ANC BELIEVES OSCE REPORT ON MARCH 1, 2008 EVENTS BELATED
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.03.2010 16:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The report on March 1, 2008 events, provided by OSCE
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, states serious
violations of human rights during legal proceedings, Armenian National
Congress (ANC) coordinator Levon Zurabyan said.
As he told a news conference in Yerevan, OSCE report on March 1, 2008
events reveals that representatives of opposition were wrongfully
convicted. "Unfortunately, the report is belated. If published
earlier, OSCE report could have made significant influence on legal
proceedings," he noted.
As ANC coordinator stated, yesterday’s meeting between former RA
president, ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrossian and OSCE PA President
Joao Soares focused on Karabakh issue. "The opposition expressed its
disagreement over stationing of observers, instead of peacemaking
forces, as observers will be unable to guarantee the safety of NKR
people," Levon Zurabyan stressed.
Commenting on international process of Armenian Genocide recognition,
Zurabyan noted that US recognition plays a major role in the process.
Dwelling on internal issues, Zurabyan noted that increase of gas
tariffs can lead to social tension in Armenia.
The world’s biggest regional organization dealing with security
issues, OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
unites 56 countries situated in North America, Europe and Central Asia.
Its member state are: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France Great
Britain, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg,
Macedonia, Malta¸ Moldova, Monaco Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
United States, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican.
Partner countries include: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Japan,
Jordan, Morocco, Mongolia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia.
Armenia became an OSCE member state on January 30, 1992.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out back in 1991, when, subsequent
to the demand for self-determination of the Nagorno-Karabakh people,
Azerbaijani authorities attempted to resolve the issue through ethnic
cleansings, carried out by Soviet security forces (KGB special units)
under the pretext of the implementation of the passport regime and by
launching of large-scale military operations, which left thousands dead
and caused considerable material damage. A cease-fire agreement was
established in 1994. Negotiations on the settlement of the conflict are
being conducted under the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen
(Russia, USA, France) and on the basis of their Madrid proposals,
presented in November, 2007.
Azerbaijan has not yet implemented the 4 resolutions of the UN
Security Council adopted in 1993, by continuing to provoke arms race
in the region and openly violating on of the basic principles of the
international law non-use of force or threat of force.
The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
reaching 1.5 million.
The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
Genocide survivors.
To date, twenty countries and 44 U.S. states have officially recognized
the events of the period as genocide, and most genocide scholars and
historians accept this view.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress