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Aliyev

lines on the record: 334
first: 1994-04-27
most recent: 2023-11-20
sittings or episodes: 36
sources: un-security-council

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“Indeed, today we find ourselves in an era of increased and globalized instability that respects no borders. The threats, risks and challenges to international peace and security have undergone a serious qualitative transformation. In the meantime, the scale of those threats has also increased. Today, terrorism and other asymmetric threats and challenges to security are more international and far more lethal than before. Terrorist attacks that have been taking place on a regular basis ever since 11 September 2001 have, unfortunately, had a strong grip on the news headlines and prove that, despite certain progress achieved in addressing this challenge, the threat is still with us.”
2003-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4845Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Azerbaijan highly values the activities of the CTC, including its proactive cooperation with regional organizations and groups, aimed at facilitating dialogue and exchange of information on the global and regional levels. As a coordinator on counter-terrorism issues within the Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova Group (GUUAM), my country shared within the CTC the Group's perspective on addressing new threats caused by terrorism. In this capacity we actively participated in the 6 March 2003 meeting of the CTC with regional and subregional organizations as well as in the follow-up meeting jointly organized by the CTC and the Organization of American States this October in Washington, DC. We consider that regular exchange of opinions and information on the subject will be to the great benefit of our joint work.”
2003-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4845Resumption1 (2003) · source
“First of all, I would like to welcome today's opportunity to participate in the open debate on so important and pertinent a subject as terrorism vis-a-vis international peace and security, and to thank Ambassador Arias for his very interesting and informative briefing. A bit more than two years ago, the Security Council adopted resolution 1373 (2001), reaffirming its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attacks that took place in the United States on 11 September 2001 and expressing its determination to prevent all such acts in the future. The decision to establish a Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) that would increase the capability of States to fight terrorism was dictated by the shared common vision of States of the radically changed security environment and by the necessity to jointly face new threats and challenges.”
2003-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4845Resumption1 (2003) · source
“We genuinely believe that this debate will produce practical results and will not go down on the record as a futile discussion. I believe this will then be to the benefit of all those who desire the United Nations to be able to efficiently further its primary mandate.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“If it wants to strengthen its image and role in tackling pressing international issues, it should openly challenge the attempts by some countries to behave on the basis of fait accompli and force them to be guided by the letter and spirit of the founding document of this house organization, the United Nations Charter. In conclusion, let me reiterate the view expressed previously by a number of delegations here, that the primacy of the rule of law must be the real and sole basis for the comprehensive settlement of ongoing conflicts, especially those inter-State conflicts that have resulted in the violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of United Nations Members States. The role of the United Nations in this regard can hardly be overestimated.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“How much longer will the bitter suffering of nearly one million Azerbaijani refugees and displaced persons, who were ousted from their homes more than ten years ago and who face another winter in tent camps endure? Unfortunately these questions have remained unanswered during all these years. It is also unfortunate that the Security Council fell short of even naming the aggressor State, let alone taking concrete action against the country that has openly challenged the entire world by occupying and committing ethnic cleansing in another State's territory. The United Nations should be able to respect its own decisions.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“The latter begin to believe in their permanent impunity and thus lack any motivation to engage in the meaningful search for peace. Therefore, putting an end to this environment of impunity should be the primary role and responsibility of the United Nations. With regard to a specific matter in question, namely the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, how much longer will the United Nations and its Security Council turn a blind eye to a situation in which four of the Council's resolutions - 822 (1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884 (1993) continue to be ignored by the aggressor State of Armenia? How much longer will nearly 20 per cent of the territory of Azerbaijan, recognized as such by the United Nations, continue to remain under Armenian occupation?”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“It should also be consistent in doing so, because otherwise the notorious practices of double standards and selective approaches that are unfortunately sometimes favoured by the international community will seriously shatter its credibility. The result of this is that the confidence in the role of the international community on the part of a victimized Member State is ruined and, at the end of the day, the victim of injustice might truly believe that it has to rely solely on its own means in righting wrongs and restoring justice. Inaction or lack of sufficient action on the part of the United Nations in ensuring the implementation of its own decisions sends another wrongful and dangerous signal to the violators of justice and the rule of law.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“The unanimity of views expressed by Council members last week, as well as by other speakers today, bodes well for the eventual increase in the ability of the United Nations to enforce these two pillars of the international code of conduct anytime and anywhere such a need arises. In this regard, one cannot but fully agree with the Secretary-General that "the rule of law is not a luxury and that justice is not a side issue". (S/PV4833, p. 2) The international community, and by this I mean in the first instance the United Nations and its Security Council, should be resolute, motivated and bold enough to promote and enforce international law anywhere necessary and to restore peace and security, including the undermined sovereignty, territorial integrity and political unity of its own Member States.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“First, let me join the previous speakers in expressing our appreciation to the United Kingdom presidency for his timely and pertinent initiative in bringing the crucial issue of the role of the United Nations in ensuring justice and the rule of law to the fore of our attention. It is not easy at this juncture of the deliberations to uncover any new, unspoken arguments in favour of the vitality of these two notions concerning the maintenance of international peace and security. Thoughtful consideration has also been given to the importance of the more ambitious role to be performed by the United Nations in this context.”
