Karabakh

"You massacred tens of thousands people, you have made an ethnic cleansic but you are still accusing the Azeris"

And I assume you have proof of this?

the rest of your post is just blatant hatefilled trolling, I can do the same by posting 53 New York Times articles on Sumgait, and another 40 on the Baku events and another 22 on the Azeri bombardment of Stepanakert in the beginning of the war.

The genocide of azerbaijani nation startred not today and not in 1988. It was started at the beginning of 20th century.

 

The 31st of March is a day, which is commemorated with sadness and sorrow for Azerbaijani people and worldwide Azerbaijanis. Since 1998, the 31st of March, Day of Azerbaijanis genocide is annually remembered in the Republic of Azerbaijan at official level, the respects are paid to genocide victims, the vigilance of world community is attracted to this issue.

Today we launch a new worldwide campaign on recognition of Azerbaijani genocide. We expect that millions and millions of electronic letters will be sent by Azerbaijanis to all international organizations and worldwide politicians. We must act today!

 

Subject: Azerbaijani Genocide

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TO CIVILIZED WORLD COMMUNITY:

TO ALL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

TO ALL PRESIDENTS AND SOVEREIGNS OF WORLDWIDE COUNTRIES:

TO ALL SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENTS:

TO ALL CITIZENS OF WORLD:

 

XX century was marked by many tragic events in the history of mankind. All nations in the world have suffered from evils like war, mass killings, massacre, hunger, deportation and conflicts. Today human rights and fundamental freedoms have become most important engines of life itself. They are clearly enshrined in all international documents released by international organizations and approved by all nations. The world struggles with unprecedented heroism. 

We have been witnesses when the international community strongly condemned awful September 11 attacks in USA. Nations and States were hand in hand to cure that disease together. We feel the force of international community growing every day. Only the deepest attention of ours will save the future generations from extermination. Wherever evil will play a new scenario, we must be together to prevent all forthcoming bad events. 

Perhaps, it is very regrettable to point out that international community is not aware about all crimes committed against humanity. Criminals exist for one reason: to be stopped and punished. 

In this letter addressed to every single citizen of the world nations, we would touch upon a fate of one country. It could seem to anyone a small one. But life is life. It needs to be announced to all international community. Yes, it is the Republic of Azerbaijan. A beautiful oil-rich land, natural resources, very tolerant people called Azerbaijanis are the main features of that Republic. 

It has restored its national independence in October 1991 after the collapse of former USSR. Since first days of its independence, Azerbaijan was subjected to many difficulties. Member of UN, OSCE, Council of Europe, CIS and many other international organizations is suffering today from the same evil. 

Nowadays many world citizens and politicians know that twenty percent of Azerbaijani lands are under occupation by the Republic of Armenia. It is a war. Killing, sufferings and blood bath made by Armenian aggressors against Azerbaijanis in 1988-1994 are just a part of centuries long Armenian aggressive policy. 

We are very saddened today to introduce into universal history a fact of Azerbaijani genocide perpetrated by Armenians during last two centuries. Azerbaijani genocide numbers millions of Azerbaijanis killed during that period. It is a well-planned policy of Armenian politicians who dream about �great Armenia� from Black Sea to Caspian Sea. Azerbaijani genocide had in fact four main stages. 

First stage of Azerbaijani genocide begins with the first settlements of Armenians in South Caucasus in the second half of XIX century and the emergence of Armenian terrorist and warlike political parties like �Gnchak� (1887, Geneva) and �Dashnaksustyun� (1890, Tiflis � modern Georgia). As a result of war between Czarist Russia and Iran, Gulistan Agreement (October 12, 1813) and Turkmenchay Agreement (February 10, 1828) have divided Azerbaijan into two parts. Only after latter Agreement, Armenia has emerged in that region as a �Armyanskaya oblast� (Armenian district) based upon the Decree signed by Russian Emperor Nicholas 1. 1905-1907 bloody events in Czarist Russia have become as a pretext for Armenians to perpetrate mass killings and national carnage in Azerbaijani cities like Baku, Shusha, Zangezur, Irevan (current Yerevan), Nakhichevan, Ordubad, Echmiadzin (modern Armenia), Chavanshir and Gazakh. Armenians have plundered 200 Azerbaijani villages in Irevan (current Yerevan) and Ganja and 75 villages in Shusha, Jabrayil and Zangezur. Many historical archives are abound with materials about Armenian crimes committed against Azerbaijani at the beginning of XX century. 

Second stage of Azerbaijani genocide starts with Bolshevik overthrown in 1917 in Russia. In that time, Armenians have massacred thousands of Azerbaijanis under the umbrella of Bolsheviks� policy. The 31st of March 1918 was a �Saint Bartholomew night� happened in second time in universal history. Armenians had only one reason: �Kill every Turk and Azerbaijani�. Many thousands of Azerbaijanis were slaughtered in Baku, Shamakha, Guba and at Mugan valley. They have killed at least 50000 Azerbaijanis in one city of Lenkeran. In plus, victims of Armenians in Baku numbered 30000 persons. 7000 killed with particular cruelty in Azerbaijani city of Shamakha. Armenians butchered 1653 women and 965 children in that city. In Azerbaijani city of Guba, 122 Moslem villages were razed to ground, 115 villages were put under pillage in Zangezur, 211 villages in Irevan (current Yerevan). Those are years, Azerbaijanis were lucky to obtain an independence. All three South Caucasian countries have got independent in that time. Azerbaijani Democratic Republic has emerged with its tricolor flag on May 28, 1918. In that moment, all conflicts were suspended to maintain independence. Letter of chairman of Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan says: �We have finished all disputes with Armenians, they will accept an ultimatum and will end a war. We handed over Irevan (current Yerevan).� In that moment Armenia has a territory of 17500 square miles with population of 1510000 persons (795000 � Armenians, 575000 � Moslems, 140000 � other nationalities). In 1918-1920, 565000 Azerbaijanis were killed and ousted from their native places in Armenia. 

Third stage of Azerbaijani genocide has been launched in 1948-1953 under Soviet rule. This time, it has turned out into a mass deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia. Soviet leaders did not like any anarchy. Armenians were quite ruse to use more flexible methods to oust Azerbaijanis and at the same time, to please to Stalin. Armenian diaspora has convinced Soviet leader Stalin and Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov to permit foreign Armenians to be settled in Soviet Armenia. In 1946, Armenians from Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Bulgaria and Romania have inundated those lands. Their number was 50900. 35400 Armenians have opened their suitcases to live in Soviet Armenia coming from Palestine, Syria, France, USA, Greece, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon in 1947. After that policy of �armenization�, poor Azerbaijanis from kolkhozs and sovkhozs have been ordered to move to Kura and Araxes valleys of Soviet Azerbaijan on December 23, 1947. According to decision of USSR Council of Ministers, 10000 Azerbaijanis in 1948, 40000 in 1949 and 50000 in 1950 were obliged to leave their homes to new places. During a period of 1948-1952, 100000 Azerbaijanis have quitted native lands in Armenia. 

Fourth stage of Azerbaijani genocide is quite fresh in our memory. It happened at the end of XX century. Since 1988 first massacre of Azerbaijanis has started in Armenia itself. On one hand, we had a breakdown of USSR, and culmination of genocide against Azerbaijani people was on other hand. There is an Armenian place called Gukark. Number of killed Azerbaijanis in that place was 70. Vardenis region of Armenia had 40 killed Azerbaijanis. Those bloody events were main reasons for 250000 Azerbaijanis who escaped �Lynch court� in Yerevan, Masis, Kalinino, Kajaran, Kaphan, Kirovakan, Goris, Sisian, Amasiya and Alaverdi. All places are located in modern Armenia. Slogan of Armenian nationalists was the following: �Armenia should be without Azerbaijanis�. Dashnak heinous idea has been realizing while Gorbachev and all Soviet leadership closed its blind eyes. At the same time, Armenia launches a large-scale military operation against Azerbaijan to gain more territory, uses Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh to fuel a fire of separatism. War begins again in South Caucasus. Azerbaijani people is mourning on January 20, 1990. Soviet troops have bulleted many civilians in Baku. Most cruel tragedy of mankind happens in Khojaly (Azerbaijani city) on February 25-26. 1992. While UN and all nations are defending human rights all over the world, Armenians are killing old persons, women and children. Screwed eyes, cutted ears, burnt dead corpses, scalped heads are nothing but �art-work� of Armenians. 20000 of Azerbaijanis are killed in war, 1000000 of refugees and IDP in a country of eight millions of persons. 20% of Azerbaijani lands are occupied by Armenia. 

Dear Madam/Sir, 

It is not a telltale. Neither propaganda, nor politics. Every single citizen sees a child crying close to his/her dead mother. Then, he or she is killed also by a bullet. Timeline is end of XX century. We ask every civilized person to pass this letter to his/her neighbor, friend, and relatives. It is necessary to prevent the same tragedy in other country. We ask you to inform every man and woman on the Earth. We call upon you to stop and prevent it. All criminals should account for their crimes against humanity. Condemn any act of killing. Bring the Justice to criminals. Help the human mankind to advance XXI century without genocide and mass killings. More information about the history of Azerbaijani genocide can be found in http://www.azerigenocide.org. Together we will eradicate this evil. We must recognize an Azerbaijani genocide to preserve all generations from that evil of genocide. 

