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ARMENPRESS PRESENTS THE FULL TEXT OF RESOLUTION ON RECOGNITION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH INDEPENDENCE BY U.S. MAINE STATE
20:34, 11 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 11, ARMENPRESS: Armenpress presents the full text of
the resolution on recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh independence by USA
Maine state. Through the resolution authors of it, the Maine House
of Representatives and the Senate urged U.S. President and Congress
to support NKR self-determination. The text of the resolution reads:
"WE, your Memorialists, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth
Legislature of the State of Maine now assembled in the First Regular
Session, most respectfully present and petition the President of the
United States and the United States Congress, as follows:
WHEREAS, Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South
Caucasus and has historically been Armenian territory, populated by
an overwhelming majority of Armenians, which was severed from Armenia
by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1921 and placed under newly
created Soviet Azerbaijani administration; and
WHEREAS, February 20, 1988 marked the beginning of the national
liberation movement in Nagorno-Karabakh; and
WHEREAS, the Nagorno-Karabakh democracy movement inspired peoples
throughout the Soviet Union to stand up against tyranny and for
their rights and freedoms, helping to bring democracy to millions
and contributing to world peace; and
WHEREAS, in 1989, the United States Senate expressed support for the
legitimate aspirations for freedom of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh;
and
WHEREAS, on September 2, 1991, in a popular expression of democracy,
the elected legislature of Nagorno-Karabakh declared the creation of
the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, in full compliance with then-existing
legislation and international norms; and
WHEREAS, on December 10, 1991, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh voted
overwhelmingly in a referendum in favor of the independence of the
region and, on January 6, 1992, the democratically elected legislature
of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic formally declared independence; and
WHEREAS, Azerbaijan launched a full-scale military aggression to
suppress the national liberation movement in the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic, which ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994; and
WHEREAS, as one of the mediators, along with Russia and France, the
United States has expressed its vision for a stable and peaceful South
Caucasus, and direct United States aid to Nagorno-Karabakh represents
a vital source of humanitarian relief for post-war reconstruction in
the republic; and
WHEREAS, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has built a democratic nation,
with a free- market-oriented economy and a vibrant civil society, and
has held several presidential and parliamentary elections, all praised
by international monitors as free and fair; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, your Memorialists, encourage and support the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's continuing efforts to develop as a free
and independent nation in order to guarantee its citizens those rights
inherent in a free and independent society; and be it further
RESOLVED: That We urge and request that the President of the United
States and the United States Congress support the self-determination
and democratic independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and its
constructive involvement with the international community's efforts
to reach a just and lasting solution to security issues in that
strategically important region; and be it further
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated
by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the Honorable Barack H.
Obama, President of the United States, to the President of the
United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House
of Representatives, to the Honorable Robert Avetisyan, Permanent
Representative to the United States of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
and to each Member of the Maine Congressional Delegation".
Maine is already the third U.S. state adopting such resolution.
20:34, 11 April, 2013
YEREVAN, APRIL 11, ARMENPRESS: Armenpress presents the full text of
the resolution on recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh independence by USA
Maine state. Through the resolution authors of it, the Maine House
of Representatives and the Senate urged U.S. President and Congress
to support NKR self-determination. The text of the resolution reads:
"WE, your Memorialists, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth
Legislature of the State of Maine now assembled in the First Regular
Session, most respectfully present and petition the President of the
United States and the United States Congress, as follows:
WHEREAS, Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South
Caucasus and has historically been Armenian territory, populated by
an overwhelming majority of Armenians, which was severed from Armenia
by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1921 and placed under newly
created Soviet Azerbaijani administration; and
WHEREAS, February 20, 1988 marked the beginning of the national
liberation movement in Nagorno-Karabakh; and
WHEREAS, the Nagorno-Karabakh democracy movement inspired peoples
throughout the Soviet Union to stand up against tyranny and for
their rights and freedoms, helping to bring democracy to millions
and contributing to world peace; and
WHEREAS, in 1989, the United States Senate expressed support for the
legitimate aspirations for freedom of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh;
and
WHEREAS, on September 2, 1991, in a popular expression of democracy,
the elected legislature of Nagorno-Karabakh declared the creation of
the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, in full compliance with then-existing
legislation and international norms; and
WHEREAS, on December 10, 1991, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh voted
overwhelmingly in a referendum in favor of the independence of the
region and, on January 6, 1992, the democratically elected legislature
of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic formally declared independence; and
WHEREAS, Azerbaijan launched a full-scale military aggression to
suppress the national liberation movement in the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic, which ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994; and
WHEREAS, as one of the mediators, along with Russia and France, the
United States has expressed its vision for a stable and peaceful South
Caucasus, and direct United States aid to Nagorno-Karabakh represents
a vital source of humanitarian relief for post-war reconstruction in
the republic; and
WHEREAS, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has built a democratic nation,
with a free- market-oriented economy and a vibrant civil society, and
has held several presidential and parliamentary elections, all praised
by international monitors as free and fair; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That We, your Memorialists, encourage and support the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's continuing efforts to develop as a free
and independent nation in order to guarantee its citizens those rights
inherent in a free and independent society; and be it further
RESOLVED: That We urge and request that the President of the United
States and the United States Congress support the self-determination
and democratic independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and its
constructive involvement with the international community's efforts
to reach a just and lasting solution to security issues in that
strategically important region; and be it further
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated
by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the Honorable Barack H.
Obama, President of the United States, to the President of the
United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House
of Representatives, to the Honorable Robert Avetisyan, Permanent
Representative to the United States of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
and to each Member of the Maine Congressional Delegation".
Maine is already the third U.S. state adopting such resolution.