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UN Rapporteur urges Armenia to fulfill UN resolutions

19 June 2015 [11:39] - TODAY.AZ

/By AzerNews/

By Sara Rajabova

Chaloka Beyani, UN Special Rapporteur for internally displaced persons has urged Armenia to implement the resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the Security Council on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The report submitted by Beyani at the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council, prepared following the recent visit to Azerbaijan said early settlement of the conflict is necessary first of all in order to fully restore the violated rights of internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. A lengthy war in the early 1990s displaced over one million Azerbaijanis.

Armenia's territorial claims and the ensuing military aggression resulted in the occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and along with the seven surrounding regions. Over a million Azerbaijanis became refugees and IDPs in the aftermath of the brutal 1990s war fought between the two South Caucasus republics.

The independent experts of the working group of the UN Human Rights Council noted the fact of occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent Azerbaijani regions, the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the UN Geneva Office told Trend on June 18.

The report also mentioned that great success in the economic sphere, the elimination of poverty and the fight against corruption have been achieved in Azerbaijan in recent years.

Independent experts said that Azerbaijani government has implemented a series of measures to improve the living standards of refugees and internally displaced persons.

The Azerbaijani government made the refugee and IDP problem its highest priority and pays enormous attention to improve living conditions of Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs.

The government allocated 630 million manats to address the social problems of refugees and IDPs only in 2014. The amount of funds spent per displaced person was about 1170 manats. That is the highest per capita rate compared to all conflict zones around the world. The poverty level among the IDPs has sharply decreased, dropping to 15 percent from 75 percent in the last 10 years.

Despite all the measures taken by the government, the people who had to leave their native lands and live the lives of refugees and IDPs live with a desire to return home and are waiting for the conflict to be resolved soon.

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