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AZERBAIJAN AVOIDED ESTABLISHING ANY INVESTIGATIVE MECHANISM INTO CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
Noyan Tapan
www.nt.am
17.08.2011
(Noyan Tapan - 17.08.2011) Letter dated 4 August 2011 from the
Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed
to the Secretary-General
I would like to refer to document A/65/915-S/2011/457, dated 26 July
2011, containing the letter of the representative of Azerbaijan.
I regret the fact that the Azerbaijani side keeps painting itself
as the victim of "aggression" at the United Nations and other
international organizations, without once acknowledging or honestly
addressing its role in initiating military aggression against Nagorno
Karabakh and Armenia.
Yet again, with the sole purpose of discrediting the Armenian side
through falsifications and lies based on the so-called "conclusions
of the preliminary investigation", last week the representative of
Azerbaijan circulated the abovementioned appalling letter accusing
the Armenian side of the death of a 13-year-old child "as a result
of the blast of an explosive device".
The authors of this allegation did not make possible an independent
investigation to check the veracity behind such a horrible claim and
clarify its circumstances. This type of allegation is being used by
Azerbaijani diplomacy to avoid commitments already made. Suffice it
to recall that under exactly this alleged pretext Azerbaijan tried
to withdraw from an agreement to set up an investigative mechanism
into ceasefire violations, which was the outcome of the Sochi Summit
of the Presidents on 2 March 2011.
Regardless of their absurdity, these recent allegations serve as
part of propagandistic war launched through excessive falsification
and forgery.
It is unethical to circulate such defamatory information, exploiting
again the life of an innocent child as a propaganda tool. Azerbaijan,
which continues to refuse to take an honest look at itself, should
be reminded that, as a result of aggression and war launched against
Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia during the 1991-1994 period, Azerbaijan
heavily contaminated the bordering regions with Armenia and other
conflict-affected areas with landmines, cluster munitions and
explosive remnants of war. They continue to have a profound impact
on socio-economic growth and on the day-to-day lives of the Nagorno
Karabakh population, resulting in one of the highest per capita human
accident rates in the world.
Today, Azerbaijan continues to seriously obstruct the work of the
respected mine-clearance HALO Trust charity that is carrying on an
important humanitarian mission in the region, labelling that mission as
"unlawful activities".
The fact that the independent investigation has not been conducted
and Azerbaijan avoided establishing any investigative mechanism into
ceasefire violations clearly demonstrate who stands behind these
violations and false accusations.
I should be grateful if you would have the present letter, along
with the annex on the ceasefire violations for the period from 1 July
to 1 August 2011, circulated as a document of the General Assembly,
under agenda items 34, 39, 64, 66 and 75, and of the Security Council.
Garen Nazarian
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
Noyan Tapan
www.nt.am
17.08.2011
(Noyan Tapan - 17.08.2011) Letter dated 4 August 2011 from the
Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed
to the Secretary-General
I would like to refer to document A/65/915-S/2011/457, dated 26 July
2011, containing the letter of the representative of Azerbaijan.
I regret the fact that the Azerbaijani side keeps painting itself
as the victim of "aggression" at the United Nations and other
international organizations, without once acknowledging or honestly
addressing its role in initiating military aggression against Nagorno
Karabakh and Armenia.
Yet again, with the sole purpose of discrediting the Armenian side
through falsifications and lies based on the so-called "conclusions
of the preliminary investigation", last week the representative of
Azerbaijan circulated the abovementioned appalling letter accusing
the Armenian side of the death of a 13-year-old child "as a result
of the blast of an explosive device".
The authors of this allegation did not make possible an independent
investigation to check the veracity behind such a horrible claim and
clarify its circumstances. This type of allegation is being used by
Azerbaijani diplomacy to avoid commitments already made. Suffice it
to recall that under exactly this alleged pretext Azerbaijan tried
to withdraw from an agreement to set up an investigative mechanism
into ceasefire violations, which was the outcome of the Sochi Summit
of the Presidents on 2 March 2011.
Regardless of their absurdity, these recent allegations serve as
part of propagandistic war launched through excessive falsification
and forgery.
It is unethical to circulate such defamatory information, exploiting
again the life of an innocent child as a propaganda tool. Azerbaijan,
which continues to refuse to take an honest look at itself, should
be reminded that, as a result of aggression and war launched against
Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia during the 1991-1994 period, Azerbaijan
heavily contaminated the bordering regions with Armenia and other
conflict-affected areas with landmines, cluster munitions and
explosive remnants of war. They continue to have a profound impact
on socio-economic growth and on the day-to-day lives of the Nagorno
Karabakh population, resulting in one of the highest per capita human
accident rates in the world.
Today, Azerbaijan continues to seriously obstruct the work of the
respected mine-clearance HALO Trust charity that is carrying on an
important humanitarian mission in the region, labelling that mission as
"unlawful activities".
The fact that the independent investigation has not been conducted
and Azerbaijan avoided establishing any investigative mechanism into
ceasefire violations clearly demonstrate who stands behind these
violations and false accusations.
I should be grateful if you would have the present letter, along
with the annex on the ceasefire violations for the period from 1 July
to 1 August 2011, circulated as a document of the General Assembly,
under agenda items 34, 39, 64, 66 and 75, and of the Security Council.
Garen Nazarian
Ambassador
Permanent Representative