The public calls on the government to discuss at the UN level the problem of settling the occupied territories of Azerbaijan

The participants of the round table "Karabakh: questions of illegal settlement in the occupied territories" adopted an appeal, which called on the Azerbaijani government to take immediate measures to prevent further settlement of the occupied territories of the country by Armenia.  The appeal consisting of four items demands:

1.  taking into account low-quality report of two assessment missions of the OSCE Minsk Group of the situation  on the settlement of the occupied territories from the monopoly MG and pass it on fact-finding mission of the UN General Assembly and in the subsequent discussion to bring the facts to the UN Security Council.

2. To initiate the creation of the evaluation mission in the framework of the Council of Europe, which could, along with the investigation of illegal settlement investigate the situation and establish a register of civil objects, houses, destroyed businesses.

3. To include in  all  the missions  the representatives of Azerbaijan.

4. During  contacts with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to focus attention on the issue of settlement of the occupied territories.

Participants of the round table, which was organized by the Thought Center noted that Armenia, despite the evaluation by the  missions in 2005 and 2011 continues the policy of settling the occupied territories. At various times, the OSCE mission found relocation to the occupied territories from 14.000 up to 17.000 people. The Azerbaijani side shows the figure of 23.00.

They expressed indignation with disregard by  the government  the Fourth Geneva Convention on the occupied territories of 12 August 1949 year.

A so-called referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh to rename the  region into  Artsakh, which was seen as a policy of further discharge of confrontation and tension in the region was subjected to special criticism.

"The government should take urgent measures to prevent this destructive process," said the head of the Centre thought Isa Gambar. Upon completion of the discussions attended by  scientists, experts, politicians, the participants of the round table paid tribute to the victims of Khojaly tragedy, which is marked  on the 25 February.—0—