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UNESCO ADOPTS DOCUMENT ON PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 19 2013
Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 19
Trend:
UNESCO has adopted a document on the protection of cultural property
in the occupied territories. The document was adopted at the eighth
session of the UNESCO Committee for the protection of cultural property
in the event of armed conflicts, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said
on Dec.19.
The initiative to discuss in the committee the issue of protection
of cultural property in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan was
made by Azerbaijan in 2012.
The document prepared by the Secretariat of the UNESCO committee
reflects the mechanisms and the aspects of application of the 1954
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property.
The document also addresses the possibility of UNESCO technical
mission visiting the occupied territories in order to monitor the
state of cultural properties.
Despite the attempts of the Armenian side to prevent sending UNESCO
missions to the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia, the
document was successfully adopted. A majority of committee members
supported the inclusion of items in the document that meet the
interests of Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since
1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding
districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the THE OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend, Azerbaijan
Dec 19 2013
Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 19
Trend:
UNESCO has adopted a document on the protection of cultural property
in the occupied territories. The document was adopted at the eighth
session of the UNESCO Committee for the protection of cultural property
in the event of armed conflicts, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said
on Dec.19.
The initiative to discuss in the committee the issue of protection
of cultural property in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan was
made by Azerbaijan in 2012.
The document prepared by the Secretariat of the UNESCO committee
reflects the mechanisms and the aspects of application of the 1954
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property.
The document also addresses the possibility of UNESCO technical
mission visiting the occupied territories in order to monitor the
state of cultural properties.
Despite the attempts of the Armenian side to prevent sending UNESCO
missions to the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia, the
document was successfully adopted. A majority of committee members
supported the inclusion of items in the document that meet the
interests of Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since
1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding
districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the THE OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.