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Azerbaijan proposes to postpone consideration of the UN draft resolution on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict

09 September 2010 21:43 (UTC +04:00)

The draft resolution A/64/L.57 on "Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and "Situation at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" put on the agenda of the plenary session of 64-th session of UN on the initiative of the Azerbaijani sideâ€.

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.

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, the statement said

â€œAzerbaijan 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 plenary session of 64-th 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 sessionâ€, - Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev said during his speech at the UN General Assembly.