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Khojaly to be recognized as genocide in international level

31 January 2012 08:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC)â€™s Headquarters in Istanbul reports that the 7th Session of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (PUIC) Conference held in Palembang (Indonesia) has ended.
The PUIC unites the parliaments of 51 OIC member-states and holds its sessions every two years in one of the respective states of Africa, Asia and Arab region, APA was told at the ICYF-DCâ€™s Headquarters in Istanbul.

Ambassador Elshad Iskandarov, ICYF-DC Secretary General who took part in the work of the Session said that upon initiation of ICYF-DC the formulation was included into the traditional resolution on â€œThe Aggression of the Republic of Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijanâ€ adopted by the PUIC. The paragraph devoted to the Khojaly tragedy says: â€œthe Conference â€¦ calls upon the Member Parliaments to initiate starting from 2012 (20th anniversary of the tragedy) a proper recognition to the genocidal massacre of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian forces in the town of Khojaly (The Republic of Azerbaijan) on 26 February 2012; demands bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Khojaly massacreâ€. The position of the PUIC was reflected also in the Final Declaration of the Conference.

This recognition was result of the â€œJustice for Khojalyâ€ international civil awareness Campaign initiated by Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva, ICYF-DC General Coordinator and held since 2009. The appraisal of the Parliamentary Union of 51 states is based on the proper demands of previous resolutions on the Cooperation between PUIC and ICYF-DC. In essence, according to the additions to the ICYF-DC initiated resolution presented by Mrs. Govhar Bakhshaliyeva, MP of the Republic of Azerbaijan, head of the Azerbaijani national delegation, the Conference adopted the decision in its Final Report to entrust the Secretariat with keeping focus on implementation of the said resolution calling upon the member-parliaments to support the Campaign in national and international levels.

Commenting on the significance of the resolution, Ambassador Iskandarov said: â€œFirst in international documents in this resolution the important and substantial political-legal assessment was given to the Khojaly tragedy that equates it to genocidal act. Taking into consideration that PUIC units a quarter of the world parliaments, using of this term possessing an important political-legal substance symbolizes a new stage in international recognition of the Khojaly tragedy as component part of policy of genocide implemented by the Armenian nationalists against Azerbaijani people and creates political preconditions for bringing to justice the perpetrators of the massacreâ€

â€œJustice for Khojalyâ€ international civil awareness Campaign was initiated by Mrs. Leyla Aliyeva, ICYF-DC General Coordinator on the day of anniversary of the occupation of Shusha, May 8, 2008. Currently, the Campaign aiming at bringing the truth about the Khojaly tragedy to the world community, and achieving political, legal and moral appraisal, is being successfully implemented in over 35 countries worldwide.