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2023-05-23

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2023-08-03

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1. “We call on the United Nations and the Security Council to take urgent measures to ensure Azerbaijan’s full compliance with its legally binding obligations under the orders of the International Court of Justice and international humanitarian law, immediately restore freedom of movement across the Lachin corridor and allow safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to Nagorno-Karabakh for United Nations agencies and the ICRC.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

2. “We hope that yesterday’s statement by the Secretary-General, in which he expressed deep concern about the humanitarian situation and emphasized the need for implementing the Court’s orders in order to ensure the unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin corridor, will be the first step towards full United Nations engagement on the ground. That engagement is needed more than ever. The cost of inaction is too high to be sustained, and the mass atrocity being perpetrated through starvation should and can be prevented and stopped.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

3. “However, so far the humanitarian cargo still remains at the entrance to the Lachin corridor due to the Azerbaijani side’s obstruction and denial of its transfer. The dire humanitarian situation on the ground and the risks of evolving hunger in Nagorno-Karabakh require an efficient and timely response on the part of the international community to ensure the full and unconditional implementation of the decisions of the International Court of Justice and full respect for international human rights and international humanitarian law.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

4. “After three days of that communication, Azerbaijan arrested 68-year-old Vagif Khachatryan, a person who was being transported by ICRC from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia for medical treatment. The arrest of a person under ICRC protection whose transfer had been previously agreed with Azerbaijan is not merely a perfidious act but a well-calculated obstruction of ICRC work in Nagorno-Karabakh. To address the life-saving needs of the most vulnerable, on 26 July, the Government of Armenia decided to deliver a consignment of around 360 tons of essential goods, mainly food and medical supplies, to Nagorno-Karabakh. We appealed to the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation to organize the delivery of the humanitarian assistance to those in need, which had been the established practice throughout the past months.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

5. “Moreover, Azerbaijan continuously targets civilians conducting agricultural works, augmenting its manifest intent to impose starvation on the population. Those warning signs have already been communicated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which remains the only international humanitarian mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. In its 25 July news release, the International Committee of the Red Cross expressed concern over the growing humanitarian needs and emphasized that it is not currently able to bring humanitarian assistance to the civilian population through the Lachin corridor, while stressing that its humanitarian aid convoys are a lifeline for the population in the area.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

6. “The complete halt of any humanitarian supplies by Azerbaijan since 15 June this year has led to a critical shortage of food, medical supplies and other essential goods, creating a full-fledged humanitarian crisis. The disruption of electricity and gas supplies has been paralysing social and health-care services and the transportation system, depriving the besieged population of their fundamental human rights. The blockade has a particularly devastating impact on the most vulnerable segments of the population. Owing to the lack of essential foods and vitamins, approximately 2,000 pregnant women, around 30,000 children, 20,000 older persons and 9,000 persons with disabilities are struggling to survive under conditions of malnutrition, the absence of basic supplies and medicine.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

7. “Instead, I would like to bring to the attention of the Council a situation that is happening right now, a situation wherein people do not know whether today they will be able to find milk formula for their babies, a loaf of bread for their children or provide medicine to critically ill relatives. As we meet, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh face a threat to their very existence resulting from the complete blockade imposed by Azerbaijan. For more than seven months, Azerbaijan has continued to block the Lachin corridor, a humanitarian lifeline connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with the outside world. That illegal and inhumane action is in blatant violation of the order of the International Court of Justice of 22 February and reaffirmed by a 6 July order, norms of international humanitarian law and the trilateral statement of 9 November 2020.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

8. “I would like to express my appreciation to the United States for convening this open debate on such a pertinent topic. I thank Ms. Reena Ghelani, United Nations Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator, and the other briefers for presenting their views on the ways to prevent and address famine by strengthening food security in conflict situations. Starvation has been repeatedly used as a method of warfare and perpetuating genocide throughout history. But today, I am not going to recall examples from the past or assess future risks of famine in the context of the conflict.”

   2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

9. “We hope that as the primary body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, the Security Council will remain seized of the matter and ensure the dignity, physical security and fundamental human rights of the people, in line with its mandate and with international humanitarian law and international human rights law.”

   2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

10. “So far it has not been possible to ensure access for the United Nations and its agencies to get involved on the ground, leaving Nagorno-Karabakh and its people off the radar of the United Nations for some time. The collective pledge to leave no one behind has yet to be fulfilled for them. All of those unlawful actions on the ground, accompanied by a decades-long policy of promoting anti-Armenian hatred and xenophobia, clearly indicate the genocidal intent of Azerbaijan, with a final goal of the total ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population of Nagorno-Karabakh. In December last year, the Security Council discussed the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh caused by the closure of the Lachin corridor (see S/PV.9228). The situation on the ground has only deteriorated since then, inflicting further suffering on civilians.”

    2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

11. “Instead of adhering to the legally binding order of the International Court of Justice, issued on 22 February, “to take all necessary measures to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions”, the authorities of Azerbaijan installed a checkpoint on the corridor on 23 April, thereby openly taking responsibility for the illegal blockade and non-compliance with the Court’s order. Furthermore, Azerbaijan has continued to hinder the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation aimed at addressing the immediate life-saving needs of the population affected by the conflict, transferring patients for urgent treatment and delivering essential goods to remote settlements.”

    2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

12. “The humanitarian situation has been further exacerbated by a complete disruption of the gas and electricity supply and the deterioration of critical infrastructure, as well as the regular targeting of civilians conducting agricultural activities, in an attempt to deprive them of their means of subsistence and make their living conditions intolerable. For the past six months, people living in Nagorno-Karabakh have received only 7.5 per cent of their usual supplies of food and other essential goods, which means that more than 90 per cent of those supplies have not been shipped.”

    2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

13. “In that regard, we would like to underscore the critical importance of the full and unconditional implementation of the Geneva Conventions and their Protocols Additional. The Security Council plays a key role in ensuring the full adherence of States to their legally binding obligations under international humanitarian law. Since 12 December 2022, Azerbaijan has imposed a blockade on Nagorno-Karabakh, in blatant violation of international humanitarian law and the trilateral statement of 9 November 2020. For six months now, a population of 120,000 people, including 30,000 children, has suffered from a critical shortage of essential goods, including food and medical supplies.”

    2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

14. “I would like to acknowledge Switzerland’s outstanding historic record in humanitarian affairs, as the birthplace of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Today, 160 years after the founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross, its role remains even more pertinent in alleviating the suffering of civilians trapped in conflicts, bringing home prisoners of war and ensuring that humanitarian aid is accessible to all in need. The deliberate targeting of the civilian population and objects indispensable for their survival, the disruption of supplies of essential goods, the denial of international humanitarian access and the use of starvation as a method of warfare and collective punishment constitute war crimes and are a threat to the lives and welfare of civilians living in conflict zones.”

    2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source

15. “I would like to express my appreciation to Switzerland for making the issue of the protection of civilians one of its priorities for its Security Council presidency. I thank Secretary- General António Guterres and Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, for reflecting on the current and evolving challenges to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in particular the issues of addressing food insecurity and the protection of critical civilian infrastructure in conflict situations. The presence and the statement of President Alain Berset of Switzerland at today’s debate demonstrate the high importance and urgency of those issues.”

    2023-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9327 (2023) · source