2003-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4835 (2003) · source
“The United Nations Charter offers vast possibilities for action by the Security Council to prevent disputes from arising between parties, to prevent existing disputes from escalating into conflicts and to contain and resolve conflicts when they occur. We are grateful to the Pakistani presidency for its important initiative and hope that today's deliberations will make a tangible contribution to the matter in question.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Azerbaijan remains committed to the peaceful settlement of this protracted conflict based on full respect for the norms and principles of international law, full implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions and the appropriate documents and decisions of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. But one need be under no illusions: compromises on our side will never compromise our territorial integrity. In conclusion, I wish to emphasize that all the foregoing proves the necessity of the serious engagement of the broader United Nations membership in the process of strengthening the Security Council's role in the peaceful settlement of disputes.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“My delegation is strongly convinced that inconsistency in upholding its resolutions is absolutely inadmissible for and detrimental to the prestige of the United Nations organ primarily responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. There is no expiration date for the Security Council's resolutions until they are implemented. Therefore, I reiterate our appeal to the Security Council to insist on the implementation of its resolutions regarding the conflict in and around the Nagorny Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan as an unaccomplished task of its own agenda.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“With respect to the issue of fostering mutual confidence between Armenia and Azerbaijan, so actively endorsed by the mediators, allow me to stress that nothing other than the liberation of the occupied Azerbaijani territories will restore my country's confidence in Armenia. The continuation of the conflict threatens not only the security of my country, but also that of the whole region and that of all of Europe. The situation demands principled approaches and actions on the part of the international community. Impartiality with regard to the settlement process has nothing to do with the wait-and-see policy taken by the Security Council. It is of paramount importance that the Council stand for strict observance of its resolutions by all United Nations Member States.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity to rectify the situation by informing Council members of the fact that the Minsk process will not result in any progress until Armenia ceases to view itself as something beyond the framework of international law and stops trying to achieve a forceful solution of the conflict on the basis of a fait accompli. Nor will progress be achieved through the mediators' efforts, which are not based on an international legal framework for the settlement. This is another concern that, I believe, merits consideration by the Security Council and has direct bearing on the settlement process. The Council should be more resolute and should ensure that the mediators' activity does not go beyond the universally recognized norms and principles of international law.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Similarly, we are concerned that, despite the fact that resolution 884 (1993), in operative paragraph 8, requests the Secretary-General, the Chairman-in- Office of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the Chairman of the CSCE Minsk Conference [to] continue to report to the Council on the progress of the Minsk process and on all aspects of the situation on the ground and on present and future cooperation between the CSCE and the United Nations in this regard", none of those institutions has ever reported to the Security Council on the matter in question.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Only two weeks ago, we commemorated the tenth anniversary of resolution 822 (1993), adopted by the Security Council on 30 April 1993, condemning the occupation of the Azerbaijani district of Kelbadjar by the Armenian armed forces. Neither that resolution nor three subsequent ones demanding the immediate, unconditional and full withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan have been implemented. Unfortunately, they remain dead letters. Armenia's flagrant, decade- long violation of Security Council resolutions 822 (1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884 (1993) was a primary concern of the recent identical letters from the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Mr. Vilayat Guliyev, addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council and contained in document S/2003/528.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“First and foremost, the Council has not always been successful and consistent in implementing its own resolutions, especially with regard to conflict settlement. One need only take a quick look at the situation surrounding the conflict in and around the Nagorny Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, where a lack of implementation of Council resolutions has had a dreadful impact on the settlement process. One fifth of my country's territory remains under Armenian occupation. An entire generation of victims of the conflict has grown up in the numerous refugee camps in Azerbaijan. Their unbearable pain and deep frustration can hardly be ignored, either domestically or internationally.