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MESSAGE OF THE NKR POLITICAL PARTIES
Azat Artsakh Daily
12 October 2010
Republic Of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS TO THE OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE AND MINSK
GROUP CO-CHAIRMEN In connection with the OSCE field assessment mission
taking place in the territory of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic,
the political parties, public organizations, and creative unions of
Artsakh sent on October 11 a message to OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat
Saudabaev and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen, which was passed the
same day to Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Following is the text of the message: TO:
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabaev OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen:
Ambassador Robert Bradtke - the United States of America Ambassador
Igor Popov - the Russian Federation Ambassador Bernard Fassier - the
French Republic The reason for our appeal to you is the realization
of the OSCE field assessment mission taking place now in the Nagorno
Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic and the corresponding views and concerns
existing in public-political life of our country. The basic issue of
the NKR population's concern is the goal of this mission. If its real
goal is indeed the assessment of the current humanitarian situation
in the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict zone it is at least strange why
the field mission is implemented only in one section of this zone,
in the NKR territory. Appreciating your awareness of the history
of the Karabakh issue, however, we consider it necessary remind you
some facts and events, which played their role in the formation of
the current humanitarian situation in the region. The subordination
of Nagorno Karabakh to the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic
(SSR) via wide regional autonomy was endorsed by the July 5, 1921
resolution of the Caucasian Bureau of the Communist (Bolshevik)
Party. Prior this the League of Nations left the resolution of
the issue of internationally recognized status of Nagorno Karabakh
upon the Paris Peace Conference. At the same time only two years
later, in 1923, after the urgent demands of the Armenian majority
of NK and Soviet Armenia, the Central Executive Committee of the
Azerbaijan SSR proclaimed the Autonomous Oblast (Region) of Nagorno
Karabakh on the part of the predominantly Armenian populated region,
which always constituted an integrated whole as well as deprived the
town of Shoushi from its status of Karabakh's capital. For the whole
period of the Soviet rule this unilateral resolution, which violated
the interests of the Armenian majority of Nagorno Karabakh, caused
constant indignation and complaints, which were sharply oppressed
by the Azerbaijani authorities, and were leading to mass emigration
of the Armenian population from the region. Suffice it to say that
within 25 years after the forced subordination to Azerbaijan the
number of the Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh declined by 22000 people,
while the Azerbaijani population of the oblast (region) increased
almost threefold. The discrimination towards Nagorno Karabakh
is also testified by the fact that during the war in 1941-1945,
over a third of its population, 44000 people, were recruited to
the active army and almost half of them perished. In percentage,
such horrible human losses were suffered only by the nations that
underwent through the fascist occupation and ethnic cleansing. To
compare, it should be noted that only 20% of the population of the
Azerbaijan SSR was recruited to the front. The issue of Armenian
expulsions from Nagorno Karabakh was always on the agenda of the
Azerbaijani state policy. In 2001 during a meeting with a group
of writers Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev stated proudly that
within 1969-1982, while being the leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, he
could "radically change the demographic situation in Nagorno Karabakh
in favor of the Azerbaijanis". This was one of the rare cases when
president Aliyev said the truth. Today, about a million of Karabakh
Armenians live in various countries of the world. A considerable part
of them was forced to leave the homeland for the reason of political
persecution, real threats of physical extermination, and being
deprived of the livelihood. The last ethnic cleansing in Nagorno
Karabakh took place in the regions of Shahoumyan and Getashen in
1991-1992 with the rough use of military force. As a result over 50000
Armenians were deprived of their homeland. Overall, 420000 Armenians
were deported within 1988-1992 from Azerbaijan, having left in this
country their property and wealth worth of billions of dollars and
having got no compensation so far. Unfortunately, Azerbaijan closed
the window for a dialogue, resorting to violation. We had no other
way but following the fundamental principles of international law
proclaim our independence, create our national state institutes,
and resist the military aggression, which led to destructions,
tens of thousands of human losses and hardships. Meanwhile, human
sufferings of both the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis in the conflict
zone could have been prevented if the Azerbaijani authorities had
displayed elementary understanding of the Armenian population of the
region. Thus, the existing situation is the consequence of the war
imposed by Azerbaijan. This is why the Azerbaijani authorities bear
the full responsibility for the human losses. The criminal style and
anti-Armenian rhetoric, armament drive and militant statements still
depict Azerbaijani ideology. We hope that the structure, which has
assumed the mediation between the parties to the conflict, realizes
that such a style of actions does not contribute to the peaceful
settlement of the Karabakh conflict and provokes a new war. We have
to remind that in the existing situation where the Karabakh party
is deprived of the possibility of full-fledged participation in the
negotiation process, Azerbaijan and the structure, which has assumed
the settlement mission, will again be responsible for the consequences
in case of resuming the war in the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict zone.
