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Ilham Heydar oglu ALIYEV

lines on the record: 71
first: 2004-09-24
most recent: 2020-09-24
sittings or episodes: 4
sources: un-general-debate

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“Implantation of settlers as well as destruction and appropriation of the historical and cultural heritage in the occupied areas, along with various other forms of illegal activity there, directly affect the property rights of internally displaced persons. The lack of agreement on political issues, the protracted nature of the conflict and prolonged negotiations should not be used as pretexts for not addressing other problems deriving from continued and deliberate disrespect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law in connection with the conflict. The earliest possible resolution of the armed conflict in and around the Nagorny Karabakh region of Azerbaijan remains a primary task for us. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries are engaged in efforts to bring peace and stability to the region.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“In 2005 OSCE dispatched a fact-finding mission to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, which found evidence of the presence of settlers there and made a call to discourage any further settlement of the occupied territory of Azerbaijan. Measures are also being consistently undertaken by Armenia with the purpose of altering the historical and cultural features of the occupied areas in an attempt to remove any signs testifying to their original Azerbaijani cultural and historical roots. As a result, not a single Azerbaijani historic or cultural monument has been left undamaged and no sacred site has escaped vandalism in the occupied territories.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“Despite ongoing political efforts towards the earliest possible resolution of the conflict, activities in the occupied areas of Azerbaijan are in gross violation of international law and serve to further consolidate the current status quo of the occupation, securing the results of ethnic 19 10-54833 cleansing and colonization of the captured territories, and causing serious obstruction to the peaceful resolution of the conflict. Thus, over the period since the beginning of the conflict, significant numbers of settlers have been encouraged to move into the occupied areas depopulated of their Azerbaijani inhabitants.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“It has also recognized that Nagorny Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan and has called for the immediate, full and unconditional withdrawal of the occupying forces from all occupied territories of Azerbaijan. The General Assembly and other international organizations, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, have adopted similar positions. Unfortunately, despite the consolidated position of the international community, Azerbaijani territories continue to remain under occupation. Armenia so far, instead of negotiating in good faith with a view to finding a durable solution to the conflict as soon as possible, has preferred escalation, with unpredictable consequences.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“The conflict has resulted in the occupation of one fifth of the territory of Azerbaijan and has made approximately one out of every nine people in my country an internally displaced person or a refugee. It has been internationally recognized that the Republic of Armenia bears the primary responsibility for occupying Azerbaijan’s territories, committing the most serious international crimes during the conflict, carrying out ethnic cleansing and trying to create a mono-ethnic culture in the captured Azerbaijani territories. The Security Council has adopted four resolutions and has expressed its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the inadmissibility of the use of force for the acquisition of territories.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“Azerbaijan believes that the United Nations has to be stronger and more capable in engaging in a range of global issues in every part of the world, as well as in addressing the aspirations and concerns of each Member State. As a country suffering from the devastation of war and occupation, Azerbaijan strongly believes that faithful observance of universally accepted norms and principles of international law concerning good- neighbourliness, friendly relations, cooperation among States and the fulfilment in good faith of the obligations assumed by States are of the greatest importance for the maintenance of international peace and security. The ongoing armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan still represents a major threat to international and regional peace and security.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“I have the honour to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the post of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; I wish you every success in that highly responsible post. I would like as well to thank your predecessor, Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, for his productive work. I also express my profound respect and gratitude to the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his leadership and dedication in reviving the Organization. Azerbaijan recognizes the central role of the United Nations in maintaining international peace and security, promoting sustainable development and advocating fundamental freedoms for the people of the world.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“That can only be achieved through strengthening the norms and principles of international law and through friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation among States.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“The United Nations has to adapt itself in order to successfully tackle all the challenges it faces. The long-standing issue of United Nations reform needs finally to be resolved. The inability of the Security Council to cope with problems, and particularly those related to armed conflicts, is obvious. The new Security Council should be more representative, responsible and democratic. Its working methods must be more transparent and able to respond more rapidly to the new challenges, risks and threats of the twenty- first century. Developing viable mechanisms for the implementation of Security Council resolutions is also a pressing issue. It is the obligation of all of us to collectively apply effective approaches to current problems, thereby enabling a stable environment for the sustainable growth and democratic development of nations.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“We expect a more responsive strategy by the United Nations with regard to the state of the forgotten humanitarian crisis in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is fully committed to the objectives of poverty eradication and to the promotion of good governance. On that basis, and as a result of the measures we have undertaken, we are currently seeing increased economic performance and growth. Azerbaijan is making its contribution to the development of transregional cooperation. We are also promoting such transportation and communication networks as the Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia project and the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Baku- Tbilisi-Erzerum oil and gas pipelines. Those projects will ensure predictable access for the exports of land- locked countries to world and regional markets.