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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ALTERS DATE OF DISCUSSION ON DRAFT RESOLUTION ON SITUATION IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF AZERBAIJAN
Today
http://www.today.az/news/politics/73142.html
Sept 7 2010
Azerbaijan
UN General Assembly altered date of discussion on a draft resolution
"The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" in a plenary
meeting of the 64th session.
Earlier the discussions were scheduled for September 7, but it
was postponed until September 9, APA reports quoting UN's official
website. The draft resolution is item 18 on UN General Assembly's
agenda.
In the draft resolution "The situation in the occupied territories
of Azerbaijan", the General Assembly reaffirmed the continuing
applicability of all relevant norms of international humanitarian
law and international human rights law to the situation concerning
the conflict-affected territories in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh
region; also reaffirmed the commitment to ensure the inalienable right
of the population expelled from the conflict-affected territories in
and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region and their descendants to return
to their homes, and stressed the necessity of creating appropriate
conditions to this end; determines that the return of the population
expelled from the conflict-affected territories in and around the
Nagorno-Karabakh region will create favourable conditions for taking
confidence-building measures and encouraging people-to-people contacts;
stressed the need to ensure the protection of cultural heritage and
sacred sites in the conflict-affected territories in and around the
Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The UN General Assembly invited relevant special procedures of the
Human Rights Council, the United Nations human rights treaty monitoring
bodies and other United Nations entities, as appropriate, to address
in fulfilling their respective mandates the issue of observance of
international humanitarian law and international human rights law in
the conflict-affected territories in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh
region.
It also requested the Secretary-General to prepare, in collaboration
with United Nations entities and international and regional
organizations and arrangements, as appropriate, and to submit to the
General Assembly at its 65th session a comprehensive report on the
implementation of the present resolution.
From: A. Papazian
Today
http://www.today.az/news/politics/73142.html
Sept 7 2010
Azerbaijan
UN General Assembly altered date of discussion on a draft resolution
"The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" in a plenary
meeting of the 64th session.
Earlier the discussions were scheduled for September 7, but it
was postponed until September 9, APA reports quoting UN's official
website. The draft resolution is item 18 on UN General Assembly's
agenda.
In the draft resolution "The situation in the occupied territories
of Azerbaijan", the General Assembly reaffirmed the continuing
applicability of all relevant norms of international humanitarian
law and international human rights law to the situation concerning
the conflict-affected territories in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh
region; also reaffirmed the commitment to ensure the inalienable right
of the population expelled from the conflict-affected territories in
and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region and their descendants to return
to their homes, and stressed the necessity of creating appropriate
conditions to this end; determines that the return of the population
expelled from the conflict-affected territories in and around the
Nagorno-Karabakh region will create favourable conditions for taking
confidence-building measures and encouraging people-to-people contacts;
stressed the need to ensure the protection of cultural heritage and
sacred sites in the conflict-affected territories in and around the
Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The UN General Assembly invited relevant special procedures of the
Human Rights Council, the United Nations human rights treaty monitoring
bodies and other United Nations entities, as appropriate, to address
in fulfilling their respective mandates the issue of observance of
international humanitarian law and international human rights law in
the conflict-affected territories in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh
region.
It also requested the Secretary-General to prepare, in collaboration
with United Nations entities and international and regional
organizations and arrangements, as appropriate, and to submit to the
General Assembly at its 65th session a comprehensive report on the
implementation of the present resolution.
From: A. Papazian