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UN LEGITIMIZES KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE OPENING DOOR FOR NAGORNO KARABAKH
by Armen Hareyan
HULIQ.com
Sept 10 2010
SC
The General Assembly of the United Nations today unanimously adopted
a resolution calling for a dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. This
resolution joins the earlier court ruling by ICJ on Kosovo's
independence opening up a door for the international recognition of
the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, settling the conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Today's UN resolution opens the way for Kosovo and Serbia to start
the first ever direct talks after the European Union and the United
States recognized Kosovo as a sovereign independent state. Serbia
responded saying it will never recognize the independence of Kosovo.
However, when Serbia's Foreign MInister Vuk Jeremic finished his
speech at the UN he said that his country is "looking to the future".
In the meanwhile, BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Belgrade that "the
adoption of the UN resolution means Serbia has in effect given up
its diplomatic fight for Kosovo."
West sees Kosovo as an exception while Armenia as a precedence for
Nagorno Karabakh.
Observers in Armenia see these two rulings as a fair and legitimate
precedence for the international recognition of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic's independence. The West says Kosovo's case is usually unique
as Albanians were subject to ethnic cleansing by Serbia.
Diplomats and historians in Armenia agree by pointing to the
Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan within Azerbaijan, which gained
the Autonomous status because of its Armenian population and has no
single Armenian living in the region thanks to the ethnic cleansing
policies of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan, of course, does not want to lose Nagorno Karabakh and looks
at the issue as of territorial one. Armenia points to the right to
self-determination of the people of Nagorno Karabakh. International
mediators also take this line calling for a referendum in Nagorno
Karabakh do decide its final status.
During the cold war the International law has not supported secessions,
but is not against it either. The promises of Soviet ideology for
the nations were never materialized and movements began for freedom
and independence after the break-up of the Soviet Union and the
Warsaw Block.
De fact states like Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, say
these decisions by ICJ and UN stress the right to self-determination
above territorial sovereignty. If Kosovo has the right to be
independent, what is it that prevents exercising the same right
for the people of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the
proponents ask. Principles of the international law and order call
for consistency in order to be fair and convincing. If Kosovo has
the right to self-determination and freedom, so do Nagorno Karabakh,
Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
From: A. Papazian
by Armen Hareyan
HULIQ.com
Sept 10 2010
SC
The General Assembly of the United Nations today unanimously adopted
a resolution calling for a dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. This
resolution joins the earlier court ruling by ICJ on Kosovo's
independence opening up a door for the international recognition of
the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, settling the conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Today's UN resolution opens the way for Kosovo and Serbia to start
the first ever direct talks after the European Union and the United
States recognized Kosovo as a sovereign independent state. Serbia
responded saying it will never recognize the independence of Kosovo.
However, when Serbia's Foreign MInister Vuk Jeremic finished his
speech at the UN he said that his country is "looking to the future".
In the meanwhile, BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Belgrade that "the
adoption of the UN resolution means Serbia has in effect given up
its diplomatic fight for Kosovo."
West sees Kosovo as an exception while Armenia as a precedence for
Nagorno Karabakh.
Observers in Armenia see these two rulings as a fair and legitimate
precedence for the international recognition of Nagorno Karabakh
Republic's independence. The West says Kosovo's case is usually unique
as Albanians were subject to ethnic cleansing by Serbia.
Diplomats and historians in Armenia agree by pointing to the
Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan within Azerbaijan, which gained
the Autonomous status because of its Armenian population and has no
single Armenian living in the region thanks to the ethnic cleansing
policies of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan, of course, does not want to lose Nagorno Karabakh and looks
at the issue as of territorial one. Armenia points to the right to
self-determination of the people of Nagorno Karabakh. International
mediators also take this line calling for a referendum in Nagorno
Karabakh do decide its final status.
During the cold war the International law has not supported secessions,
but is not against it either. The promises of Soviet ideology for
the nations were never materialized and movements began for freedom
and independence after the break-up of the Soviet Union and the
Warsaw Block.
De fact states like Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, say
these decisions by ICJ and UN stress the right to self-determination
above territorial sovereignty. If Kosovo has the right to be
independent, what is it that prevents exercising the same right
for the people of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the
proponents ask. Principles of the international law and order call
for consistency in order to be fair and convincing. If Kosovo has
the right to self-determination and freedom, so do Nagorno Karabakh,
Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
From: A. Papazian