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Here, it is relevant to emphasize that Chapter VI of the Charter of the United Nations sets forth a comprehensive list of peaceful means for the pacific settlement of disputes. Although the romanticism and great expectations that the new fledgling democracies enjoyed upon their admission have largely disappeared, Azerbaijan continues to believe that the United Nations - as the only universal Organization contributing to a comprehensive value system aimed at the maintenance of peace and stability - and its institutions have played and continue to play an important role in building a new security architecture. In the meantime, we must be honest in acknowledging a number of serious deficiencies - and sometimes even failures - of the Security Council.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Otherwise, an inability on the Council's part to peacefully manage disputes would lead us to a world order where force was the only or the preferred option. Therefore, I sincerely believe that the peaceful settlement of disputes remains the ultimate, albeit difficult, aim of any attempt to strengthen international security. Theoretically, the end of the cold war and numerous manifestations of cooperative relations among the major Powers, on the one hand, and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a number of conflict-torn States, on the other, should have provided the Security Council with new opportunities to carry out the primary role in the peaceful settlement of disputes, as new Member States have asked it to do.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“I should like to join previous speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this special meeting. I am certain that its topic is of great importance to all Member States, and I should particularly like to take this opportunity to thank the presidency for its efforts to explore more fully the Security Council's capacity for promoting the pacific settlement of disputes. I believe that each of us is motivated by the objective of strengthening the primary role of the Security Council so that it may fully and effectively discharge its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations, in the area of the settlement of disputes or of any situation whose continuance is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753Resumption1 (2003) · source
“These principles were supported by all members of the OSCE. with the exception of Armenia. It is highly cynical for Armenia to discuss or ask for humanitarian assistance while it is illegally obtaining more arms than it needs - including the notorious Scud missiles - to the tune of $1 billion. In conclusion. my delegation would like to note in particular the great importance of the item under discussion today. We express the hope that many of the interesting ideas and useful proposals that have been put forward today in this meeting of the Security Council will be systematized. collated and reflected in a document of the Security Council.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“What blockade can he be talking about if Armenia is conducting aggression against Azerbaijan and has occupied 20 per cent of the territory of my country and is carrying out "ethnic cleansing" there? It is well known that the total number of displaced persons and refugees in Azerbaijan is 1 million, of which more than 200,000 are Azerbaijanis who have been forcibly ousted from Armenia. Furthermore, for several years now Armenia itself has been blockading the Nakhichevan area of the Azerbaijani Republic. And as for the Nagorny Karabakh area of Azerbaijan and its population, the way to resolve that problem is well known. The basic principles for settling that conflict were clearly expressed in the statement the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) made at the Lisbon summit in 1996.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“In this connection, I should like to support the idea expressed by the Ambassador of Japan, Ambassador Owada, to the effect that in dealing with conflict situations, we - that is, the international community - must consider all related questions together, including diplomatic actions, ceasefires, the protection of refugees and humanitarian assistance as well as economic restitution and the social rehabilitation of the country. All of these constitute one single comprehensive issue, which must be addressed. The representative of Armenia who spoke earlier accused my country of every possible mortal sin, including a so-called blockade against his country. He somehow forgot to mention that his country is a neighbour not just of Azerbaijan, but of Iran, Turkey and Georgia as well.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“We believe that this would make it possible subsequently to save significant resources from donor countries in regions that are embroiled in protracted armed conflicts and also to avert the threat of the emergence of new humanitarian crisis situations. With regard to the more general question - the actual humanitarian component of conflict situations as well as the military, political, legal and other aspects of this problem - we must note that in a number of conflicts, the humanitarian aspect has become the main stumbling-block in the settlement process. This factor, together with the nature and genesis of conflicts, requires very serious analysis. Clearly we must adopt a comprehensive, uniform approach to the problem.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“This question requires serious consideration, particularly in cases where a massive displacement of civilians involves external aggression. Internally displaced persons are particularly keen to return to their homes, and the possibility of their doing so is enhanced by the fact that a return involves no loss of citizenship and that they continue to reside in the territory of their country. We believe that in these cases, the Security Council should take various types of measures - be they political, military or economic - vis-a-vis the aggressor State in order to get it to establish conditions for the eventual return of internally displaced persons.