Peace on you,

Your signature/ Sizin imzaniz

http://www.azerigenocide.org.

Edited by Qajar

     I've actually read that before. Please give me the name of any accredited historian which agrees with it.

     For people who want to know about the history of Azerbaijan state propaganda (conveniently posted by Qajar), you can read this article:

http://www.cilicia.com/Oldmistakes.htm


     If ANYONE believes that my source is biased, all you have to do is read the Decree of the President of Azerbaijan itself in order to see its bias and propaganda: http://www.zerbaijan.com/azeri/genocide.htm


Edited by ArmenianSurvival

GENOCIDE OF AZERIS IN THE WESTERN AZERBAIJAN (PRESENT-DAY ARMENIA)
       The end of the XIX c. and the whole XX c. entered the history of Azerbaijan as the period of the most frightening tortures, bloodshed, expatriation and extermination by means of physical and moral genocide. From 2310 settlements situated in the territory of present-day Armenia in Erivan, Echmiadzin, Yeni Bayazid, Aleksandropol districts (uyezds) of Erivan province (gubernia); in Zangezur and Kazakh-Dilijan districts of the Ganje province, Lori-Pambek (Borchaly) district of the Tiflis province, 2000 belonged to Azeris¹. Armenian population was mainly settled to the area in 1828-1830 and in 1915-1918 from Turkey and Iran. The �Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Surrounding Regions� Vol. 1 (four-volumed) issued by the Yerevan University in 1986 confirms this truth once more. This work points that the population of more than 70% of the Armenian villages are the settlers (immigrants) of 1828-1829 from Turkey and Iran. Russian author Shavrov N.I. also writes about these facts in his book �New Threat to the Russian Affairs in the Caucasus�: �After the war of 1826-1828 ended, within two years from 1828 to 1830 we moved 40,000 Persian and 84,600 Turkish Armenians to the Caucasus and settled them in the best state lands in the provinces of Yelizavetpol (Ganje) and Erivan? most of the settlers are Armenians as from 1mln 300 thousand Armenians living today in the Caucasus, more than 1mln people don't belong to the native inhabitants and were settled by us.�²

       The statistical data from chronicles of the �Caucasus Calendar� confirm that Azeris lived much earlier than Armenians in the territory of present-day Armenia. For example, in 1886 from 326 villages of the Zangezur district of Ganje (Yelizavetpol) province 154 villages (45,7%) were Azeri, 91 (27,8%) were Kurdish and only 81 villages (24,8%) were Armenian ones.

       In 1897 the Zangezur population was 142 thousand people, 71,2 thousand (50,1%) of them were Azeris, and 63,6 thousand (44,8%) - Armenians.

       Till 1920 in the districts of the Erivan province that were part of Azerbaijan, especially in the Erivan district, the Azeri population was much more than the Armenian population. For example, from 99 thousand people living in the district 62,6 thousand (66%) were Azeris, 36,4 thousand (34%) were Armenians.

       In the Echmiadzin, Yeni Bayazid, Surmali districts of the Erivan province the Azeri population constituted the 2/3 (two thirds) of the total population.

       According to the data for January 1, 1916 the ethnic composition of these territories showed the predominance of Azeris again. There were 74,2 thousand Azeris in Erivan district; 119,5 thousand- in Zangezur district; 50,7 thousand- in Bayazid district; 45 thousand- in Surmali district. These figures graphically prove that in the beginning of the XIX and XX cc. the majority of the local population of present-day Armenia consisted of Azeris.

       Very objective in his approach to the events, a professor from the USA Justin McCarty writes in his book �If the Genocide took place?� when characterizing the Russian colonial politics, that Russians attacked Eastern Anatolia twice in 1828 and in 1854, and in both cases local Armenians supported them. When in both cases Russians had to retreat they brought with them 100 thousand of their supporters to the Caucasus, locating them at homes of the expelled Moslems (in the Erivan province, which is the part of present-day Armenia, 80% of population were Moslems [Azeris] before 1828). Continuing his thought the professor writes: �Certainly, the figures might be inexact and we need an additional object for the researches. But we know exactly, that from 1828 to 1920 approximately 600 thousand Armenians were settled in the territory of Russian Empire. And two million Moslems left Russia.�

       At the end of XIX c. and beginning of the XX c. Armenians who lost their independence and statehood for 1500 years believed to the fraudulent promises of Russia, Britain and France regarding the establishment of an Armenian autonomy in the territory of the Ottoman Empire. But Armenians, who couldn't achieve this goal, as a result of Armenian-Turkish conflict, had to migrate to the Caucasus, where they began to demand not merely autonomy in the Caucasus or the establishment of an Armenian state but they began to claim much more. They demanded the establishment of an Armenian state from sea to sea (from Black Sea to the Caspian Sea) under the name of �Greater Armenia�. For that purpose, they needed �proofs� that in the territory called Armenia Armenians constituted the majority. But the historical facts prove the reverse. And as a consequence of Armenian-Turkish conflicts in 1894-1896 and anti-Turk moods among Armenians, the genocide of Azeris in the Armenian-Moslem fight of 1905 took place.

Source: �Historical geography of the Western Azerbaijan� Baku 1998 (In Russian)

REPORT
On Mass human rights violation during the deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia as well as from Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenian military forces.
       The policy of genocide and �ethnic cleansing� that Armenia carries out in relation to Azerbaijani people was reflected in active operations of Armenian separatists, since 1988, which are supported by powerful Armenian lobbies in major Western countries.

Refugee camp

       During the period from 1988 till 1989 about 40,897 families (total: 185,519 people) of Azerbaijanis and Kurds were deported from their places of permanent residence in Armenia. 218 Azerbaijanians were killed during the deportation, 45 of them froze to death, trying to escape in the mountains, 43 died as a result of cruel beating, 34 were killed after cruel tortures, 19 were burned, 16 were shot, 13 persons died of heart attacks after tortures; 6 were killed by Armenian doctors in hospitals, 2 were drowned; 1 person was hung, 2 committed suicide in a protest against tortures, 1 was killed after he was subjected to electric shock-treatment, 1 was beheaded, 18 were killed after being run over by car, 5 persons, being at the hospital, were reported lost and 12 were reported missing.

       Obviously there is no hope that those who are missing are still alive. Most of the killed are children, women and elderly people.

       21 children died at that period, three of them were under 1 year old. Nabiyeva Zohra, a 7-year-old girl, was burned. A 3-year-old boy Rahman Mamedov was denied medical care, as a result of which he died. Seven children froze to death; two died after cruel beating, 2 more were shot. A 3-year-old Elman Aliyev died after heart attack. Four children died not enduring the tortures, 3 children were run over by a car.

       28 women were killed in Armenia. Seven of them were beaten to death, 5 were frozen, 4 died of tortures, 3 died for infarct, 2 died under wheels of the car, 1 was, beheaded, 1 woman was throttled in the water, 1 was burned. Two women died as a result of gunshot wound denied medical care, and doctors at the hospital killed 1. Novruzova Banovsha was reported missing. Taking into account the fact that there has been no news from her for nearly 6 years, she is supposed to be dead.

       During the deportations, from Armenia, 60 elderly persons died. There are 40 men and 20 women among them. Most of them died as a result of torture, bullet wounds, heart attacks beatings, and frostbite's. The following cases are most remarkable:

Aliyeva Ciulsum (76 years old), Isgandarova Khanum (73 years old), Alivev Mehrali (68 years old), Bairamov Garih (67 years old) and Huseynova Leila (63 years old) were burned. The doctor at the hospital killed Hassan Ellazov, of 68 years old. The crudest acts of brutality were marked in the Ghukark region, 22 persons were killed there and 13 among them were burned to death.

Hundreds of centuries old Azerbaijani monuments on the territory of Armenia, where Azerbaijanis had lived in 89 populated areas inhabiting 171 villages were either destroyed or Armenized.

Azerbaijan received approximately 50 thousand Meskhetian Turks, refugees from the Central Asia. The total amount of damages caused to people, who'd left their homes in Armenia and Central Asia, is 255 billion roubles.

In order to obliterate from history the evidence of Azerbaijanians' residence in Armenia, about 94 villages were renamed on Armenian territory by a Supreme Soviet Decree of the Republic of Armenia, dated April 9, 1991. Having realized its plan of �ethnic cleansing�, Armenian politicians have begun to put into practice the next phase that directed at the immediate seizure by force of Azerbaijani territories.

       As a result of this large-scale aggression by the Armenians part about 20 percent of the territory of Azerbaijan have been annexed by the regular Armenian military units and those of Mountainous Karabakh Armenians and foreign hirelings. More than 700 populated centers are plundered, destroyed and burned, and only 170 of them are situated in Mountainous Karabakh.

       The total number of the refugees and displaced persons is over 1 million people (about 200 thousand are Azerbaijanians, exiled from Armenia; 50 thousand are originally from Central Asia - Meskhet Turks). The number of those who left their places of residence as a result of the capture of the part of the territory of Azerbaijan is about 800.000 people.

