OSKANIAN: PEOPLE OF KARABAKH FOUGHT AND WON RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION
Pan Armenian News
19.09.2005 08:30
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ September 18 Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian has addressed the UN Assembly General 60th session, RA Foreign
Ministry reported. The Minister spoke about the Millennium Development
Goals finding the combat against poverty and economy development
extremely important. In his speech the Minister also referred to the
regional conflicts and the course of their settlement. He has mentioned
that “in case of regional conflicts preaching of military solutions
is not only unreal but also reflects the absence of democracy, human
rights and the perception of civic society”. Speaking about the rights
of the people of Nagorno Karabakh, he underlined, “Self-determination
is the right of every person. The people of Nagorno Karabakh have
fought and won the right of self-determination. In order to win
it, they have fought the political and military aggression of a
government which was not elected by them and which tried to suppress
them by force. The fight for their rights was no their choice. Their
rights were neither abstract nor exaggerated. They wanted what most
of us have, that is the right to live in their houses on their lands
peacefully. Despite everything, they reached their aim. From that time
on they have shown their ability of governing and developing democratic
institution”. Finding the realization of Millennium Development
Goals, the Minister noted that we are responsible for the coming
generations. And our answer to ourselves and to our children must be
the united effort, united measures and united answers on the part of
United Nations. The UN can still be the answer, said Vartan Oskanian.