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“It is a given that the mandates for these operations must be crystal-clear in order most effectively and, if possible, without any loss of humanitarian or peacekeeping operation personnel, to do the job entrusted to them. I wish to stress in particular that in this respect, it is extremely important that security be provided to the international personnel in charge of the delivery and the protection of humanitarian assistance. Together with this, we need a mechanism whereby the parties to a conflict are made responsible for any disruption in humanitarian activities. I should also like to heighten the Council's awareness regarding the problem of internally displaced persons, which exists in many conflicts.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“The subject under discussion has many aspects and gives rise to a number of questions, to which it is difficult to give a single answer. If we talk about implementing specific actions in providing humanitarian assistance within the context of peacekeeping operations, there is here, I think, a more or less proper understanding of the level and scope of the task to be undertaken, the degree of complexity involved and the need to allocate appropriate resources. In this context, we have a certain amount of positive experience. However, there are a number of urgent questions involved in providing protection to humanitarian assistance within peacekeeping operations that have been established by the Security Council.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Mr. Aliyev (Azerbaijan) (interpretation from Russian): Allow me to express our gratitude to you, Sir, for convening this meeting of the Security Council devoted to such an important topical problem. Most modern-day conflicts are accompanied by acute humanitarian crises, "ethnic cleansing" and the appearance of millions of refugees and displaced persons. This requires an appropriate response from the international community, primarily the taking of preventive action. It is a given that the Security Council, in carrying out the immediate task of the maintenance of international peace and security, must inevitably deal with acute humanitarian problems in conflict regions. This entails primarily action by the Security Council to facilitate and protect urgent humanitarian assistance to relieve the suffering of the civilian population.”
1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source
“On the basis of fundamental principles of international relations - respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, the inviolability of international borders and the inadmissibility of the use of force for the acquisition of territory - Azerbaijan strongly condemns the actions of the Serb separatists who are citizens of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, given its understanding that the world community will never resign itself to the policy of fait accompli, to the dismemberment of the country, or to any attempts to change its internationally recognized borders by force. In conclusion, the Azerbaijani delegation strongly believes that, considering the gravity of the tragic situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Security Council will act decisively and resolutely without waiting for new massacres to occur in other safe areas.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“The ongoing situation in some parts of the world can create the impression that extremist, chauvinist and nationalist movements, as well as the political leaders of those "brown" movements, seriously believe in the hypothetical possibility of the reconfiguration by force of internationally recognized borders, thus undermining the authority of the Security Council and faith in its ability to react in a timely and adequate way to acts of aggression wherever and under whatever circumstances they are committed. The position of the Azerbaijani Republic has been expressed at various meetings and forums in which the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been discussed.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“Once again we would like to draw attention to the urgent need to revise and strengthen in a practical way the traditional concepts and machinery for peace-keeping and peacemaking activity, particularly that undertaken with respect to the Bosnian conflict within the framework of various international organizations, including the United Nations and its Security Council.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“Moreover, resolution 836 (1993) expanded the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) to enable it to protect the safe areas using all necessary measures, including air power. But despite this and other resolutions of the Council regarding the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Gorazde over 700 innocent civilians were killed and more than 2,000 crippled, and 20,000 people were forcibly displaced. This act of barbarism committed against a safe area once again testifies to the total disregard by well-armed Serb nationalists for the implementation of the decisions of our Organization. The impunity enjoyed by the armed units of Bosnian Serbs undermines the fundamental principles of the contemporary system of collective international security.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“Over the last two years, the Security Council has, again and again, focused its attention on the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Future historians researching the documents of the General Assembly and the Security Council regarding the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina will have a difficult task when faced with so many resolutions, statements and other decisions. Unfortunately, however, there is still no basis to conclude that United Nations decisions have had any serious or substantive influence on the continuing ruthless, deliberate slaughter of the Bosnian Muslims. Once again the world community has become witness to a bloody massacre, now in Gorazde - which, along with Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zepa, Bihac and Srebrenica and their surroundings, had been declared in resolution 824 (1993) as a safe area.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source