HUMAN RIGHTS ARE NOT PROTECTED IN KARABAKH – DAVIS
Russia & CIS General Newswire
November 6, 2007 Tuesday 11:28 AM MSK
The situations in Kosovo and Nagorno Karabakh are not similar,
Council of Europe Secretary general Terry Davis has said.
There is no separatist regime in Kosovo, the territory is being
run by the UN and that security guarantees are being provided by
the military, who have the mandate of the international community,
Davis said at a news conference in Yerevan on Monday.
Nagorno Karabakh stands in line with Abkhazia, Transdniestria and
South Ossetia, and this problem is being seen from this particular
angle in an international context, he said.
The Council of Europe is implementing various programs in Kosovo,
including those of strengthening the institution of human rights
commissioner. The UN, too, is running programs of its own there, Davis
said. This situation is not be found in Nagorno Karabakh, although the
Council of Europe does implement some individual programs in Karabakh,
he added.
Unlike in Kosovo, in Karabakh people’s rights are under threat and
not protected, Davis said.
Concerning the recent local elections in Nagorno Karabakh and the
absence of a reaction to them from the Council of Europe, Davis said
that the regime in Nagorno Karabakh has not been recognized by the
international community. If the Council of Europe does not condemn the
election in Nagorno Karabakh, this does not mean that it recognizes
them, he explained.
Davis said the day would hopefully come when these conflicts will be
finally settled by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe’s Minsk Group.