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ARTSAKH REPUBLIC CELEBRATES 21 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDA
http://www.panorama.am/en/analytics/2012/12/11/nkr-independence/
11:59 11/12/2012 " ANALYSIS
December 10, 2012 marked the 21st anniversary of the national
Referendum in Nagorno- Karabakh (Artsakh), which evidenced overwhelming
popular endorsement of the newly-formed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
82% of the total number of Artsakh's registered voters participated in
the elections. The overwhelming majority of participants (99.98%) voted
for proclamation of the independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, with its
own authority to define co-operation with other states and entities.
Fifteen years later, on the same day in 2006, the people of independent
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have reaffirmed their commitment to live
in a free and democratic state by adopting the republic's main law -
Constitution. A logical continuation of the state-building process,
adoption of the Constitution has consolidated all the basic principles
of the state sovereignty, and symbolized a new stage in the republic's
development.
Conducted in a full compliance with the international norms, the
referenda represent pillars of Artsakh's independent statehood,
and development as a democratic society.
NKR President Bako Sahakyan addressed the nation on both occasions
stressing that 1991 national referendum "preconditioned the whole
course of our country's future development" while adoption of the
NKR Constitution reaffirmed Artsakh's commitment to the "fundamental
principles of democracy and universal values ... proving that the
chosen path is unshakeable and right, and its course is indivertible
and firm."
According to the NKR Office in the United States, symbolically,
December 10 is the day of the UN's adoption of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. The document, which sets out the
fundamental human rights, inter alia, states that "everyone has the
right to life, liberty and security of person."
http://www.panorama.am/en/analytics/2012/12/11/nkr-independence/
11:59 11/12/2012 " ANALYSIS
December 10, 2012 marked the 21st anniversary of the national
Referendum in Nagorno- Karabakh (Artsakh), which evidenced overwhelming
popular endorsement of the newly-formed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
82% of the total number of Artsakh's registered voters participated in
the elections. The overwhelming majority of participants (99.98%) voted
for proclamation of the independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, with its
own authority to define co-operation with other states and entities.
Fifteen years later, on the same day in 2006, the people of independent
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have reaffirmed their commitment to live
in a free and democratic state by adopting the republic's main law -
Constitution. A logical continuation of the state-building process,
adoption of the Constitution has consolidated all the basic principles
of the state sovereignty, and symbolized a new stage in the republic's
development.
Conducted in a full compliance with the international norms, the
referenda represent pillars of Artsakh's independent statehood,
and development as a democratic society.
NKR President Bako Sahakyan addressed the nation on both occasions
stressing that 1991 national referendum "preconditioned the whole
course of our country's future development" while adoption of the
NKR Constitution reaffirmed Artsakh's commitment to the "fundamental
principles of democracy and universal values ... proving that the
chosen path is unshakeable and right, and its course is indivertible
and firm."
According to the NKR Office in the United States, symbolically,
December 10 is the day of the UN's adoption of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. The document, which sets out the
fundamental human rights, inter alia, states that "everyone has the
right to life, liberty and security of person."