       Considerable areas of cultivated land have become unfit for agricultural purposes. More than 4.000 of industrial objects, commercial enterprises, and public catering centers, about 80.000 places of residence, more than 2.000 objects of social and cultural purpose, including 541 secondary schools, 230 pre-school and 250 medical institutions have been destroyed. The total number of women, old men and children killed has reached 16.000 people the number of wounded is over 30,000 people, more than 50.000 people became disabled, the number of those taken into hostage and missing is 4.000.

       Among those who were taken hostages there are 320 women, 73 of them are old aged (older than 61 years old) and 71 children, who are kept in different places, many were committed to custody in Khankendi and 1 in the Ministry of National Security of Armenia, and private houses. The price for one hostage was about 3 to 15 mln. roubles. The price for corpses that Armenia selled, reached 1 mln. roubles and more. In this connection, we would like to quote some facts of murders, capture and keeping of hostages. One of the most monstrous crimes against Azerbaijani people is the tragedy in Khojaly, a town that was seized by Armenian troops in February 1992. On February 25 and 26 Armenian Army by support of the 336th guards regiment of the Russian Federation has destroyed Azerbaijani town Khojaly in Karabakh. Inhabitants of the town have pressed to the fighting infantry machines and tanks. Old men, women and children have been fired at close, pulled out their nails, put out their eyes and cut out of their ears. Only, sole their guilt was on being them Azerbaijanians. Thousands of people of Khojaly have been mercilessly killed or taken into hostage.

       Khojaly - Azerbaijan settlement, occupying a strategically location in roads Aghdam-Shusha, Khankendi(Stepanakert)-Askeran. Population of the town: more than 7.000 according to growth of population it became as town. Here found shelter refugees from Uzbekistan-Meskhetian Turks and Azerbaijani refugees from Armenia.

       The number of inhabitants of Khojaly, killed and frozen to death is about 1.000 people, as a result of barbarous actions of vandalism. Among the killed are many children from 2 to 15 years old, women and old men. The position of the corpses demonstrates the fact that people were killed cruelly without compassion.

       Some were killed one at a time, after being led away, and some - in family groups, all at once. Several corpses showed the sign of several wounds, one of which was in the head. It points to the fact that the wounded were finished off. A number of the children killed were found with the cut-off ears; the skin from the left side of the face of one old woman was cut out, men were scalped. According to the testimony of one inhabitant of Khojaly Sarya Talibova, about 4 Meskhet Turks, refu-gees from the Central Asia and 3 Azerbaijanis were beheaded, their children were tortured and killed under their very eyes, the eyes of 2 Azerbaijanis in the National Army's uniform were put out by means of screwdriver. According to the inhabitants of Khojaly, who returned from captivity, they were regularly subjected to brutal tortures and beatings, a number of woman and minors were raped.

       A lot of Russian and western newspapers and magazines wrote about crimes of Armenian aggressors from the 1-th till the 16-th of March 1992. Among them are: �Sunday Times�, �Times�, �Guardian�, �Financial Times�, �Le Monde�, �Le Croix�, �Valeurs Actuels�, �Corriera della Serra�, �Time�, �Newsweek�, �Izvestiya�, �Pravda�, �Nezavisimuva gazeta�, etc.

       On March 31, 1993, when Armenian troops were taking the city of Kelbajar, 11 persons, trying to break away from town, were captured as hostages. 7 women were among them, 4 of them were wounded. Karimova Samaya who was born in 1967, committed suicide, since she couldn't bear the outrage. Her 2-year-old daughter left after her, was bought back for 1,5 mln. roubles. But the child, who had the head injury after she spent 4 months in prison, lost its eyesight. As for the others, there's no news about them. According to our information, they are kept in the city of Khankendi. On July 2, 1993, the family of Nuriyev, the inhabitants of Fizuli, (19 persons on the whole), was taken into hostage.

       Among them are: 8 women, 2 of them are of old age and 7 children. On the part of International Read Cross Committee, 47 people, kept in Khankendi, were discovered. Among them are: 8 women, 7 persons of old age and 10 children, also 10-month-old child Ilyasov Babek, helped out later of the Armenian captivity with the help of IRCC. According to medical expertise, he wasn't rendered help in captivity after getting severe shellburst shrapnel eye wound, as a result of that it's impossible now to preserve the child's eyesight.

       In the, time of seizure of Aghdam by the Armenian troops, passenger-car, with help of which, the family of Aliyev, including 6 persons, trying to get away from the town was fired on. Among them were 2 women; one of them is of old age, old man and 2 children - 2 and 3 years old. The old man and the child were killed while they were under the fire. The rest of them got the wounds of different degree. Aliyev Shovghi, the 3-year-old boy, got the shoulder trauma. After medical interference of Armenian doctors in Khankendi the boys shoulder middle third was extracted. Later on, with the efforts of IRCC, his badly wounded mother and grandmother were returned to their land. According to the results of medical investigation in Baku, doctors said that there was no necessity in extracting his bone and his wound didn't need such medical actions. According to the opinion of specialists, such gunshot wounds don't require extraction of large fragments that are bones of growth zone.

       In a majority of world press publications, concerning the transplantation of human organs, Armenia is the principal supplier of this kind of �goods�. One can't help mentioning the fact that this child has become a victim of a criminal business. It's wrong to except that this kind of business is one of the principal reason for taking the hostages in a mass order on occupied Azerbaijanian lands. Numerous facts point to the use of the Azerbaijani captives. According to the brief extract from the case history of Mamedov Mayil, born in October 4, 1971, he was taken by the Armenian combatants into captivity in the district of Khankendi and imprisoned, where he had tried systematic derisions, was beaten with the gun and the hammer, the result of it was fracture of left foot bones, left forearm bones and shoulder bones. On October 7, 1992 he was put a scorching metal cross on the chest. In February, 1993 he was intravenously injected violently some kind of fluid, after that the symptoms of allergy appeared on his body.

       Mamedov Mayil was set free on May 9, 1993 in exchange with Armenian captive combatant.

       According to medical conclusion, Mamedov Abdulazim, 27-year-old, was wounded in the left leg and was taken in Armenian combatant's captivity. Besides, he had gunshot punctured wound of left shank tissues and numerous shrapnel injures. According to Mamedov's words, after one-hour interrogation, he and 8 soldiers of National Army, taken in captivity with him, began to be beaten with rubber cudgel on the head, back, hands and then they made an injection in the neck with some kind of medicine, and after it he was imprisoned.

       Since then he was daily dragged out on the yard and was beaten with the soldier boots' heels on the head and with rubber cudgels. Once, having tired his wound, they drew the bloody cross on his forehead. Under the temperature below zero he was doused with cold water in his cell, on New Year day. Also took place the facts of hounding of the watchdogs on him, after that numerous scratches, abrasions and bites left its traces on his body. They almost didn't give him any food and made him injections with drugs daily, and he fainted momentarily.

       According to Mamedov's words, before the captivity his weight was 79 kilos, and after the release - 55 kilos. But majority of the captives are exterminated physically. According to the conclusions of forensic medical expertise, the following injures are found on the corpse of Atakishiyev F. R.:

  a) pressed fracture of the coronal bone, internal fracture of both the forearm and shank bones, fractures of nose bones, traumatic extraction of the incisive of the both jaws, 61 internal bruises of the head, trunk and extremities;
  b) stab punctured stomach wound with the internal organs' injures, 8 dotted wounds (i.e. traces of injections) of the backside of the neck and left hand injures;
  c) 2 punctured gunshot wounds of thigh.

       The injures, indicated in (a) group, are made with blunt tools. The wounds of hand and forearm might have appeared because of dogs' bites.

       The injures, numerated in (b) group, are made with prickly tools and those in the (c) group-with the firearms shots.

       In the war that was imposed on Azerbaijan, had already died 9 representatives of mass media. 4 of them are: Osman Mirzayev, Press Secretary of President of the Azerbaijani Republic, Ali Mustafayev - TV journalist, Fakhraddin Shahbazov - TV cameraman, Arif Huseyn-zadeh - the cameraman's assistant, had died in an air catastrophe of Armenian terrorists' rocket.

       Armenian snipers killed five journalists. They are:
       Chingiz Mustafayev, TV cameraman (national hero, posthumously) (Azerbaijan)
       Salatin Askerova, the reporter of a newspaper �Molodezh Azerbaijana� (Azerbaijan)
       Leonid Lazarevitch, the special correspondent of �Mayak� radio station (Russia)
       Valery Dementyev, the editor of a newspaper �Milostivye gosudari� (Russia)
       Kazimaga Karimov, the journalist (Azerbaijan)

Source: Official reports of the MFA on the Karabakh conflict.

http://www.karabakh.org/?id=3027&item=4

Originally posted by Qajar http://www.karabakh.org/?id=3027&item=4

     This "source" is classic

     Isn't there some kind of rule against trolling or posting nationalistic propaganda?

This "source" is classic

     Isn't there some kind of rule against trolling or posting nationalistic propaganda?
------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------And these sources are classic as well

1. UN resolution 2625 (XXV) adopted at 24 October 1970
2. G. Espiell, The Right to Self-Determination, supra note 151, para. 90
3. V.Van Dyke, Human Rights, the United States and the World Community 102,1971
4. Charter of Paris For a New Europe, Paris, 1990
5. The Right of Self-determination. Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960
6. (XXV) Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among states in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, 20.10.1970

CHRONOLOGY OF THE ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT (1988-1999)
1987
October - First meeting in Yerevan (Armenia) took place with challenges to annex the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous region (NKAR) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic to the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).

1988
January 25 - Exodus of Azerbaijanis living in the Armenian SSR began.
February 22-23 - The first meetings in Baku and Sumgait took place with a slogan: �NKAR is the integral part of Azerbaijan�.
February 24 - For the first time, in the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict blood was shed: in NKAR two Azerbaijanis were killed.
February 27 - Strikes started in NKAR with the demand to be separated from Azerbaijan.
February 28-29 - Pogroms and massive disorders in Sumgait took place. There were people, among the organisers of pogroms, of Armenian Nationality.
March 18 - Plenary Session of NKAR's regional Committee adopted a decision on annexation of NKAR to Armenia.
March 24 - Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and Council of Ministers adopted a resolution �On measures for speeding up the social-economic development of NKAR of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1988-1995�.
The first decade of May - More than one thousand Azerbaijani refugees, deported from Armenia, came to Azerbaijan.
May 18 - Meetings took place in Baku as a sign of protest against ejection of Azerbaijanis from Armenia.
The first decade of June - Discrimination acts against Azerbaijanis in NKAR broke out. In a few days about 2.000 people were ejected.
June 14 - According to State Committee on Statistics of Azerbaijan four more thousand refugees fled to the Republic.
The last decade of June - Ejection of Azerbaijanis from Armenia is going on.
July 12 - The Session of People's Deputies of the Regional Soviet in NKAR adopted an anti-constitutional decision on separation from the Azerbaijani SSR.
July 13 - Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani SSR considered the decision of the session of the Regional Soviet from July 12, 1988, as an illicit act.
July 18 - The enlarged meeting of the Presidium of the USSR's Supreme Soviet endorsed NKAR as belonging to the Azerbaijani SSR.
September 3-21 - Series of terrorist acts against Azerbaijanis in NKAR, setting out fire to houses and killing peaceful Azerbaijani population in Stepanakert.
November 18 - December 5 - Meetings took place in Baku with the demand to put an end to terrorist acts against Azerbaijanis in NKAR.
November 24 - The State of Emergency was announced in Baku, Nakhchivan, Ganja.
November 27-29 - As a result of anti-Azerbaijani massacres 33 Azerbaijanis were killed in the cities of Gugark, Spitak and Stepanavan of the Armenian SSR.
The second part of December - Exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia. More than 105 thousand refugees fled to Azerbaijan from the Armenian SSR.

1989
January 12 - In the territory of NKAR of Azerbaijan SSR a form of ruling was applied: Committee of special ruling was set up.
May-June - The First Congress of the People's Deputies decided to form a Commission of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on Nagorny Karabakh
July 7 - The Azerbaijani village of Karkijahan in NKAR was fired.
July 11 - The escalation of the situation in NKAR. An armed assault on Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert. People were killed.
July 29 - The traffic of trains from Azerbaijan to Armenia was cut short because of the attacks to the trains in the territory of Armenia. The beginning of the blockade of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan by Armenia.
August 16 - There was the congress of the authoritative representatives of Armenian population of NKAR in Stepanakert, those refused to recognise the status of NKAR, as an autonomous region of Azerbaijan.
August 27 - The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani Republic declared as illegal the decision of the congress of authoritative representatives of the Armenian population of NKAR from August 16, 1989.
The last decade of September - Strikes of the Azerbaijani railroaders in connection with the attacks to the trains in the territory of Armenia.
The second decade of October - The beginning of the blockade of Shusha region of NKAR, majority of the population of which is Azerbaijanis (91,7%).
The second decade of November - Assaults on Azerbaijani trains in the territory of the Armenian SSR, caused the stopping rail road traffic between the Azerbaijani SSR and the Armenian SSR.
November 28 - The Supreme Soviet of the USSR passed a resolution �on measures for normalising the situation in NKAR�. It was decided to form the republican organisational committee on NKAR and to restore the activity of the regional council of the people's deputies, by abolishing the Committee of special rule of NKAR.
December 1 - The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR passed an anti-constitutional resolution �On reunification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorny Karabakh�.
The first and second decades of December - Number of attacks from the territory of Armenia to the border villages of Azerbaijan were registered. The Infantry brigands from the territory of Armenia were landed in the regions of Khanlar and Shaumyan of Azerbaijan.
December 7 - The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani SSR assessed this resolution of the Armenian Supreme Soviet from December 1, 1989 as inadmissible interference in the affairs of the Azerbaijani SSR, encroachment on its territorial integrity.

1990
January 9 - The session of the Armenian Supreme Soviet, considering the issues of planning and budget for 1990, included in its sphere of influence the plans of social-economic development of NKAR.
January 9 - Seizure of the Azerbaijani hostages by Armenians in the region of Shaumyan of Azerbaijan SSR.
January 4-10 - An illegal supply of about 100 tanks, artillery and anti-aircraft weapons by the Soviet Army to Armenia.
January 11 - The Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet condemned the decision of the Armenian Supreme Soviet to include NKAR in its economic sphere and assessed it as a grave violation of the sovereignty of the Azerbaijan Republic.
January 13 - As a result of the armed attacks Armenians occupied the village of Karki in Nakhchivan AR.
January 15 - An armed Armenian infantry were landed in the village of Gushchu of Khanlar region.
January 19 - Armenians assaulted on the settlement of Sadarak in Nakhchivan AR.
January 20 - The Soviet troops entered Baku, as a result 124 people were killed, 737 people were wounded. The State of emergency was declared in Baku and in other cities of Azerbaijan.
January 21 - The Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani SSR demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Baku
February 13 - The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR passed a resolution �On admission as illegal the decision of the Caucasian Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party of July 5, 1921�, which left NKAR as part of the Azerbaijani SSR.
March 6 - The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani SSR passed a resolution �On inadmissibility of territorial claims by the Armenian SSR�.
March 7 - The Supreme Soviet of the USSR passed a resolution �On the situation in the Azerbaijani SSR and Armenian SSR and on the measures for normalising the situation in this region�.
March 24 - The attack of the armed thugs of the Armenian SSR to the villages of the Gazakh region of the Azerbaijani SSR. All civilians of these villages were killed.
May 22 - The attempts to organise elections of the people's deputies of the Armenian SSR in the territory of the NKAR failed.
May 25 - The resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR �On anti-constitutional decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR and its Presidium concerning NKAR of the Azerbaijani SSR�.
June 25 - Decree of the President of the USSR �On prohibition to form armed forces which are not envisaged in the legislation of the USSR and confiscation of illegally kept weapons�.
June 29 - The Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijani SSR passed a resolution �On resumption of sovereign rights of the Azerbaijani SSR in NKAR and measures for social economical development of the region�.
September 23 - The People's deputies of the USSR from Azerbaijan appealed the Supreme Soviet of the USSR �On forcible deportation of the Azerbaijani population of Armenia�.

1991
January-May - The Armenian thugs committed terrorist acts against the leadership of the Committee of the special directorate of NKAR, the armed attacks and firing of the Azerbaijani villages.
May 9 - The USSR Ministry of the Internal Affairs, KGB and Ministry of Defence take measures for disarmament of the illegal Armenian armed forces and confiscation of weapons in the districts near the border of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as in NKAR of the Azerbaijani SSR.
June 29 - The Session of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani Republic draws the attention of the USSR President and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to the new stage of escalation of Armenian thugs groups attacks in NKAR, as well as passes a decision to mom up the territory of NKAR from the thugs groups dispatched from Armenia and finish the measures of the USSR presidential decree banning the formation of armed forces.
September 2 - The Armenian separatists declared the establishment of so called �Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)� in the territory of Nagorny Karabakh region of the Azerbaijani Republic. All the armed groups of about 15.000 were formed as �self-defence forces of NKR� and subordinated to the Committee of Defence.
The middle of September - The Armenian armed forces began attacks the western part of Goranboy district of Azerbaijan and occupied number of inhabited settlements.
September 23 - Meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Zheleznovodsk (Russia) mediated by the Russian and Kazakhstan Presidents. There was reached an agreement on peaceful settlement of the conflict.
October-November - The Armenian armed forces launched hostilities to drive the Azerbaijani population out from the territories of Martuni and Hadrut districts of the NKAR. The USSR air forces took part in the hostilities supporting the Armenian forces. The Armenian forces occupied about 30 settlements.
November 20 - Near the village of Garakend of the Khojavand district of the Azerbaijan Republic the helicopter �MI-8� was shot down, in which there was the peacemaking group of the Russian, Kazakhstan representatives and the senior leadership of Azerbaijan. The murder of 22 people, including the state figures of the 3 countries put an end the first attempt for peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, undertaken in Zheleznovodsk and gave an impetus to the escalation of violence in the region.
The middle of December - The forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR were withdrawn from the territory of Nagorny Karabakh. Illegal transfer of weapons to Armenia by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
December 30 - The leaders of CIS countries called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to resume the negotiation process.

1992
January - The armed forces of Armenia relying on the support of rifle regiment 366 of the Russian armed forces, launched the occupation of the last Azerbaijani settlements of Karabakh which were in a complete isolation.
January 30-31 - The second meeting of the Council of CSCE (Prague). Azerbaijan and Armenia got the membership of CSCE. It was decided to send a mission of rapporteurs to the region of conflict.
The first half of February - Occupation of the suburb of Stepanakert (Karkijahan), as well as the Azerbaijani settlements along the road of Shusha-Khojaly and around Shusha.
February 12-18 - First visit of the CSCE mission of rapporteur to the region.
February 25-26 - Assault and seizure of the city of Khojaly (Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan) by military forces of Armenia and with the participation of 366 Infantry regiment of the Russian military forces, as a result 800 civilians were brutally killed.
The end of February - Evacuation of the staff of the 366 Infantry regiment of the Russian military forces from Stepanakert and illegal transfer of 25 tanks, 87 armoured infantry fighting vehicles, 28 armoured vehicles, 45 artillery mortar systems to Armenians.
March 24 - Additional Helsinki meeting of the CSCE Council, decision to convene a conference on Nagorny Karabakh under the aegis of the CSCE. Chairman-in-Office designated Mr. Rafaelli as a Chairman of the Minsk Conference.
April - Beginning of the activity of Russia as mediator.
May 7 - Meeting of the Heads of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Tehran through the mediation of Iran (meeting was devoted to the normalisation of the situation in Nagorny Karabakh and to the peaceful settlement of the conflict).
May 8 - Military Forces of the Russian Army occupied azerbaijani city Shusha and Shusha region (Nagorny Karabakh) that led to the breakdown of agreements reached in Tehran. As the result of the occupation of Shusha region 23156 Azerbaijanis were driven out from their permanent residences. Thus, there was finished ethnic cleansing in Nagorny Karabakh.
May 18-19 - Military forces of the Republic of Armenia occupied Lachin region, which was outside Nagorny Karabakh. As the result of this occupation 63341 Azerbaijanis were banished from their homes. At the same time military forces of the Russian Army attacked strategically important part of the Azerbaijani-Turkish border in Sadarak region (Nakhchivan).
May 18-19 - In connection with the occupation of Lachin district of Azerbaijan decision making on an extraordinary preparing meeting of the CSCE participating states at the Conference on Nagorny Karabakh which was held under the aegis of CSCE was failed.
June-September - Rounds of negotiations were held within the framework of the CSCE Minsk group on the cessation of the offensive operations, de-escalation of the conflict and normalisation of the life of ordinary citizens.
September 19 - Agreements on cessation of all military actions in 2 months period reached by Defence Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan with the participation of the Ministers of defence and Security of Russia (Sochi).
September-November - Visits and consultations of the Russian mediator mission in the region.
November 26-December 1 - Meeting of the CSCE Ad-hoc group with the competence of advanced group of observes (Vienna).
December 7-9 - Unofficial meeting of the personal representatives of the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, USA and Turkey (Geneva).
December 9-12 - Violation of the agreement reached between Defence Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Sochi, Armenia occupied 8 villages of Zangelan district of Azerbaijan.

1993
February 5 - Beginning of the large-scale attacks of the military forces of the Russian Army in the northern part of the front.
March 17-21 - Meeting of Personal Representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, USA, Turkey and chairman of the CSCE Minsk group.
March 27-April 3 - Occupation of Kalbadjar district of Azerbaijan by the armed forces of Armenia, which is situated outside of Nagorny Karabakh, as a result of this 60698 Azerbaijanis were driven out from their permanent residences.
March 31 - Resumption of the meeting in Geneva. Personal Representative of the President of USA is breaking off the negotiations because of the occupation of Kalbadjar district of Azerbaijan by Armenia.
April 6 - The Statement of the Chairman of the UN Security Council, condemning the occupation of the district of Kalbadjar.
April 30 - The adoption of the resolution 822 by UN Security Council, demanding �the immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces from the district of Kalbadjar and other recently occupied districts of Azerbaijan�.
June 3-4 - The Consultations of �the Minsk Nine�. Adoption of �Schedule of urgent measures on implementation of the resolution 822 of the UN Security Council�.
June 17 - The arrangement through the mediation of Russia on ceasing of bombardment of Aghdam and Stepanakert.
June 26-28 - The armed forces of the Republic of Armenia captured the city of Aghdara of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
June 27 - The arrangement through mediation of Russia on ceasing hostilities, shelling and air bombardment for one week in the districts of Mardakert and Aghdam.
July 12 - The visit of Mr. Rafaelli to Baku, Yerevan and Stepanakert aiming at adoption of the schedule of the Minsk Group.
July 18-20 - The visit of the mediator mission of Russia to Baku.
July 23-24 - The occupation of the district of Aghdam of Azerbaijan, which is situated outside of Nagorny Karabakh, by the armed forces of Armenia, as a result 158000 Azerbaijanis were driven out from their permanent residences.
July 29 - The adoption of the resolution 853 by the UN Security Council, demanding the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of occupation forces involved in the conflict from the district of Aghdam and all other recently occupied districts of the Azerbaijan Republic.
July 21-August 12 - Consultations of OSCE Minsk Group. It was adopted �the schedule of urgent measures for implementing of the resolution 822 and 853 of the UN Security Council�.
August 11 - Beginning of attacks of the Armenian armed forces to the district centers of Fizuli and Jabrail of Azerbaijan.
August 18 - The statement of the UN Security Council's Chairman on immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of the occupation forces from the districts of Fizuli, as well as Kalbadjar and Aghdam and other recently occupied districts of the Azerbaijan Republic.
August 23 - The occupation of the district of Fizuli of Azerbaijan, situated outside of Nagorny Karabakh by the Armenian armed forces, as a result 152860 Azerbaijanis were driven out from their permanent residences.
August 25-26 - The Armenian armed forces occupied the district of Jabrail, situated outside of Nagorny Karabakh, as a result 57125 Azerbaijanis were driven out from their permanent residences.
August 31 - The Armenian armed forces occupied the district of Gubadly of Azerbaijan, situated outside of Nagorny Karabakh, as a result 31364 Azerbaijanis were driven out from their permanent residences.
September 21-28 - Negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group were held in Paris.
October 14 - The UN SC passed a resolution 874, calling on the parties �to abstain from any hostile acts and any interference or invasion, which could led to escalation of the conflict and undermine peace and security in the region�.
October 18-21 - Negotiations within the framework of the Minsk Group.
October 23 - Part of the military forces of the Armenian Republic assaulted the settlement of Horadiz with tanks. Having occupied this important transport unit, the Armenians cut off the district of Zangelan and part of none-occupied territory of Jabrail and Gubadly from the remaining part of the Republic.
October 28 - The military forces of the Armenian Republic occupied the rail road station of Minjivan.
October 28-November 1 - The occupation of the district of Zangelan, Azerbaijan, situated outside of Nagorny Karabakh, as a result, 34924 Azerbaijanis were driven out by the armed forces of Armenia from their permanent residences.
November 11 - The UN SC passed a resolution 884, demanding �immediate cease fire and hostility, unilateral withdrawal of occupation forces from the district of Zangelan and the city of Horadiz and withdrawal of occupation forces from other districts of Azerbaijan, captured recently�.
November 20 - Firing of the mediator mission of Russia by the Armenian side. The statement of the former Russian Foreign Minister A.Kozirev on this matter.
December 10 -The Armenian military forces launched an assault in the direction of district center of Beylagan.

1994
January-March - Series of negotiations and consultations to reach an agreement on cease fire through the mediation of Russia and CSCE.
March 3 - Having broken off the next cease fire agreement, the Armenian troops resumed the hostilities.
March 31-April 3 - Visit of the peacemaker group of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly of CIS headed by Speaker of Kyrgizstan Supreme Council, together with Russian President's representative, to Baku, Yerevan, and Nagorny Karabakh.
April 9-10 - The command of the Armenian Military Forces launched large scale assault in the direction of Terter during 33 days.
May 4-5 - The Bishkek meeting of the parliamentary leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia and the representatives of the both communities from Nagorny Karabakh. The �Bishkek protocol� was adopted.
May 9 - The defence ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the representatives of the Armenian separatist regime from Nagorny Karabakh signed a cease fire agreement.
May 12 - In the zone of conflict the regime of cease fire started functioning. Active hostilities on the line of the front came to an end.
May 19 - The CSCE Permanent Committee. It was passed a statement as a support for the agreement to strengthening of the cease fire regime.
June 27 - An agreement was signed by the parties as confirmation of their commitments on cease fire regime up to conclusion of the political agreement. The joint statement for to support this agreement was made by the leader of mediator mission of Russia and the chairman of the Minsk Conference.
August 28 - Unilateral statement of all sides involved in the conflict and confirmation of the commitments on observation of cease fire regime until the political agreement to be concluded.
September-November - Continuation of the negotiations between the competent representatives of the leaders of sides involved in the conflict in Moscow.
December 5-6 - Meeting of Heads of CSCE member states and governments in Budapest (�Budapest Decision�). In accordance with the decision of the summit, it was established an institute of Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Conference; two stage structuring of the settlement process was completed; decision was taken on the OSCE peacekeeping operations after achievement of the political agreement.

1995
May-December - Series of negotiations within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group on elaboration of agreement for cession of the military conflict.

1996
January-November - Series of negotiations within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group on elaboration of agreement for cessation of the military conflict.
December 2-3 - Meeting of the Heads of OSCE States and governments in Lisbon. In the statement of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office three principles of the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict were formulated:
- territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan;
- legal status of Nagorny Karabakh defined in the agreement based on self-determination which confers on Nagorny Karabakh the highest degree of self rule within Azerbaijan;
- guaranteed security for Nagorny Karabakh and its whole population, including mutual commitments to ensure compliance by all parties with the provisions of the settlement.
These principles were supported by 53 OSCE participating states, except Armenia.

1997
February 13 - A. Tuleyev, the Minister on cooperation with CIS states made a statement on the facts of illegal supply of the Russian weapons to Armenia worth of 270 billion of rubles
February 14 - An institute of �triple� Co-Chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Conference (Russia, USA and France) was established.
March 4-7 - The Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation headed by Arif Rahimzadeh, the first deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) stayed in Moscow in order to find out the circumstances on the fact of supply of the Russian weapons to the Republic of Armenia.
March 14 - Appeal of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis to B.Yeltsin, the President of Russia, E.Stroyev, the Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, G.Seleznyev, the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
April 2 - The report of Lev Rokhlin, the Chairman of the Defence Committee of the State Duma, on delivery of the Russian weapons to the Republic of Armenia worth of one billion US dollars.
April 4 - Appeal of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis to B.Yeltsin, E.Stroyev and G.Seleznyev.
April 1-5 - The next round of the negotiations within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group was held, after it the Armenian side refused to hold further negotiations on the basis of proposals made by the Co-Chairmen, worked out according to the principles of the OSCE Lisbon Summit.
April 4-8 - The Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation headed by Arif Rahimzadeh, the first deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament) stayed in Moscow in order to find out the circumstances on the facts of supply of the Russian weapons to the Republic of Armenia.
April 15 - The OSCE delegation headed by A.Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office of OSCE, was fired by the Armenian side.
April 24 - The statement of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in connection with the fire of A.Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office in the zone of conflict.
June 23 - The Denver Statement of the Presidents of the US, Russia and France, supporting the search of ways for the settlement on the basis of the Lisbon principles.
September 1 - Illegal so-called �presidential elections� in Nagorny Karabakh, which was condemned by the world Community.
September 23-24 - Visit of the delegation of Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group to Baku. Proposal on the stage-by-stage settlement.
October 10 - Strasbourg Joint Statement of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia on supporting plan of the stage-by-stage settlement of the conflict.
December 17-19 - The Meeting of the OSCE Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen. The Chairman-in-Office requested the Co-Chairmen of Minsk Group �to continue their work and urged all sides to resume the negotiations without delay on the basis of the proposal of the Co-Chairmen�.

1998
April - The refusal of Armenia from the early reached agreements on the stage-by-stage settlement of the conflict.
May 13-17 - Visit of the Co-Chairmen to the region. Armenia officially declared about the renunciation of the consent of the former President of the Republic of Armenia with the proposal on the stage-by-stage settlement and supported the package settlement without any preliminary conditions.
July 14-15 - Visit of I.Sergeyev, the Russian Defence Minister, to Armenia, in the course of which an agreement on supply of anti-aircraft weapons S-300 was reached.
November 8-10 - The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen offered a new plan of settlement of the conflict, based on the principle of �common state�. The Azerbaijani side refused to accept this proposal as a basis of resumption of negotiations. Azerbaijan confirmed its readiness to resume negotiations within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group on the basis of the proposals of the Co-Chairmen of September 19, 1997, on the stage-by-stage settlement of the conflict.
December 2-3 - The meeting of the OSCE Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Oslo, where the Chairman-in-Office called upon the sides involved in the conflict to resume the negotiations within the framework of the Minsk Group without delay.
December 16 - Deliver of 5 Russian MiG-29 fighter aircrafts to Armenia.

1999
February 26 - Additional deliver of 5 MiG-29 fighter aircrafts and surface-to-air missile systems S-300 to Armenia.
March 11 - It was adopted the resolution on �Support of peace process in Caucasus� on the plenary meeting of the European Parliament for supporting of the peace plan offered by Minsk Group and continuation of the efforts for long-termed settlement of the conflict.
March 19 - Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan appealed to the European Parliament, criticizing some provisions of the resolution on �Support of peace process in Caucasus�.
April, 2 - Meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia H. Aliyev and R. Kocharian was held in Moscow. The arrangement about intensification of contacts and opinion exchange for seeking of ways for conflict settlement was reached between the presidents.
April, 24 - Meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia H. Aliyev and R. Kocharian was held in Washington through mediation M. Albright. There was put proposals for development of regional cooperation and measures for strengthening of confidence. As a result, Washington declaration was adopted.
May - Delivery 8 rockets �Tayfun� with range 60-80 km by China to Armenia
May, 25 - Hearings on Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict settlement at the meeting of EC PA Commission on political issues. Speaker of Azerbaijan parliament M. Aleskerov and leader of Azerbaijani population of Nagorniy Karabakh N. Bakhmanov addressed the meeting, stating position of Azerbaijan.
June, 3 - Statement of Foreign Ministry of the Azerbaijan Republic in connection with delivery of �Tayfun� rockets by China to Armenia
June, 14 - Units of armed forces of Armenia violated cease-fire regime and attacked positions of Azerbaijani troops along the Contact line in Negorno-Karabakh region. In connection with this incident UN Secretary-General, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, US State Department and Foreign Ministry of Russian Federation issued statements.
June, 18 - Additional delivery of 4 fighters MiG-29 by Russia to Armenia. Foreign Ministry of Georgia made a protest in connection with violation of airspace of the country by these fighters.
June, 28 - July, 1 - There was adopted two statements at the XXVI conference of foreign ministries of OIC member-states:
1. About aggression of Republic of Armenia against Republic of Azerbaijan
2. About demolition and destruction of Islamic historic and cultural monuments in the occupied territories of the Azerbaijan Republic as a result of aggression of the Republic of Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijan
July, 16 - Meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Geneva. Opinion exchange on conflict settlement.
August, 22 - Meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Geneva. Consultations for seeking of ways for the conflict settlement were contiued. As a result of negotiations, instructions on providing the measures for strengthening of cease-fire regime and resumption of negotiations within the frames of OSCE Minsk Group was given to foreign and defense ministries of two countries.
September, 1-2 - Visit of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen representing USA and Russian Federation K. Kavanaugh and N. Gribkov to Baku with the aim to study the situation in the region.
September, 10 - During the international conference �Baltic-Black Sea Cooperation: Towards an Integrated 21st Century Europe Without Dividing Lines� in Yalta, meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia was held, and opinion exchange on issues of strengthening of existing cease-fire regime and seeking of the ways of peace settlement conflict was continued. The parties agreed to resume negotiation process within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group.

Armenians Are the Aggressors

By: Ellen Ray & Bill Schapp

(CovertAction, summer 1994, page 36)

For nearly seven years, a bitter and violent conflict has raged between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabagh, a district of Azerbaijan inhabited by a majority of ethnic Armenians. Contrary to the impression held by many Americans and Western Europeans, in this round of conflict, it is Armenia that has invaded Azerbaijan, Armenia that has occupied a fourth of Azeri territory, and Armenia that has been repeatedly condemned by the United Nations for unlawful aggression.(1) Nonetheless, while editorials in the U.S. and other Western press have deplored the violence on both sides, Armenia is generally depicted as the victim, Azerbaijan as the aggressor, even in news stories.(2) This portrayal, we believe, particularly in the past few years, has stood reality on its head.

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Misinformation and Disinformation

The perception of Armenians as underdogs, as victims of aggression, is rooted in grim historical fact. Decades before Hitler's Holocaust, they were the first internationally recognized victims of attempted genocide.(3) Indeed, they became the embodiment of victimization, the Ottoman Turks the epitome of genocidal oppressors. And for 80 years, Armenians-both within what was for most of that time the Soviet Republic of Armenia and in the large Armenian diaspora-have remained scarred by those gruesome memories.

This legacy has led to widespread misunderstanding of the current conflict. It has been fed by a worldwide network of Armenian support and solidarity organizations that grew in the aftermath of the genocide and devastation of World War I. These groups, along with the Armenian government, promote the notion that Armenia is the current as well as the historical victim. They accuse Azerbaijan of atrocities, while suggesting that Armenia is virtually blameless. As in any war, of course, each side accuses the other of (and itself occasionally commits) atrocities, but here, the very notion of who has invaded and occupied whom has been blurred.

As the U.S. Committee on Refugees notes "[a]lmost every 'fact' relating to this conflict is in dispute." A few, however, are incontrovertible:

• While Armenia invaded Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan has never invaded Armenian territory.

• Armenian (and some "Karabakh-Armenian") forces currently occupy not just Nagorno-Karabakh, but nearly one-fourth of Azerbaijan.(4)

• One million Azeris, now refugees, fled or were driven from that occupied territory.(5)

• Tens of thousands of Kurds, who have lived for centuries in the region, have also been made refugees. Since 1992, the Armenians have expelled virtually all the Kurds from Armenia,(6) and driven tens of thousands more from the areas of Azerbaijan where they had lived.

"ln May of 1992, in order to test the waters, Armenian troops were dispatched to breach the Kurdish land between Armenia and Karabakh at its narrowest point, the old Kurdish capital of Lachin. Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabagh stormed the city. They looted Lachin and set it ablaze. The entire population of over 25,000 was forced out. All vestiges of Kurdish culture, historic monuments and textual repositories in the city were destroyed."(7)

Conflicting Arguments

While most Armenians do not deny either occupying Nagorno-Karabakh and other substantial sections of Azerbaijan, or driving out those Azeris who had not already fled their advance, they counter their critics with two main justifications. The first invokes their historical persecution. Armenians see themselves as clinging to a small, steadily eroding homeland surrounded by hostile forces. In Armenian eyes, that vulnerability is heightened by the rising nationalism of the post-Soviet era. The zones they have captured are needed to ensure their defense, they say, meant to provide a buffer zone against further persecution. The second justification is that of self-determination. Since the majority of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh is Armenian and has lived there for generations, they claim that the enclave has the right to declare itself independent.

To the first argument, the Azeris point out that it was not Azeris who were the persecutors of the Armenians, and, in any event, this time it is they, not the Armenians, who are victims of aggression. They counter the argument of self-determination with the principle of territorial integrity.(8) The United States Committee for Refugees put it like this:

In conflict are not simply two warring parties, but two warring principles of international law and conduct. Enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, as well as in earlier international accords and treaties, are two principles that increasingly appear to be mutually exclusive: first, the notion of self-determination-that a people has a right to choose political representation that reflects its interests; second, the inviolability of borders-that existing borders, however they might have come about historically, ought not to be changed by force.(9)

No matter what the justification, clearly the Armenians have violated the principle of international law, enshrined not only in Helsinki, but in the United Nations Charter, prohibiting "the use of force against the territorial integrity of any state."(10)

Historical Claims

Competing claims in the Caucasus have deep historical roots, with all disputants starting and stopping history where it best supports their case. The area, between the Black and the Caspian Seas, between north Asia and south Asia, has long been a crossroads. Ancestors of the people who now call themselves Georgians, Armenians, and Azeris have all been there for more than a thousand years. Over the centuries, small groups settled in one valley, one mountain top, or another. The fragmentation was exacerbated by religious and secular wars and formalized when the victors drew and redrew borders. The Tsars in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Soviet Union in the 1920s, and the independent former Soviet Republics in the 1990s all faced the same situation: Each of the three nations of the Caucasus Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan- though predominantly populated by its own ethnic group, had enclaves with substantial minorities, and in some cases majorities, ethnically related to one of the neighboring countries."

Not all of the boundary decisions were the result of wars. In 1975, in the Helsinki Accords, each Soviet Republic, including Armenia and Azerbaijan, reaffirmed the existing boundaries. In 1992, when Armenia and Azerbaijan were each invited by the U.N. to become members, they joined as nations with the existing, internationally recognized borders.(12)

The essence of the Armenian complaint and the crux of the Azeri refutation is that each time borders were redefined in the Transcaucasus, Nagorno-Karabakh was not "given" to Armenia, but rather was accepted as an integral part of Azerbaijan. The Armenian argument is somewhat circular. That Armenians have often asked for Nagorno-Karabakh (and each time been refused) is not proof that the request is just.(13)

Nor, of course, is the fact that boundaries have been settled for hundreds of years proof that they are just.

The Current Conflict

The current conflict dates to early 1988, when, as the Soviet Union was weakening, the local government council in Nagorno-Karabakh petitioned Moscow for unification with Soviet Armenia. The Azeri minority on the council boycotted the February 20 vote, which the Politburo in Moscow quickly rejected. A few days later, Armenians rioted in Stepanakert, the provincial capital, killing two Azeris and wounding dozens. On February 27, when word of that incident reached Sumgait, north of Baku, Azeris rioted and killed 31 Armenians.(14) In September, Armenian mobs attacked Azeris in Stepanakert and Khojaly; by November there were demonstrations in most Azerbaijan cities and growing harassment of Armenians.

From late 1988 to early 1990, there was a massive flight of Azeris from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and a simultaneous flight of Armenians from eastern Azerbaijan to Nagorno-Karabakh or Armenia. By the end of 1990, some 300,000 refugees from each side had crossed each other's path.

In December 1989, Armenia announced a unilateral annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh; in January, anti-Armenian riots broke out in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. On January 13 and 14, at least 46 Armenians were killed. The Soviet Union sent troops to restore order on January 20, and in the next few days they killed at least 122 Azeris and wounded about 600.

In August of 1990, as the USSR was collapsing, both Armenia and Azerbaijan declared independence. Armenia did not reintroduce the annexation resolution, but assisted the ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh in driving out virtually all remaining Azeris.(15) Then, on December 10, 1991, the Karabakh Armenians held a referendum calling for independence. A majority of voters in Nagorno-Karabakh-fewer than 40,000, in a country of more than seven million-approved. On January 6, 1992, they declared the independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.(16)

At this point the entire conflict changed, and, we would say, the Armenians lost any claim to acting within the standards of international law and conduct. First, they attacked the remaining Azeris in Nagorno-Karabakh. In February 1992, at least 159 Azeris died in a massacre in the town of Khojaly; the remaining 2,000 fled. In May, the same thing happened in Shusha. Then Armenian forces expanded beyond Nagorno-Karabakh and, in May 1992, invaded Azerbaijan. At first, they opened a corridor linking Armenia and the enclave. Soon, however, they expanded operations to occupy a half dozen other regions of Azerbaijan bordering on Nagorno- Karabakh. This push created the million refugees, both Azeri and Kurd, who fled mostly to unoccupied Azerbaijan.

The Russian Factor

The current politics of the region are no less complicated than the tortuous history of the ethnic conflicts. Azerbaijan, like Armenia, became independent in August of 1990, as the USSR was collapsing. It is the only former Soviet Republic with a mixed economy that gives high priority to social welfare programs and, along with Lithuania, has no Russian military bases.

Its current president, Heydar Aliyev, has had a stormy relationship with Moscow. For years he led the Communist Party in the Soviet Republic Of Azerbaijan, and for a time was head of the Azerbaijan branch of the KGB; he became First Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, and one of the few Muslims on the Soviet Politburo.

While he initially supported Mikhail Gorbachev, he developed serious-ultimately irreconcilable-political differences with him. Aliyev opposed the slogans of perestroika and argued that Gorbachev was leading the country away from socialism.(17) He also disagreed with Gorbachev's positions-developed by a close group of Armenian advisors-relating to the Caucasus. After the central government did nothing to stop the armed secessionists, sent Soviet troops into Azerbaijan, and then refused to investigate the killings committed by those troops, Aliyev resigned from the Communist Party.(18)

Boris Yeltsin, like Gorbachev, has supported Armenia, despite commercial involvement in Azeri oil production. "For the moment," BBC correspondent Alexis Rowell noted, "Russian and Armenian interests coincide....It is highly unlikely that any Armenian offensive is undertaken without a green light from Moscow."(19) But contrary to Rowell's suggestion, the Azeri government does not "adhere to Moscow's imperial design." Indeed, relations have become strained. Azerbaijan recently joined the Junior NATO conference, Partnership for Peace, in large part out of concern for Russian domination. The Russians further antagonized the Azeris by sending a member of the Russian Parliament to Stepanakert in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh.(20)

The U.S. Stake

The U.S., like Russia, has tended to discount the Azeri side of the conflict. There have, however, been differences between the approaches of the Department of State which is more "evenhanded," and Congress, which is more openly pro-Armenian. Although one would not know it from the U.S. media, four times in 1993 the U.N. Security Council condemned Armenian invasions of Azerbaijan and reaffirmed "respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity," as well as "the inviolability of international borders and the inadmissibility of the use of force for the acquisition of territory."(21)

Despite these resolutions and clear evidence of Armenian territorial aggression, an influential Armenian lobby has affected U.S. sentiment, particularly in Congress. Numerous congressional testimonials-sponsored, reasonably enough, by those with the most Armenian-American voters in their districts-are inserted in the Congressional Record every year. Until recently, the lobby pushed for passage of a formal resolution condemning the Ottoman Turks for the 1915 massacre. Armenian support for such a resolution has been matched only by the Turkish opposition. Turkey, a major U.S. ally, and the third largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid, has, so far, prevailed in this fight.

Lately, however, the Armenian focus has shifted to condemnation of Azerbaijan. Typical was a charge by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (from California, the state with the most Armenian- Americans) that "The Azerbaijanis, like the Ottoman Turks in the early 20th century, are attempting to solve a political problem with a violent solution.(22) Sen. Donald Riegel (Michigan, also with many Armenian-Americans) referred to the "brutal blockade" imposed by Azerbaijan on Armenia and condemned "Azeri aggression against the Armenian people."(23)

Even the Washington Post took note. Since "Armenia has a substantial diaspora in the United States and Azerbaijan does not," only it "is in a position to apply" constituent pressures on Congress.(24) That pressure has been so effective that Congress condemned Azerbaijan for closing its border with Armenia, while failing to denounce Armenia for invading and occupying Azerbaijan. On a more practical level, on October 24, 1992, Congress passed a law prohibiting government aid, including humanitarian aid, to Azerbaijan.(25) No restrictions whatsoever have been imposed on Armenia, epitomizing what the U.S. Committee for Refugees described as "the almost reflexive U.S. tilt on the Armenian side." Indeed, the Committee concluded, "the U.S. response has been particularly unbalanced and unhelpful."(26)

Reason vs. Reasons

Armenia may argue that it had sufficient reasons for invading and occupying a large part of Azerbaijan, but it does not deny that it has done so. And Armenia may argue that the U.N. Security Council was repeatedly wrong in condemning it, but it does not deny that the condemnations have occurred. As always, in conflicts that trace their roots back through the centuries, where disputants justify their actions with chants of vengeance, there is enough blame and blood to go around. But that does not mean that, at a particular moment, the blame is necessarily equal. In this case, the Armenians are the aggressors and should be condemned as such. If any lasting solution is to be found, the international community must continue to struggle against "ethnic cleansing;" the Armenians must withdraw from occupied territory; the parties to the conflict must work with the international community for a peaceful solution; and the U.S. must lift the congressional ban on humanitarian aid to Azerbaijan.

Although the authors are two of the three co-publishers of this magazine, this article represents their own views. The authors have visited Azerbaijan and interviewed president Aliyev, and Ellen Ray is the producer of a brief documentary film about him.

1. Security Council Resolutions 822 (April 30, 1993), 853 (July 29, 1993), 874 (October 14, 1993), and 884 (November 12, 1993).

2. See, for example, Carey Goldberg, "David and Goliath in the Caucasus," Los Angeles Times, April 21, 1994, p. A1; and Raymond Bonner, "War, Blockade, and Poverty 'Strangling' Armenia," New York Times, April 16, 1994, p. 3.

3. See Christopher Simpson's The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century (New York: Grove Press, 1993) for a detailed analysis of the pressures-humanitarianism being only one - that brought the Western powers to denounce Ottoman atrocities against the Armenians.

4. Alexis Rowell, "U.S. Mercenaries Fight in Azerbaijan," CovertAction, Spring 1994, p. 26.

5. U.S. Committee for Refugees, Faultlines of Nationality Conflict: Refugees and Displaced Persons From Armenia and Azerbaijan (Washington, D.C.: USCR, March 1994), hereafter USCR Report, also notes some 300,000 displaced Armenians. According to the U.N., in Azerbaijan as of May 1, 1994, there were: 215,000 refugees of Azeri origin from Armenia; 49,000 Turks-Meskhetians from Uzbekistan; 50,000 displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh; and 920,000 displaced persons from seven other occupied regions of Azerbaijan. In May, the Azeri government added another 50,000 Azeris.

6. Kurds made up 1.7% of Armenia"s population. ("You Too, Armenia?" Kurdish Life, No. 9, Winter 1994, published by the Kurdish Library, Brooklyn, N.Y., pp. 1, 2.)

7. Ibid.

8. By best estimates, in the 1930s, ethnic Armenians were 94.4% of the 160,000 people of Nagorno-Karabakh; in 1979, Armenians comprised 76% of 123,000 people in the enclave. Except for a few percent other-mostly Kurd-the rest of the population was Azeri. Now, the population is virtually 100 percent Armenian. (USCR Report, p. 9.) The Azeris also claim that the Armenian majority in Nagorno-Karabakh dates only to 1828, the conclusion of the last Russo-Persian War. Some Caucasians have an expansive sense of time. The authors recently met a Georgian with whom they discussed the secessionists in Abkhazia. The Abkhazians, he said, were "new- comers," with no real claim to the area. "How long have they been there?" we inquired. "Only five hundred years."

9. USCR Report, P.2.

10. Charter of the United Nations, Article 2, Section 4.

11. While some enclaves were settled in ancient times, many others are of more recent vintage, often dating to wars of the 18th and 19th centuries. Also, after the Russo-Persian war of 1828, Azerbaijan was divided between the two combatants, a situation that prevails to this day. More than half of what had been Azerbaijan became part of Persia, now Iran. More than twice as many ethnic Azeris (15 million) live in Iran as in Azerbaijan. (USCR Report, p. 5.)

12. Security Council Note S/23496, January 29, 1992, informed the Republic of Armenia that admission would be recommended to the General Assembly. Note S/23597, February 14, 1992, did the same for the Republic of Azerbaijan. The notes cited each nation's "solemn commitment to uphold the purposes and principles of the charter, which include the principles relating to the peaceful settlement.of disputes and the non-use of force...." When admitted to the U.N. on March 3, 1992 (General Assembly Resolutions 227 and 230), neither challenged the existing borders upon which the admissions were predicated.

13. The claim that Stalin "took" Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia is simply not true. Stalin "retained the lines of the map that separated Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia"; he "appeared to want to maintain the territorial status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh." USCR Report, pp. 8, 9. Instances when the borders were drawn or reconsidered, and when Nagorno-Karabakh remained part of Azerbaijan, include the conclusion of the 1813 Russo-Persian War; the conclusion of the 1828 Russo-Persian War; during the 1918 British occupation; in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in 1919; at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 (when "the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh" signed "an agreement accepting Azerbaijan jurisdiction"); and when the two nations became Soviet Republics in 1920. (See the excellent chronology in the USCR Report, pp. 20-22.)

14. Most Armenians consider the Sumgait riots, which they call a pogrom, the start of the current conflict. Most Azeris consider the local council petition and the riot in Stepanakert as the start. The point is somewhat moot, as the ethnic conflicts have simmered and boiled off and on for hundreds of years. There is also considerable debate over the extent, if any, to which the various riots on either side have been encouraged, or even planned, by the authorities. See USCR Report, p. 11. The history outlined in this subsection is from the USCR Report, pp. 10-18.

15. There is considerable dispute over the extent to which the Karabakh Armenians were directly supported and assisted by the Armenian government at the outset of the conflict. Armenia was far stronger militarily than Azerbaijan, and it seems clear that the great bulk of the anti-Azerbaijan forces at this point are Armenians, not Karabakh Armenians. See Steve Levine, "When the Victim Becomes the Bully," Newsweek, November 29, 1993. Many more Soviet Army officers were Armenian than Azeri; see Goldberg, op. cit., p. A6.

16. No nation, Armenia included, has formally recognized the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. (USCR Report, p. 15.)

17. Dilara Seyid-Zade, Lines from Biography of A Great Politician (Baku: Azerbaijan Publishers, 1994), pp. 12-13. Azerbaijan was the only country in the former USSR and Eastern Europe that voted for Cuba in the November 3, 1993. U.N. General Assembly condemnation of the U.S. embargo. See also Valery Boldin, Ten Years That Shook the World (New York: Basic Books, 1994), p. 170.

18. Heydar Aliyev, Steadfast Position (Baku: Azerbaijan Publishing House, 1994), pp. 30-35. In the U.S. press, Aliyev is typically referred to as "a Brezhnev-era KGB chief' (New York Times, August 1, 1993, p. E14) and "the old Communist Party and KGB boss" (Washington Post, June 30, 1993), p. A20). Oddly enough, these leading journals never refer to Boris Yeltsin as "the old Moscow Communist Party boss," which he was for years.

19. Rowell, op. cit.

20. Azerbaijan Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 8, March 31, 1994, p. 2. The Azeris now call Stepanakert by its pre-Soviet name, Khankendi.

21. Security Council Resolutions 822 ( April 30, 1993), 853 (July 29, 1993), 874 (October 14, 1993), and 884 (12 November 1993). The quoted language appears in each resolution. Neither the New York Times, the Washington Post, nor the Los Angeles Times reported on a single one of these four Security Council actions. The New York Times did, though, during this period run a Reuters dispatch summarizing U.N. opposition: "U.N. Demands Armenians Give Up Conquests," August 19, l993, p. A14.

22. Congressional Record, April 29, 1992, p. H2798.

23. Congressional Record, April 21, 1993, p. S4759.

24. "Tilting to Armenia," Washington Post editorial, March 11, 1993, p. A28.

25. The Act, PL 102-511, Title IX, sec. 907, imposes sanctions until "the President determines, and so reports to the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan is taking demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and other offensive uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh."

26. USCR Report, p. 36.

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