VOTE ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF AZERBAIJAN IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Azeri Press Agency
March 17 2008
Azerbaijan
APA delivers the list on the position of states participating in
voting Baku. Lachin Sultanova, Tamara Grigoryeva-APA. The text of
resolution on Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan was adopted in 62nd
session of UN General Assembly without any change, Khazar Ibrahim,
Spokesman for Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told APA
The reolution adopted by UN General Assembly says: 1. General Assembly
respected for sovereignty of Azerbaijan and recognized its territorial
integrity within borders adopted by international laws.
2. General Assembly demands withdrawal of Armenian military forces
from occupied lands urgently, completely and undoubtedly.
3. General Assembly recognizes the right on returning the population
to their lands and paying compensation to them.
4. General Assembly supports to ensure security of Azerbaijani and
Armenian Communities of Nagorno Karabakh and provide condition for
their activity.
5. General assembly supports the activity of OSCE MG co-chairs within
international legal norms and wished them to increase efforts to gain
the peace.
6. General Assembly asked for UN General Secretary to make a report
about execution of resolution on situation in Azerbaijani occupied
lands in 63rd session.
The states against resolution were Russia, US, France, India, Angola
and Vanuatu and Armenia.
In favour: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Georgia,
Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Moldova,
Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda,
Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
Abstain: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile,
China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar,
Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama,
Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of
Korea, Romania, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname,
Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom,
Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia.
Absent: Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji,
Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands,
Mauritania, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Palau, Paraguay,
Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Syria, Tajikistan, Tonga, Tunisia,
Turkmenistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe.
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