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Margaryan

lines on the record: 182
first: 2017-08-29
most recent: 2023-10-20
sittings or episodes: 25
sources: un-security-council

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“In the face of a situation where regional and bilateral security arrangements have regrettably failed to prevent military aggression or protect the lives of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh from devastation, the United Nations and the Security Council have a particular responsibility to live up to their mandate to uphold justice and accountability and to establish an effective international framework for the safe and dignified return of the displaced population in line with the norms and principles of international law.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Notably, it was only after the area was completely depopulated that Azerbaijan allowed the United Nations to conduct its first visit to Nagorno-Karabakh, obviously with the sole purpose of manipulating the United Nations mission in its work, in an effort to whitewash the massive violations of the rights of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, who have been starved, bombed and forcibly displaced. The major representative bodies of Europe, the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, have all adopted resolutions strongly condemning the recent military aggression by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh, referring to the use of coercive practices to remove civilian populations from their territory as amounting to a crime against humanity.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In a manifest violation of its obligations under the legally binding orders of the International Court of Justice — including a provisional measure to ensure unimpeded movement along the Lachin corridor, as well as the preeminent obligation not to aggravate the dispute — Azerbaijan carried out a premeditated act of ethnic cleansing involving the imposition of a 10-month blockade targeting a population of 120,000 people, with the subsequent use of large-scale military force that took the lives of innocent civilians, including children, and eventually drove the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh into mass displacement.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That is indeed what has happened in our region. We had been consistently warning the United Nations and the Security Council itself that Azerbaijan, emboldened by the results of its use of force in the past, had been seeking to normalize violence and aggression in order to impose unilateral solutions and finalize its policy of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. In December 2022, Azerbaijan deliberately disrupted the movement of people, goods and vehicles along the Lachin corridor, effectively imposing medieval siege conditions on the entire Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh and using starvation as a method of warfare.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“That internationally mandated arrangement came under major attack when Azerbaijan chose to launch a destructive war amid a global pandemic in September 2020, in grave violation of the existing ceasefire agreements of 1994 and 1995 and of the Charter. Despite Azerbaijan’s efforts to justify the military aggression it had unleashed, it was in reality the product of an intentional decision to walk away from the negotiations under the Minsk Group co-chairmanship, opting instead for unprovoked, large-scale violence with multiple verified reports of atrocities, including against civilians. In his policy brief on the New Agenda for Peace, the Secretary-General stresses that “some States have embraced the uncertainties of the moment as an opportunity to reassert their influence or to address long-standing disputes through coercive means”.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It was in line with those very principles that in 1992 the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which became the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), proposed a specific initiative aimed at resolving the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, with the endorsement of the Security Council. Co-chaired by France, Russia and the United States, the OSCE Minsk Group was established with an international mandate for conducting mediation and negotiations in a regional arrangement, as prescribed by the Charter. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship has been essential since its inception in mobilizing diplomacy, skills and expertise for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to express my appreciation to the briefers for their contribution to today’s debate. Regional arrangements can play an essential role in the maintenance of international peace and security, as prescribed in Chapters VI and VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, by acting in support of the peaceful resolution of disputes and addressing and preventing conflict situations. Such arrangements often have a better understanding of the historical context, root causes and complexities of the conflicts in their respective regions, where their access and proximity can offer more immediate and customized tools for dialogue and mediation.”
2023-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9448Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The United Nations and its humanitarian arm, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the Council itself, have a particular responsibility to prevent grave violations and safeguard the physical security of children, whose rights and safety must be respected and protected at all times in all parts of the world, including Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The intentional disruption of the Lachin corridor, which has left 30,000 children and their families besieged, constitutes a violation of massive scope and gravity. We call on the Special Representative to use her important mandate to monitor the situation and to make efforts to ensure humanitarian access in order to avoid any further deterioration of the conditions affecting the lives of the children in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Azerbaijan’s denial of safe and unimpeded humanitarian access for United Nations agencies to Nagorno-Karabakh undermines the comprehensive assessment of the humanitarian, protection and early- recovery needs and the human rights situation of the population to ensure the protection of the rights of children and their access to inclusive and quality education, health care and social services. As the leading United Nations advocate for the protection of children affected by armed conflict, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General has a central role to play in raising awareness of the need to increase efforts to protect children whose inalienable rights are under brutal attack.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The provision of health services has been severely disrupted, with an acute lack of antibiotics and other types of medication leaving children susceptible to otherwise easily treatable diseases, while hundreds of newborns are experiencing nutritional problems exacerbated by an ongoing shortage of infant formula. On 22 February, the International Court of Justice issued an order requiring Azerbaijan to take provisional measures “at its disposal to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin corridor in both directions.” So far Azerbaijan has failed to ensure compliance with the Court’s legally binding order of the Court.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“For almost seven months now, families with children have been suffering from critical shortages of essential goods, including food, fuel and medical supplies. The humanitarian situation has been further exacerbated by the complete disruption of its gas and electricity supplies. Owing to weather conditions, 118 schools have had to suspend their activities, depriving 20,000 children of their right to education. That includes early education, with preschools no longer operational due to food insecurity, affecting more than 6,800 children.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In September 2022, Azerbaijan conducted an armed attack on Armenia’s territorial integrity, exposing a number of villages and towns deep inside Armenia to massive shelling by heavy artillery and uncrewed aerial vehicles. Azerbaijan’s premeditated criminal actions violated the right to education of 25,000 children displaced from Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor and Syunik provinces. Since 12 December 2022 the civilian population in Nagorno-Karabakh has fallen victim to an inhumane blockade by Azerbaijan that has severely affected the rights and livelihoods of the most vulnerable — children. As we speak, the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor, in violation of the existing legal obligations and an order from the International Court of Justice, continues to endanger the lives of innocent people in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Secretary-General’s report on children and armed conflict (S/2023/363) reveals the growing number of challenges faced by children as multidimensional conflicts, including across regions, continued to have an adverse impact on the lives of civilians during the reporting period of 2022. It demonstrates that monitoring and verifying grave violations remain extremely challenging, including owing to constraints on access, leading to the underreporting of such violations. Underreporting is a major challenge that can lead to bias and inadequate responses and enable the perpetration of further violations, including in my own region.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We thank the presidency of the United Kingdom for convening today’s open debate on the theme of children and armed conflict. We appreciate the comprehensive presentations by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mrs. Virginia Gamba de Potgieter; the Deputy Executive Director for Programmes at UNICEF, Mr. Omar Abdi; and the civil-society briefer. Armenia emphasizes the critical importance of upholding the goals, objectives and principles enshrined in the Safe Schools Declaration and the Paris and Vancouver Principles with the aim of promoting and protecting the rights of all children, especially those in conflict-affected areas, and of preventing grave violations of children’s rights.”
2023-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9366Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The masterminds of such plans in Azerbaijan, as well as their enablers, must, however, bear in mind that no amount of distorted narrative, corruption or manipulation of energy resources can alter the fact that there is no statute of limitations for a certain category of crimes and that those committing such serious violations will have to be held responsible, including through international jurisdiction mechanisms, as justice and accountability must be at the core of effective multilateralism.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“By now it should be beyond any reasonable doubt for anyone in the international community that Azerbaijan has steadily established itself as a serial violator whose record of aggressive, criminal actions in the region must be acknowledged for what they represent— premeditated, carefully planned and executed efforts that are demonstrative of an intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national and ethnic group as such.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Notwithstanding the presence of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation on the ground, as per the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement, not only has the corridor remained disrupted for more than four months now, but as of yesterday an Azerbaijani checkpoint had been installed, in flagrant violation of the commitments under the trilateral statement and the order of the ICJ. We have been warning the United Nations and the Council that the alarming situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is close to turning into a humanitarian catastrophe. Two and a half years after the establishment of the ceasefire, the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies are yet to render much-needed assistance to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Since 12 December 2022, the 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh have been held hostage in the blockade imposed by Azerbaijan, disrupting the only lifeline connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and the outer world. On 22 February, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a provisional measure according to which Azerbaijan shall “take all measures at its disposal to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin Corridor in both directions”. To date, it has failed to implement the Court’s legally binding order, engaging instead in manipulative interpretations, distortions and fabrications, which, as we have seen, have little value in a court of law.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In 2020 Azerbaijan launched a wave of deadly violence in the region in an attempt to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by force, contrary to the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. The reality is that Azerbaijan exploited the vulnerabilities of the international order and the deficiencies of the multilateral system to launch a large-scale military aggression, conducted in gross violation of international humanitarian law, accompanied by numerous cases of atrocities, including against civilians. In September 2022, Azerbaijan launched yet another criminal attack targeting densely populated areas and civilian infrastructure in Armenia.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Adherence to the purposes and the principles of international law is indispensable to the maintenance of international peace and security; to the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and the suppression of acts of aggression; and to the development of friendly relations among nations based on the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, as prescribed in the Charter. Time and again Armenia has consistently alerted the international community about instances of gross violations of international law in our part of the world. We have repeatedly brought to the attention of the Council the fact that Azerbaijan — Armenia’s neighbour, which is many times larger in terms of size and quantity of resources — has been engaging in the illegal practice of the acquisition of territories by force.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Almost 600,000 Armenians participated in the war; more than half of them did not return from the battlefield. Four marshals, one admiral of the fleet and 60 generals were among the Armenians who fought in the Second World War. Thousands of our diaspora compatriots are known for their remarkable service in the Allied forces in various parts of the world, including those in the Resistance movement. The calamities of the past have served to yield unambiguous lessons for the future of multilateralism, which effectively rests upon its capacity to protect the people, the owners of the Charter of the United Nations, from the tragic recurrence of extreme human suffering.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It also stands as a compelling case in point in promoting the prevention of such calamities to deliver on the promise of the Charter of the United Nations “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”, which twice in the twentieth century brought untold sorrow to humankind. The Armenian people, who experienced the horrors of the unspeakable atrocities committed during the First World War, demonstrated selfless courage and made enormous sacrifices during the Second World War, having paid, for a small nation, a disproportionately high human cost for victory and hence for the creation of the international Organization to be known as the United Nations. The distinctive contribution of the Armenian people to ensuring victory in the Second World War is well known.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We thank the Russian presidency of the Security Council for the opportunity to take part in this debate and to reflect on the meaning and message of effective multilateralism and the importance of defending the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. We thank also the Secretary- General for his valuable briefing earlier today. Today’s date, 24 April, carries a special meaning for the Armenian people, as it marks the date of the commemoration of 1.5 million innocent lives lost as a result of a systematic campaign of violence against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. One of the darkest pages in history of the early twentieth century, the Armenian genocide is a stark reminder of the extent to which humankind can degrade under the conditions of a crisis of the international order.”
2023-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9308Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Outbreaks of violence, as well as complex humanitarian emergencies and their disproportionate impact on women and girls, have clearly demonstrated that the United Nations needs to re-equip itself to better deliver on its preventive function and on the women and peace and security agenda.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Equally disturbing are the attempts to instrumentalize the issue of prisoners of war and civilian captives, whose return Azerbaijan continues to deny, in defiance of the Geneva Conventions and the provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice in December 2021. That inflicts severe distress on the mothers, wives and families of those held in captivity, who have been going through trauma and pain for more than two years since the establishment of the ceasefire and the termination of hostilities. Twenty-three years into the inception of resolution 1325 (2000), women continue to be at an increased risk of injustice and inequality.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Two weeks ago, the International Court of Justice indicated provisional measures, according to which Azerbaijan shall “take all measures at its disposal to ensure unimpeded movement of persons, vehicles and cargo along the Lachin corridor in both directions.” (Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Azerbaijan v. Armenia), General List No. 180, para. 62)” To date, Azerbaijan has failed to implement the Court’s legally binding order, engaging instead in manipulative interpretations, distortions and fabrications, which, as we have seen, have little value in a court of law.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In a February 2023 publication, Amnesty International reported on the blockade’s disproportionate impact on women in Nagorno-Karabakh, who are dealing with a multitude of challenges, including in terms of access to health care and essential services. Eighty-six days into Azerbaijan’s barbaric, medieval siege, mothers and children in Nagorno-Karabakh continue to be shown to be the main targets of the blockade, as the disruptions of cargo and supply chains have affected families with young children the most, with the risk of malnourishment and even starvation becoming a real problem.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Conducted in gross violation of international humanitarian law, Azerbaijan’s armed attacks involved massive bombardments, artillery and missile strikes that heavily damaged a number of medical facilities, including a maternity hospital. In September 2022, Azerbaijan launched yet another criminal attack targeting civilian infrastructure and densely populated areas in Armenia and capturing, torturing and executing female soldiers. The videos of such unspeakable atrocities have been applauded and extensively celebrated on Azerbaijan’s social networks. As we speak, a population of 120,000 continues to be trapped in the conditions of the ongoing blockade, imposed on 12 December 2022, of the Lachin corridor, which has essentially disrupted the only lifeline connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and the outside world.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Our national action plan for the period from 2022 to 2024 sets comprehensive objectives designed to address issues such as increasing the involvement of women in our armed forces and police systems, upholding the protection of the social and economic rights of women and girls affected by armed conflict and promoting awareness-raising and effective international cooperation in that regard. In our region, we are still facing the consequences of the brutal and unprovoked violence launched by Azerbaijan in 2020, which continues to take lives and bring devastation, displacement and human suffering, and which has had a disproportionate impact on women and girls. During the large-scale military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, among the hardest hit were the women trapped between the war and the pandemic.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I would like to congratulate Mozambique on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March and to express our appreciation to it for convening today’s timely open debate. We thank the Executive Director of UN-Women, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the other briefers for their valuable contributions to today’s discussion. Armenia is committed to efforts to advance the role of women in peace and security. To that end, we recently adopted our second national action plan on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), with a particular focus on ensuring the inclusive engagement of women affected by conflict.”
