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AZERBAIJANI DIPLOMAT: "AZERBAIJAN CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM ONE OF THE HIGHEST PROPORTIONS OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN THE WORLD AS A RESULT OF ARMENIAN AGGRESSION"
APA
Nov 4 2011
Azerbaijan
Washington. Isabel Levine - APA. Azerbaijan has addressed the 40th
meeting of the UN General Assembly's Third Committee in New York during
the discussion about refugees, returnees and displaced persons and
humanitarian questions in the world, APA's US correspondent reports.
Farid Jafarov, Attache of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the
UN, stated that the aggression by Armenia against Azerbaijan resulted
in occupation of almost one fifth of the territory of Azerbaijan,
and made approximately one out of ever ninth person in the country
internally displaced or a refugee. Azerbaijan continues to suffer from
one of the highest proportions of refugees and displaced persons in
the world.
"The Government had made a major effort to solve housing problems for
the affected population, but still faced problems from the protracted
conflict and, now that they had passed an emergency phase, the
international community did not pay much attention", he said adding,
the rights of Azerbaijani citizens residing in Nagorno-Karabakh and
surrounding districts have been severely violated by their expulsion
from occupied territories.
"Thus, the primary obligation upon Armenia is to ensure that the
occupation of Azerbaijani territories is ended and that the various
rights of the internally displaced persons of Azerbaijani ethnicity
are recognized and implemented," he said.
In their response statement, Armenian representatives couldn't bring
reliable arguments against Azerbaijan's concerns, pointing out Baku's
oil opportunities.
Answering to the Armenian side, Azerbaijan's representative mentioned
that the government had used its oil revenues to alleviate the welfare
of the refugee and internally displaced persons populations in the
country, and "Armenia needed to renounce its policy of hatred and
work on restoring relations".
APA
Nov 4 2011
Azerbaijan
Washington. Isabel Levine - APA. Azerbaijan has addressed the 40th
meeting of the UN General Assembly's Third Committee in New York during
the discussion about refugees, returnees and displaced persons and
humanitarian questions in the world, APA's US correspondent reports.
Farid Jafarov, Attache of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the
UN, stated that the aggression by Armenia against Azerbaijan resulted
in occupation of almost one fifth of the territory of Azerbaijan,
and made approximately one out of ever ninth person in the country
internally displaced or a refugee. Azerbaijan continues to suffer from
one of the highest proportions of refugees and displaced persons in
the world.
"The Government had made a major effort to solve housing problems for
the affected population, but still faced problems from the protracted
conflict and, now that they had passed an emergency phase, the
international community did not pay much attention", he said adding,
the rights of Azerbaijani citizens residing in Nagorno-Karabakh and
surrounding districts have been severely violated by their expulsion
from occupied territories.
"Thus, the primary obligation upon Armenia is to ensure that the
occupation of Azerbaijani territories is ended and that the various
rights of the internally displaced persons of Azerbaijani ethnicity
are recognized and implemented," he said.
In their response statement, Armenian representatives couldn't bring
reliable arguments against Azerbaijan's concerns, pointing out Baku's
oil opportunities.
Answering to the Armenian side, Azerbaijan's representative mentioned
that the government had used its oil revenues to alleviate the welfare
of the refugee and internally displaced persons populations in the
country, and "Armenia needed to renounce its policy of hatred and
work on restoring relations".