno-Karabakh
AP Worldstream;
Sep 08, 2006
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the U.N. to
urgently assist in preventing environmental damage from fires in the
disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia disassociated itself from the resolution, which was approved
Thursday without a vote, and expressed concern at its title, "the
situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan."
The mountainous territory in Azerbaijan has been controlled _ along
with some surrounding areas _ by Karabakh and Armenian forces since
1994.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been governed by a shaky cease-fire that in 1994
ended a six-year separatist war.
The resolution stressed "the necessity to urgently conduct an
environmental operation to suppress the fires." It took note of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's intention
to organize a mission to the region to assess the short-term and
long-term impact of the fires.
Nagorno-Karabakh is inside Azerbaijan, but is populated mostly by
ethnic Armenians, who have run it and seven contiguous districts
since the 1994 truce.
Sporadic border clashes regularly break out and the unresolved conflict
has held up development in the strategic region.
Azerbaijan's U.N. Ambassador Yashar Aliyev introduced the draft
resolution, saying that in early June Azerbaijan registered massive
fires in the eastern part of the territory occupied by Armenia,
and by August the fire had damaged more than 600 square kilometers.
After the vote, he thanked everyone who supported the resolution,
expressing dismay that Armenia disassociated itself from the text which
had been negotiated with its diplomats over 48 hours. As a minimum,
he said, it was "honest and appropriate."
Armenia's U.N. Ambassador Armen Martirosyan said that although he
supported the content of the resolution, he had serious problems
with its title and opposed bringing any Nagorno-Karabakh issue to
the United Nations.
U.S. deputy ambassador Alejandro Wolff, speaking on behalf of the
OSCE group dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh issue _ the U.S.,
France and Russia _ said the three countries remain committed to
promoting a peaceful, negotiated solution to the conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress