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Armenia interested in effective conflict prevention mechanisms - envoy
14:24 * 22.08.14
Armenia's permanent representative to the United Nations expressed the
country's interest in elaborating effective conflict prevention
mechanisms in a speech at an open debate held by the Security Council.
"Armenia is profoundly interested in establishing effective conflict
prevention mechanisms, whether on the international or the regional
level," Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said, stressing the importance of applying
such mechanisms also to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The diplomat noted that the war against the Karabakh, which Azerbaijan
launched in violation of the UN Chanter, was against the country's
Armenian population's right to self-determination.
"The world witnessed, over the past weeks, the repeated violations of
ceasefire and the escalated provocation across the Line of Contact
between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, and the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border, which caused many human losses, targeting also civilians,"
Mnatsakanyan said.
He further called attention to the massive killings of the Yezidis in
northern Iraq, noting that thousands of people (including Yezidis,
Assyrians and Armenians) had to flee their homes in the wake of the
violent clashes provoked by extremist groups. The diplomat informed
the participants of the Armenian authorities' decision to deliver aid
to the Iraqi Yezidis through the United Nations.
"We are witnessing a devastating situation that has to be settled
though coordinated efforts towards preventing mass atrocities. The
international community has to take a prompt action in direct
collaboration with the UN agencies. In that respect, the role of the
UN advisor on Genocide is inestimable. Armenia is calling upon the
Security Council to urgently react to the Yezidi population's plight,"
said the ambassador.
The meeting, entitled Conflict Prevention: Maintenance of
International Peace and Security, was attended by UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and
representatives from around sixty countries.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/08/22/amb2/
From: A. Papazian
14:24 * 22.08.14
Armenia's permanent representative to the United Nations expressed the
country's interest in elaborating effective conflict prevention
mechanisms in a speech at an open debate held by the Security Council.
"Armenia is profoundly interested in establishing effective conflict
prevention mechanisms, whether on the international or the regional
level," Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said, stressing the importance of applying
such mechanisms also to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The diplomat noted that the war against the Karabakh, which Azerbaijan
launched in violation of the UN Chanter, was against the country's
Armenian population's right to self-determination.
"The world witnessed, over the past weeks, the repeated violations of
ceasefire and the escalated provocation across the Line of Contact
between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, and the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border, which caused many human losses, targeting also civilians,"
Mnatsakanyan said.
He further called attention to the massive killings of the Yezidis in
northern Iraq, noting that thousands of people (including Yezidis,
Assyrians and Armenians) had to flee their homes in the wake of the
violent clashes provoked by extremist groups. The diplomat informed
the participants of the Armenian authorities' decision to deliver aid
to the Iraqi Yezidis through the United Nations.
"We are witnessing a devastating situation that has to be settled
though coordinated efforts towards preventing mass atrocities. The
international community has to take a prompt action in direct
collaboration with the UN agencies. In that respect, the role of the
UN advisor on Genocide is inestimable. Armenia is calling upon the
Security Council to urgently react to the Yezidi population's plight,"
said the ambassador.
The meeting, entitled Conflict Prevention: Maintenance of
International Peace and Security, was attended by UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and
representatives from around sixty countries.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/08/22/amb2/
From: A. Papazian