2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Armenia calls on the Security Council to uphold its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, to take the appropriate measures and to strongly condemn the aggressive actions of Azerbaijan, which pose an existential threat to the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and their right to live freely and in dignity without fear of outside oppression.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Under the current circumstances, we urge the Security Council to take actions to demand Azerbaijan to fully respect the provisions of the trilateral statement of 9 November 2020 and to immediately and unconditionally unblock the Lachin corridor by removing all obstacles for safe, secure and unimpeded transport and communication; deploy a fact-finding mission to Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin corridor to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground; and ensure unimpeded humanitarian access for United Nations agencies to Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“We are also aware that, because of the growing energy challenges, some members of the international community opt to engage more closely with the hydrocarbon-exporting State of Azerbaijan. We are convinced, however, that such engagement cannot, and should not, put the values and principles of justice, humanity, dignity and freedom on the line, and therefore cannot be conducted at the expense of the fundamental human rights and physical security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Azerbaijan claims that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which has been on the international agenda for the past 30 years, has become an internal issue on which they can deliver domestically. The facts emanating from Azerbaijan’s actions, including the imposition and infliction of collective punishment on the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh, are an indication of the opposite. Th continued involvement of the international community is the only possible way of guaranteeing the rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. We are cognizant of the fact that there are deep-running disagreements among the members of the Council related to the major ongoing crisis in Europe.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“The unabated provocations and aggressive actions of Azerbaijan have come to demonstrate that, in the absence of strong accountability measures, including the application of sanctions, the aggressor will be encouraged to continue testing the resilience and determination of the international community and of the Council in upholding its primary responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security. The claims of Azerbaijan that it has resolved the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by massive use of force, abolished all collective rights of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and even eliminated the very name of this land populated by Armenians for millenniums constitute clear warning signs of a premeditated genocidal policy.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Their representative is here today to offer a new serving of lies and accusations to cover up the gross and massive human rights violations under the pretext of protests organized by so-called civil society activists. Azerbaijan continues to disregard the provisional measures order of the International Court of Justice issued against Azerbaijan in December 2021, under the Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination in relation to the humanitarian obligations vis-à-vis Armenian prisoners of war, as well as on the need to address the pervasive anti-Armenian rhetoric, including at the level of public officials and institutions, among other measures.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“To this day, the obstruction of safe and unim- peded access for the international community to Na- gorno-Karabakh has served the sole purpose of creating a conducive atmosphere in which lies and fabrications can be conveniently sustained and cultivated. Once again, I would like to reconfirm Armenia’s readiness to facilitate humanitarian access to dispatch fact-finding missions on the ground. The collective pledge to leave no one behind is yet to be fulfilled for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh. As we speak, a population of 120,000 people, including women, children and elderly persons, are being held hostage by Azerbaijan through a policy of State-sponsored intimidation of civilians.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Indeed, had Azerbaijan been genuinely interested in a comprehensive assessment of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, it would not be denying the international community access to the region. I would like to recall that, both during and in the aftermath of the large-scale aggression by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020, both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh supported the visit of the United Nations mission led by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, with the involvement of other agencies, to provide the United Nations as well as the international community with a comprehensive picture of the humanitarian, security and human rights situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“To pre-empt the upcoming batch of counter- accusations from the representative of Azerbaijan regarding the so-called environmental concerns, if Azerbaijan is interested in an independent assessment of the environmental situation, then consideration could be given to deploying a United Nations fact-finding mission to look into the issue. As far as the issue of landmines is concerned, I would like to note that mining activity, if any, has been limited to the territory of Armenia, strictly for defensive purposes, as Azerbaijan not only threatens on a regular basis to use force against Armenia, but it also continues to keep under illegal occupation more than 140 square kilometres of the sovereign territory of my country.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Earlier this year, we informed Member States about the deliberate disruption of the gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan, which lasted for several weeks, in harsh weather conditions. We also brought to the attention of the members of the Council that Azerbaijan has been consistently resorting to violence targeting Armenian civilians, including those performing agricultural activities, as well as of the psychological pressure imposed on the population of border communities with the use of loudspeakers and State-sponsored cyberattacks. Furthermore, as a result of the Azerbaijani offensive operation, the Parukh village of Nagorno-Karabakh has been effectively ethnically cleansed.