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Azerbaijani Foreign Ministryâ€™s spokesman: The UN resolution does not say anything about the right of peoples to self-determination at the cost of the territory of the independent states â€“ UPDATED

21 December 2009 15:32 (UTC +04:00)

According to him, the resolution does not say anything about the right of peoples to self-determination at the cost of the territory of the independent states.
â€œOn the contrary, it declares firm opposition to acts of foreign military intervention, aggression and occupation, since these have resulted in the suppression of the right of peoples to self-determination and other human rights, deplores the plight of millions of refugees and displaced persons and reaffirms their right to return to their homes voluntarily in safety and honour. Azerbaijan recognizes peopleâ€™s right to self-determination. But it must be realized within the framework of the territorial integrity of the states,â€ he said.

The resolution on the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination was adopted on December 18. According to the resolution, the General Assembly, reaffirming the importance, for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights, of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and embodied in the International Covenants on Human Rights, as well as in the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, reaffirms that the universal realization of the right of all peoples, including those under colonial, foreign and alien domination, to self-determination is a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights and for the preservation and promotion of such rights.
â€œWe welcome the progressive exercise of the right to self-determination by peoples under colonial, foreign or alien occupation and their emergence into sovereign statehood and independence, are deeply concerned at the continuation of acts or threats of foreign military intervention and occupation that are threatening to suppress, or have already suppressed, the right to self-determination of peoples and nations, express grave concern that, as a consequence of the persistence of such actions, millions of people have been and are being uprooted from their homes as refugees and displaced persons, and emphasizing the urgent need for concerted international action to alleviate their condition.â€
The General Assembly calls upon those States responsible to cease immediately their military intervention in and occupation of foreign countries and territories and all acts of repression, discrimination, exploitation and maltreatment, in particular the brutal and inhuman methods reportedly employed for the execution of those acts against the peoples concerned. The General Assembly reaffirms the right of millions of refugees and displaced persons to return to their homes voluntarily in safety and honour.