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Sargsyan

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2016-01-19
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2016-01-19
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  1. “The strategy and tactics applied by the country concerned with respect to the Nagorno Karabakh issue prove that Azerbaijan is not interested in finding a lasting solution to the conflict and has chosen the option whose consequences are detrimental to peace in the region and result in further casualties, including among the civilian population. The meeting rose at 7p.m.”

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  2. “They suffered unspeakable acts of violence and State terror by Azerbaijan. That aggression continues today. Due to the indiscriminate shelling of Armenian villages by the heavy artillery of the Azerbaijani military in the past year, the casualties of Armenian Nagorno Karabakh have doubled, and many civilians, including elderly women, have been killed. We all know about the importance of civil society participation in the peace process, ensuring that sustainable solutions to the conflict are found and effective protection of the civilian population is achieved. The practice of systematic repression against civil society representatives, human rights defenders and peace activists and free media in Azerbaijan hinders the prospects ofusing people-to-people second- track diplomacy tools for conflict resolution.”

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  3. “To divert attention from the unrest of its population resulting from the deteriorating socioeconomic situation in Azerbaijan, the leadership of that country has chosen the route of intensifying the ceasefire violations and massive shelling of civilian-populated border areas of Armenian Nagorno Karabakh. It is well-known and properly documented that about 20 years ago Azerbaijan unleashed a full- scale war against Armenian Nagorno Karabakh, with the intention of totally exterminating its Armenian population. However, the military aggression by Azerbaijan had unforeseen consequences for itself. As a result of the military aggression by Azerbaijan, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Armenians, including women and children, had to leave their homes and became refugees and internally displaced persons.”

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  4. “We advise the Azerbaijani delegation to read those resolutions carefully, as it appears that they have not done so over the past two decades, and try to find a single sentence about aggression by the Republic of Armenia. On the contrary, it is Azerbaijan that repeatedly violates a number of provisions of the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly by refusing to establish confidence-building measures between conflicting parties, declining to create investigative mechanisms into ceasefire violations, withdrawing snipers, ceasing warmongering at the highest level and using heavy artillery to target civilians, civilian infrastructure and institutions along Armenia's border and the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh. The attempts at pointing fingers at others are known to be a useful tool for distracting from domestic problems.”

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  5. “My delegation requested the floor to reply to the comments made by the delegation of Azerbaijan. We regret to see that disseminating misinformation, distorting facts and simply spreading lies have become that delegation's habitual methods. All allegations against my country and nation are strongly rejected. Instead of watching Azerbaijan's showcase of bankrupt State propaganda, I think this respected organ would be very interested in learning about the real situation on the ground across the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh and the border with Armenia. The Azerbaijani delegation's claims and accusations are simply baseless and fabricated, including accusing Armenia of violating the relevant Security Council resolutions and alleging an occupation.”

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  6. “To conclude, the ongoing negotiations for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship is a positive example of the effective utilization of the capacity of regional organizations in conflict resolution. It is an example of what the Secretary-General describes as a pragmatic approach to a global-regional partnership. Armenia highly commends the support of the international community, the United Nations and the Secretary-General for the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship in the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Azerbaijan should be denied the possibility of attempting to undermine the efforts of the co-Chairs or to engage in forum and mediation shopping.”

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  7. “Armenia strongly deplores Azerbaijan's intentional acts aimed at violating the ceasefire regime and damaging the ongoing peace process within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group co-chairmanship. Once again, Armenia urges Azerbaijan to heed the calls of the international community and to agree without delay, as a first step, to establish a mechanism for investigating the ceasefire violations and to withdraw its snipers. By rejecting such a mechanism, Azerbaijan bears full responsibility for the violations and the escalation of tensions.”

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  8. “Most recently, Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh have been experiencing significant challenges to the security of the civilian population as a result of the ongoing disregard by Azerbaijan for respecting and upholding the 1994 ceasefire agreement. Increasingly, Azerbaijan continues to target civilians across the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh and the border with Armenia. As a result ofintensified ceasefire violations and the massive shelling of populated areas with the unprecedented use of heavy artillery, considerable damage has been inflicted on the livelihoods of the bordering villages. In September 2015, three women were killed by Azerbaijani fire.”

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  9. “Strengthening the capacities of field missions, including those of the relevant regional organizations, to this end remains an ongoing priority. Last but not least, the protection of civilians in armed conflict is closely tied to the prevention of mass atrocities, including the crime of genocide. Once again, we stress the importance of the Office of the Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and on the Responsibility to Protect in detecting emerging risks. A culture of assessing every crisis situation affecting the civilian population through the prism of atrocity crimes, including the crime of genocide, should be further cultivated within the Organization.”

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  10. “First, the question of accountability requires greater consolidation of the Council in demonstrating its resolve against the parties responsible for denying basic security or humanitarian relief to affected populations. Secondly, the idea of giving United Nations peace operations a mandate for a preventive, protective and tactical use of force to protect civilians under threat of physical violence needs to be given thorough consideration. The reputation of the Organization is judged not by its words of condemnation but by deliverable protection. Thirdly, United Nations field missions remain an important source of information in detecting deteriorating situations and alerting the Organization to take early action. Prevention, as has often been recognized in all of the available analyses, is the best means of protection.”

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  11. “While the humanitarian aspects of the populations affected are of deep concern, the basic physical security of civilians continues to be compromised by, as the Secretary-General stated in paragraph 4 of his report, "shocking levels of brutality and casual disregard for human life". The fact that considerable progress has been achieved in strengthening the normative framework for the protection of civilians, is, of course, commendable. However, the persistently rising number of civilian casualties calls for resolute action. The analyses available are good enough only when they are acted upon. They are sufficiently comprehensive in defining ways of strengthening the capacities of all major actors in the function of prevention. We are willing to share some of our thinking on certain aspects of these analyses.”

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  12. “I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for the choice of the theme of the present debate. Throughout 2015 we were equipped with a considerable number of important analyses on the state of play within the United Nations, including the report of the Secretary-General (S/2015/453) and those of the Advisory Group of Experts (A/69/968) and the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446). We share the concern of the Secretary-General about the disturbing challenges in the area of the protection of civilians in conflict-affected areas, which remain as persistent as ever.”

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