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“But even before our expelled people, refugees and internally displaced persons come back home, there is still an urgent need for all the relevant United Nations agencies, donor countries and international humanitarian organizations to be actively involved in addressing the suffering of the most affected part of population. The Government of Azerbaijan does not spare time, effort or financial resources to do its part; but given the scale of displacement, that is not sufficient. Burden-sharing between the Government and relevant international organizations is crucial. In addition to purely material support, we also request a renewal of international attention to the problem and better coordination on the part of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, as well as efforts by all international organizations.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“The illegal actions of Armenia in occupied Azerbaijani territories and its position in the negotiating process prove that Armenia is not intent on finding a solution to the problem. Rather, it intends to further prolong the negotiations and to consolidate the results of its aggression, while trying ultimately to impose a fait-accompli-based settlement. I wish to stress from this podium that a settlement of this issue must be based only on international law and democracy, not on ethnic cleansing and the de 8 facto annexation of the territory of a sovereign State. Azerbaijan will never accept the occupation of its territory, the violation of its territorial integrity or the results of ethnic cleansing. The return of Azerbaijan’s displaced population to their homes remains one of our key priorities in the process of settling the conflict.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“The process of political settlement of the conflict that has been conducted within the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during the last 12 years has thus far yielded no results. No serious consideration has been given by the Minsk Group to the implementation of the Security Council’s resolutions, to assessing the situation on the ground or to the illegal activities carried out by Armenia in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. It is obvious that, under the current passive and silent attitude of the United Nations, the Security Council, the OSCE and the Minsk Group, and without strong pressure from the international community, Armenia will not abandon its aggressive and destructive stance.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“I call upon Member States to take all necessary measures to make their nationals and companies respect international law and to prevent them from illegal activities on the territory of our country. For its part, Azerbaijan will undertake all necessary legal and practical measures to hold those companies accountable for participation in the stealing of the natural wealth belonging to a sovereign nation. Furthermore, Armenia is falsifying history and misappropriating the cultural and architectural heritage of the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Religious and historical monuments, ancient manuscripts and other cultural properties have been destroyed, refashioned, plundered or removed.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Moreover, the situation has deteriorated, with those territories being used for drug trafficking, arms transfers, the harbouring of terrorists, illegal economic activities and smuggling. The occupied Azerbaijani territories have become a kind of grey zone out of the control of Azerbaijan’s Government and free from any international monitoring. The self-proclaimed, non-recognized so-called Nagorno-Karabakh republic is a constant threat to peace and security in the whole region. Armenian aggressors and Nagorno-Karabakh separatists are also exploiting natural resources in the occupied Azerbaijani territories and are attempting to engage overseas companies in their illegal business.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“As a result of the policy of ethnic cleansing conducted by Armenia, more than 1 million of Azerbaijan’s people have become refugees or internally displaced persons. The silence of the Security Council has had a devastating impact on the resettlement process. Armenia has ignored the resolutions and has attempted to consolidate the results of its military aggression — and it has not been punished for it. Armenia consequently launched an outrageous policy involving massive illegal settlement of an Armenian population in occupied Azerbaijani territories. That also is a blatant violation of international law, and in particular of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“The resolutions demanded an immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of occupying forces from all occupied areas of Azerbaijan and called for the establishment of conditions for the safe return of displaced people to their places of permanent residence. None of those resolutions — which were intended to restore justice and peace and the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan — has been implemented by Armenia, which never respected or recognized the fundamental principles of international law contained in the resolutions that laid down the basis for the settlement of the conflict. Nagorno-Karabakh and seven other regions of Azerbaijan, which make up 20 per cent of the territory of Azerbaijan, have been occupied by Armenia for more than 10 years.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“Azerbaijan expected the United Nations to compel the aggressor to move out of its land and to allow the expelled Azerbaijani population to return to their homes. I should like to recall that, in 1993, the Security Council unanimously adopted four resolutions — resolutions 822 (1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884 (1993) — in response to Armenia’s occupation of sovereign Azerbaijani territories. Those resolutions confirmed that the region of Nagorno-Karabakh was part of Azerbaijan, resolutely called for respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and its internationally recognized borders, and underlined the inadmissibility of the use of force for the purpose of acquiring territory.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“As an active member of the global coalition against international terrorism, Azerbaijan is faithfully cooperating, bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks, to suppress this evil that continues to bring death and suffering to innocent peoples. Azerbaijan is among the countries that have suffered directly from the consequences of armed conflicts on its territory. In reality those conflicts are interlinked, and we have no other choice but to face them in cooperation and unity. There should be no room for double standards. Since the very day it became a member of the United Nations, Azerbaijan has constantly drawn the attention of the international community to the conflict 7 between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno- Karabakh and to the occupation by Armenia of Azerbaijani territories.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“As we have entered the new century we have done our best to maintain the vital importance of international law, so that all countries may be able to count on the Organization in their hour of need and so that, in turn, the United Nations can fulfil what the world expects from it. Some of our actions sought to protect millions of innocent people, especially women and children, who still fall victim to brutal armed conflicts. Others endeavoured to establish a more equitable world economy, where all countries must have equal chances at fair competition. Azerbaijan is making its own contribution to the strengthening of global and regional security.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)
“I would like to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, Mr. Julian Robert Hunte, for his exemplary stewardship of the Assembly during his presidency of the fifty-eighth session. At the Millennium Summit, Member States committed themselves to a shared vision of global solidarity and common security. We reaffirmed our faith in the United Nations and its Charter as indispensable for a more peaceful, secure and just world.”
2004-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 59 (2004)