REPUBLIC OF ARTSAKH
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 33rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARTSAKH (NAGORNO-KARABAKH)
On September 2, 1991, the historic decision on the declaration of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was adopted at the joint session of the NKAO Regional and Shahumyan District Councils of People’s Deputies. According to the results of the National Referendum held on December 10 of the same year and the Declaration “On the State Independence of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh” on January 6, 1992, the second Armenian Republic was established.
For about thirty years, despite constant threats from Azerbaijan, the people of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) ensured the development of the second Armenian Republic with solid constitutional foundations and effectively functioning state and democratic institutions, trying to become part of the world family of states.
In these challenging times for the Artsakh Armenians, the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), guided by the mandate entrusted to it by the people and the responsibility for its future, records:
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● The people of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) exercised their right to self-determination in accordance with all applicable norms of international law, having no connection to the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
● The Republic of Armenia, as a party representing the people of Artsakh in the negotiations for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, ignoring its obligations arising from the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Armenia, bypassing its unconditional role as the guarantor of the security of the Republic of Artsakh and violating the Decision of the RA Supreme Council of July 8, 1992, recognized Artsakh as a part of Azerbaijan.
● The Republic of Azerbaijan, an entity that committed genocide against the people of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), misleading the international community with bold statements about peace, is currently pursuing a policy of destroying historical and cultural heritage in Artsakh in an attempt to eliminate the traces of Armenian presence. It continues to illegally hold as hostages the military and political leadership of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh).
● The Russian Federation, the successor of the Russian Empire and the USSR, being the guarantor of the tripartite declaration of November 9, 2020, in the conditions of its actual presence, did not prevent the complete depopulation of Artsakh by Azerbaijan.
● The OSCE Minsk Group, represented by the Co-chair countries of the Russian Federation, the United States and France, is the body with the only legal mandate for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, it has not taken a decisive stance in upholding its own declared principles. Azerbaijan, viewing this as a sign of weakness and in defiance of international community’s stance on non-use of force in 2020 and 2023, through military operations and genocidal policy, occupied the territory of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic, one of the centuries-old cradles of the Armenian people which was left alone against this policy of Azerbaijan.
The representative body of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), expressing the will of the people of Artsakh, calls:
RA authorities:
● To raise the issue of the right of the people of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to collectively return to their homeland in international organizations and tribunals.
OSCE Minsk Group countries:
● Based on the principles of territorial integrity, people’s right to self-determination, and the principles of non-use of force, continue the mediation mission to realize the right of the people of Artsakh to live freely in their homeland.
UN, UN member states:
● In cooperation with the representatives elected by the people of Artsakh, on the basis of internationally recognized norms and principles, as well as the legal and political facts of the declaration of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), within the framework of the obligations and the internationally assumed mandate, ensure the return of the people of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to their permanent places of residence and the realization of their other equal and inalienable rights as the basis of freedom, justice and universal peace.
We pay our respects to the heroes who sacrificed their lives on the path of liberation struggle and state building.
YEREVAN
02.09.2024
