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APA, Azerbaijan
June 2 2012
Azerbaijan organizes informal discussions of UN Security Council on
topic `The peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and
resolution: mediation, judicial settlement and justice'
[ 02 Jun 2012 11:11 ]
Baku - APA. Permanent mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
organized the informal discussions of the UN Security Council (Arria
Formula meeting) on topic `The peaceful settlement of disputes,
conflict prevention and resolution: mediation, judicial settlement and
justice'.
The mission told APA that Security Council's member states, UN's other
member states, UN secretariat, international governmental
organizations, more than 120 representatives of civil society and
scientific circles attended the meeting.
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov and Professor at
Cambridge University of the United Kingdom Malcolm Shaw delivered
speeches at the discussions.
In his keynote speech, Azerbaijan's Permanent Representative to the
UN, Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev spoke about the significance of these
discussions. He said that the meeting aimed to hold discussions on
important issues such as peaceful settlement of disputes, prevention
and settlement of conflicts, as well as to illustrate the role of
mediation in propagandism of peace based on the continuous and
international law, the role of settlement based on law and justice.
At first Professor Shaw presented a report on the settlement of
international disputes, legal bases of mediation in prevention and
settlement of conflicts and settlement mechanisms.
Then, in his speech, Azimov spoke about conflict situation, especially
the mediating efforts taken in the context of conflict between Armenia
and Azerbaijan, shared his opinions on its different aspects, as well
as the main factors of the successful mediation.
The other participants also delivered speech at the meeting. They
spoke about the importance of prevention and settlement of the
international disputes and conflicts, the role of the UN and regional
organizations in this process, different initiatives put forward by
the separate countries.
They noted the importance of UN General Assembly's resolution 65/283
on `Strengthening the role of mediation in peaceful settlement of
disputes, conflict prevention and resolution' adopted on June 22,
2011, from the point of view of peaceful settlement of conflicts,
propagandism of the mediation efforts in conflict prevention and
resolution and ensuring the useful rules for existing and future
mediation.
The participants welcomed Azerbaijan's such initiative to organize the
discussions on such important topic.
Permanent Representative of Armenia to UN opposed the topic and spirit
of discussions and attempted to distort the opinions sounded by the
speakers. In particular, he said that the conflict occurred not
between Azerbaijan and his country and accused Azerbaijan of reducing
the mediating efforts on this conflict to the minimum.
In return, Azimov said that there were many evidences showing that the
abovementioned conflict occurred only between Armenia and Azerbaijan:
`It is sufficient to note two of them. Firstly, Armenian citizens
serve in Azerbaijan's occupied territories and the documents of
captivated Armenian soldiers confirm this fact. Secondly, President of
the Republic of Armenian participate as a conflict party in the
negotiations on conflict settlement'- deputy minister underlined.
Due to the other moments noted by the Armenian representative, Azimov
said that Armenia was the only country that didn't join the consensus
for resolution on `Strengthening the role of mediation in peaceful
settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution' adopted by
UN General Assembly in 2011. In this case, the speech of this
country's representative about significance of mediating efforts sets
wondering.
June 2 2012
Azerbaijan organizes informal discussions of UN Security Council on
topic `The peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and
resolution: mediation, judicial settlement and justice'
[ 02 Jun 2012 11:11 ]
Baku - APA. Permanent mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
organized the informal discussions of the UN Security Council (Arria
Formula meeting) on topic `The peaceful settlement of disputes,
conflict prevention and resolution: mediation, judicial settlement and
justice'.
The mission told APA that Security Council's member states, UN's other
member states, UN secretariat, international governmental
organizations, more than 120 representatives of civil society and
scientific circles attended the meeting.
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov and Professor at
Cambridge University of the United Kingdom Malcolm Shaw delivered
speeches at the discussions.
In his keynote speech, Azerbaijan's Permanent Representative to the
UN, Ambassador Agshin Mehdiyev spoke about the significance of these
discussions. He said that the meeting aimed to hold discussions on
important issues such as peaceful settlement of disputes, prevention
and settlement of conflicts, as well as to illustrate the role of
mediation in propagandism of peace based on the continuous and
international law, the role of settlement based on law and justice.
At first Professor Shaw presented a report on the settlement of
international disputes, legal bases of mediation in prevention and
settlement of conflicts and settlement mechanisms.
Then, in his speech, Azimov spoke about conflict situation, especially
the mediating efforts taken in the context of conflict between Armenia
and Azerbaijan, shared his opinions on its different aspects, as well
as the main factors of the successful mediation.
The other participants also delivered speech at the meeting. They
spoke about the importance of prevention and settlement of the
international disputes and conflicts, the role of the UN and regional
organizations in this process, different initiatives put forward by
the separate countries.
They noted the importance of UN General Assembly's resolution 65/283
on `Strengthening the role of mediation in peaceful settlement of
disputes, conflict prevention and resolution' adopted on June 22,
2011, from the point of view of peaceful settlement of conflicts,
propagandism of the mediation efforts in conflict prevention and
resolution and ensuring the useful rules for existing and future
mediation.
The participants welcomed Azerbaijan's such initiative to organize the
discussions on such important topic.
Permanent Representative of Armenia to UN opposed the topic and spirit
of discussions and attempted to distort the opinions sounded by the
speakers. In particular, he said that the conflict occurred not
between Azerbaijan and his country and accused Azerbaijan of reducing
the mediating efforts on this conflict to the minimum.
In return, Azimov said that there were many evidences showing that the
abovementioned conflict occurred only between Armenia and Azerbaijan:
`It is sufficient to note two of them. Firstly, Armenian citizens
serve in Azerbaijan's occupied territories and the documents of
captivated Armenian soldiers confirm this fact. Secondly, President of
the Republic of Armenian participate as a conflict party in the
negotiations on conflict settlement'- deputy minister underlined.
Due to the other moments noted by the Armenian representative, Azimov
said that Armenia was the only country that didn't join the consensus
for resolution on `Strengthening the role of mediation in peaceful
settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution' adopted by
UN General Assembly in 2011. In this case, the speech of this
country's representative about significance of mediating efforts sets
wondering.