We hope that your further mediation activities will not inflame
the ill imagination of Azerbaijan suffering from a mania of new
bloodshed, will sober it up and will contribute to the creation of
an atmosphere of a civilized dialogue and to the peaceful settlement
of the conflict. Stepanakert, October 11, 2010 The Free Motherland
Party The Democratic Party of Artsakh Artsakh organization of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutiun) Party The Armenakan
Party of Artsakh The Nagorno Karabakh Communist Party The Union of
the Relatives of Perished in the Artsakh War Soldiers The Union of
the Relatives of the Artsakh War Missing in action Soldiers Nagorno
Karabakh Committee of the Helsinki Initiative-92 Artsakh Union of
Writers Artsakh Union of Journalists Artsakh Union of Painters Artsakh
Union of Intelligentsia Vita organization of the Artsakh War Disable
Freedom Fighters The NKR Union of Refugees The Union of War and Labor
Veterans Federation of NKR Trade Unions
From: A. Papazian
Azat Artsakh Daily
12 October 2010
Republic Of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS TO THE OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE AND MINSK
GROUP CO-CHAIRMEN In connection with the OSCE field assessment mission
taking place in the territory of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic,
the political parties, public organizations, and creative unions of
Artsakh sent on October 11 a message to OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat
Saudabaev and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen, which was passed the
same day to Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. Following is the text of the message: TO:
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabaev OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen:
Ambassador Robert Bradtke - the United States of America Ambassador
Igor Popov - the Russian Federation Ambassador Bernard Fassier - the
French Republic The reason for our appeal to you is the realization
of the OSCE field assessment mission taking place now in the Nagorno
Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic and the corresponding views and concerns
existing in public-political life of our country. The basic issue of
the NKR population's concern is the goal of this mission. If its real
goal is indeed the assessment of the current humanitarian situation
in the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict zone it is at least strange why
the field mission is implemented only in one section of this zone,
in the NKR territory. Appreciating your awareness of the history
of the Karabakh issue, however, we consider it necessary remind you
some facts and events, which played their role in the formation of
the current humanitarian situation in the region. The subordination
of Nagorno Karabakh to the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic
(SSR) via wide regional autonomy was endorsed by the July 5, 1921
resolution of the Caucasian Bureau of the Communist (Bolshevik)
Party. Prior this the League of Nations left the resolution of
the issue of internationally recognized status of Nagorno Karabakh
upon the Paris Peace Conference. At the same time only two years
later, in 1923, after the urgent demands of the Armenian majority
of NK and Soviet Armenia, the Central Executive Committee of the
Azerbaijan SSR proclaimed the Autonomous Oblast (Region) of Nagorno
Karabakh on the part of the predominantly Armenian populated region,
which always constituted an integrated whole as well as deprived the
town of Shoushi from its status of Karabakh's capital. For the whole
period of the Soviet rule this unilateral resolution, which violated
the interests of the Armenian majority of Nagorno Karabakh, caused
constant indignation and complaints, which were sharply oppressed
by the Azerbaijani authorities, and were leading to mass emigration
of the Armenian population from the region. Suffice it to say that
within 25 years after the forced subordination to Azerbaijan the
number of the Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh declined by 22000 people,
while the Azerbaijani population of the oblast (region) increased
almost threefold. The discrimination towards Nagorno Karabakh
is also testified by the fact that during the war in 1941-1945,
over a third of its population, 44000 people, were recruited to
the active army and almost half of them perished. In percentage,
such horrible human losses were suffered only by the nations that
underwent through the fascist occupation and ethnic cleansing. To
compare, it should be noted that only 20% of the population of the
Azerbaijan SSR was recruited to the front. The issue of Armenian
expulsions from Nagorno Karabakh was always on the agenda of the
Azerbaijani state policy. In 2001 during a meeting with a group
of writers Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev stated proudly that
within 1969-1982, while being the leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, he
could "radically change the demographic situation in Nagorno Karabakh
in favor of the Azerbaijanis". This was one of the rare cases when
president Aliyev said the truth. Today, about a million of Karabakh
Armenians live in various countries of the world. A considerable part
of them was forced to leave the homeland for the reason of political
persecution, real threats of physical extermination, and being
deprived of the livelihood. The last ethnic cleansing in Nagorno
Karabakh took place in the regions of Shahoumyan and Getashen in
1991-1992 with the rough use of military force. As a result over 50000
Armenians were deprived of their homeland. Overall, 420000 Armenians
were deported within 1988-1992 from Azerbaijan, having left in this
country their property and wealth worth of billions of dollars and
having got no compensation so far. Unfortunately, Azerbaijan closed
the window for a dialogue, resorting to violation. We had no other
way but following the fundamental principles of international law
proclaim our independence, create our national state institutes,
and resist the military aggression, which led to destructions,
tens of thousands of human losses and hardships. Meanwhile, human
sufferings of both the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis in the conflict
zone could have been prevented if the Azerbaijani authorities had
displayed elementary understanding of the Armenian population of the
region. Thus, the existing situation is the consequence of the war
imposed by Azerbaijan. This is why the Azerbaijani authorities bear
the full responsibility for the human losses. The criminal style and
anti-Armenian rhetoric, armament drive and militant statements still
depict Azerbaijani ideology. We hope that the structure, which has
assumed the mediation between the parties to the conflict, realizes
that such a style of actions does not contribute to the peaceful
settlement of the Karabakh conflict and provokes a new war. We have
to remind that in the existing situation where the Karabakh party
is deprived of the possibility of full-fledged participation in the
negotiation process, Azerbaijan and the structure, which has assumed
the settlement mission, will again be responsible for the consequences
in case of resuming the war in the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict zone.
We hope that your further mediation activities will not inflame
the ill imagination of Azerbaijan suffering from a mania of new
bloodshed, will sober it up and will contribute to the creation of
an atmosphere of a civilized dialogue and to the peaceful settlement
of the conflict. Stepanakert, October 11, 2010 The Free Motherland
Party The Democratic Party of Artsakh Artsakh organization of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutiun) Party The Armenakan
Party of Artsakh The Nagorno Karabakh Communist Party The Union of
the Relatives of Perished in the Artsakh War Soldiers The Union of
the Relatives of the Artsakh War Missing in action Soldiers Nagorno
Karabakh Committee of the Helsinki Initiative-92 Artsakh Union of
Writers Artsakh Union of Journalists Artsakh Union of Painters Artsakh
Union of Intelligentsia Vita organization of the Artsakh War Disable
Freedom Fighters The NKR Union of Refugees The Union of War and Labor
Veterans Federation of NKR Trade Unions
From: A. Papazian