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DISCUSSION OF AZERI RESOLUTION PUT OFF AT U.N.
news.am
Sept 7 2010
Armenia
The discussion of Azerbaijan's resolution on occupied territories at
the U.S. General Assembly is to take place on September 9, the U.N.
official website reports. The document was to have been discussed on
September 7.
Talking to NEWS.am, Vice-Speaker of the RA Parliament, RPA Board
member Samvel Nikoyan pointed out that any forecasts concerning
the documents are too early to make now. Votes on resolutions are
often spontaneous at international institutions. "Many delegations
do not even examine the document they vote on," Nikoyan said. He
stressed that Azerbaijan will certainly try to enlist the support
of the members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
- or have already done so. "These states' position is conditioned
by their religious identity," Nikoyan said. The Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict is not a religious problem, but that of peoples' right to
self-determination. "In this context, many of the OIC member-states
were and are actively involved in recognizing the Palestinian and
Kosovo peoples' right to self-determination. So it is not yet clear
what will be the OIC member-states' final decision," Nikoyan said.
Official Yerevan is doing its best to block the Azeri resolution
at the U.N. "I must say, however, that the organization has adopted
several resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh since 1992, but none of them
was implemented. So the new one will only join the list of failed
documents. But even in this case, the approval of one more resolution
not in the Armenian side's favor is undesirable," Nikoyan said.
The Azeri resolution points out the necessity for return of Azerbaijani
refugees and the unacceptability of destruction of cultural monuments
"in the occupied territories."
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Sept 7 2010
Armenia
The discussion of Azerbaijan's resolution on occupied territories at
the U.S. General Assembly is to take place on September 9, the U.N.
official website reports. The document was to have been discussed on
September 7.
Talking to NEWS.am, Vice-Speaker of the RA Parliament, RPA Board
member Samvel Nikoyan pointed out that any forecasts concerning
the documents are too early to make now. Votes on resolutions are
often spontaneous at international institutions. "Many delegations
do not even examine the document they vote on," Nikoyan said. He
stressed that Azerbaijan will certainly try to enlist the support
of the members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
- or have already done so. "These states' position is conditioned
by their religious identity," Nikoyan said. The Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict is not a religious problem, but that of peoples' right to
self-determination. "In this context, many of the OIC member-states
were and are actively involved in recognizing the Palestinian and
Kosovo peoples' right to self-determination. So it is not yet clear
what will be the OIC member-states' final decision," Nikoyan said.
Official Yerevan is doing its best to block the Azeri resolution
at the U.N. "I must say, however, that the organization has adopted
several resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh since 1992, but none of them
was implemented. So the new one will only join the list of failed
documents. But even in this case, the approval of one more resolution
not in the Armenian side's favor is undesirable," Nikoyan said.
The Azeri resolution points out the necessity for return of Azerbaijani
refugees and the unacceptability of destruction of cultural monuments
"in the occupied territories."
From: A. Papazian