Azerbaijan recalls UN draft resolution on Nagorno Karabakh conflict

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has proposed to postpone consideration of the draft resolution on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict at the United Nation’s General Assembly, according to the Azerbaijani news agency APA.

The draft resolution A/64/L.57 "Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and "Situation at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" had been brought on the agenda of the 64th plenary session of UN upon the initiative of Azerbaijan.

According to the Foreign Ministry, the decision was based on the position of the OSCE Minsk Group set forth in the statement: "co-chairs will visit the region with a fact finding mission in late September and early October to examine the humanitarian situation in the occupied territories."

The statement also says that it will be the first such mission since the fact finding mission undertaken by the OSCE in 2005. The international mission of co-chairs will include a group of experts and high-level advisers, including representatives of the High Commissioner for Refugees and other UN bodies, it said

“Azerbaijan has proposed to postpone consideration of draft resolution A/64/L.57 on "Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan", which is on the agenda of the 64th plenary session, and to postpone consideration of 18th point of the resolution on "Situation at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" to the agenda of the 65th session,” Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev said during his speech at the UN General Assembly.