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“The suggestion that there could be civil-society activists out there capable of launching a campaign of a similar size and scope without the direct guidance and supervision of the State authorities is therefore implausible to say the least. In fact the so- called protesters under the environmental pretext are on record as raising demands that are incompatible with the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement. It should be noted that the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor is not just a single isolated case but yet another demonstration of the systematic violence masterminded by the Azerbaijani authorities with the aim of subjecting the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to ethnic cleansing.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Any reference to environmental concerns of any sort is nothing but a bogus pretext to justify further depriving the population of Nagorno-Karabakh of their means of subsistence and denying them their fundamental rights, in grave violation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, along with other fundamental international instruments. Ironically, it is a well-established fact that, when it comes to matters of civil and political liberties, Azerbaijan’s democratic record is one of the lowest ranked in the world, with a proven track record of repressions of protests and of detaining dozens of political prisoners to punish them for exercising their right to assemble.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“The coordinated nature of Azerbaijan’s actions, including earlier incidents targeting the civilian population and critical infrastructure, constitute yet more evidence that the closure of the Lachin corridor is in fact a pre-planned operation being implemented by the Azerbaijani authorities with the intention of inflicting harm on the civilian population and creating a large-scale humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. The claims made by the Azerbaijani authorities that no restrictions have been placed on the Lachin corridor are simply false, and reflect Azerbaijan’s usual victim-blaming approach in an attempt to deny its responsibility for its grave violations of existing international obligations.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Shortages of food and other essential goods have already been reported, as 4,000 tons of supplies have still not been delivered to their destination. This medieval siege of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh was exacerbated by the disruption of the gas supply for three consecutive days in severe winter conditions. The lack of heating effectively disrupted the schools, depriving children of their basic right to education. The alarming situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is close to becoming a humanitarian catastrophe. Despite the efforts of the peacekeeping forces on the ground, the negotiations between the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and the Azerbaijani side, aimed at restoring the safe and unhindered operation of the corridor, have so far yielded no results.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“At least 1,100 civilians have been stranded along the blocked highway for the past week, unable to return to their homes. Children have been separated from their families. The provision of health care and social services has been obstructed, causing life-threatening situations and human suffering. The transfer of patients for urgent treatment in Armenian hospitals has become impossible and has already resulted in the death of a critically ill patient. Since 12 December, there has been a single case of transferring one patient in an operation that required cooperation among multiple stakeholders, including peacekeepers and the International Committee of the Red Cross. That clearly indicates that the corridor remains closed to the population, and not otherwise, as the Azerbaijani side has suggested.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“Azerbaijan’s actions constitute a direct violation of paragraph 6 of the trilateral statement, which stipulates that the Lachin corridor shall provide a connection between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia remaining under the control of Russian Federation peacekeeping forces, and that Azerbaijan shall “guarantee the safety of citizens, vehicles and goods travelling along the Lachin corridor in both directions.” By orchestrating an unlawful blockade of the Lachin corridor on a fabricated pretext of environmental concerns, Azerbaijan has effectively targeted a population of 120,000 people by isolating them in precarious humanitarian conditions during the winter season. The blockade of that critical humanitarian lifeline has resulted in multiple disruptions and adverse experiences.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“I would like to express our appreciation to the Indian presidency for convening today’s emergency meeting. The urgency of the matter is due to the evolving humanitarian crisis created by Azerbaijan as a result of its imposition of an illegal blockade on the population of Nagorno-Karabakh in direct breach of its existing commitments — in particular, the trilateral statement of 9 November 2020 — as well as its international obligations based on the fundamental principles of international human rights and humanitarian law. Since 12 December, the safe passage of people, food and medicine to the population of Nagorno-Karabakh has essentially been denied as Azerbaijan has initiated a massive campaign of State-sponsored protests along the Lachin corridor, blocking the one and only supply route in and out of Nagorno-Karabakh.”
2022-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9228 (2022) · source
“We call on the Council to urge Azerbaijan to engage peacefully in the negotiation process, including on issues resulting from and related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including that of its status, and to release and repatriate all Armenian prisoners of war — we stress that acting contrary to that constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9132 (2022) · source
“Those should include a strong condemnation of Azerbaijan’s unprovoked aggression against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia; a demand for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Azerbaijan’s forces from the sovereign territory of Armenia; and a demand for Azerbaijan to refrain from any future acts of aggression against the territorial integrity of Armenia and fully comply with its international obligations and commitments at the highest level, including the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and trilateral statements.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9132 (2022) · source