Davis Report Retains All Unacceptable Articles

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DAVIS REPORT RETAINS ALL UNACCEPTABLE ARTICLES

 

Azg/arm

19 Nov 04

 

Armenian Deputies to PACE Grieving

 

On November 17 PACE new reporter on Nagorno Artsax David Atkinson

represented his report at the session of PACE Commission on Political

Issues in Paris. The session was chaired by deputy from Russia

Mikhail Margelov who represented the issue. The session discussed the

changes suggested by the deputies.

 

Armenian deputy at PACE Tigran Torosian suggested 5 possible changes

only two of which were accepted. A formulation in the 7th article

saying that the International Court of Justice should examine whether

Armenia has violated Azerbaijan's territorial wholeness was removed.

 

Terry Davis' preliminary report's 7th article read: "In case

negotiations within the Minsk group framework turn futile, then�=80�

Armenia and Azerbaijan may turn to the International Court of Justice

as there is a legalistic argument whether Armenia violated

Azerbaijan's territorial wholeness for defending the right of

self-identification of Artsax people or not".

 

It's puzzling why the Armenian side considered this very article a

potentially dangerous one. During last few years Armenia has been

constantly repeating that Artsax has never been within the

boundaries of independent Azerbaijan and that the League of Nations

did not recognize the Azeri state of 1918-20 because the latter tried

to join the League with Artsax behind. Yerevan agreed on finding a

legal solution for the issue.

 

The second change of the Armenian side that was accepted has to do

with the 11th article which deals with spreading hatred by means of

mass media. They suggested to remove the equals sign between Armenian

and Azeri mass media as regards spreading hatred. Now this article

reads: "The Assembly condemns any call for violence by means of

Armenian and Azeri media".

 

Three more suggestions of the Armenian side were turned down. "It was

obvious that some representatives' choice to vote for Azeris was

dictated from above and as result our 3 changes were rejected",

Torosian said. An "explanation" issued right after the session by the

Department of Contacts with Public ofthe National Assembly of Armenia

does not name the states voted for Azerbaijan.

 

There were several unacceptable formulations in Davis' report (we do

not use the term "Atkinson's report" as Mr. Atkinson has only edited

Davis' report - T.H.) that still retain. In particular terms like

"ethnic exile" and "appearance of homogeneous ethnic territories". But

the most unacceptable one was the last sentence in the first article

that the Armenian side could not force to remove. It reads: "A

considerable part of Azerbaijan's territory isstill occupied by

Armenian armed forces and the separatist forces are still in control

over Nagorno Artsax".

 

The second article repeats that occupation of a CE state's territory

by another CE state is a violation of CE regulations. In fact, Armenia

is charged with occupation of Azeri lands. Probably the UN General

Assembly will accept a formula about "the present state Azerbaijan's

occupied territories".

 

Neither Atkinson's report nor UN's formula have juridical power,

therefore are not forcible but are important from political and

propaganda aspects.

 

By Tatoul Hakobian

 

 

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg97312.html

[Armen]

Azeri parliament protests at NATO official's remarks on Artsax

 

MPA news agency,

29 Dec 04

 

BAKU

 

Azerbaijan's parliament has sent a letter of protest to the NATO

Parliamentary Assembly's president, Pierre Lellouche, in connection

with his statement that it is necessary to "hand over Nagornyy

Artsax under the provisional control of Armenia".

 

The letter of protest in connection with Lellouche's remarks was sent

to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on behalf of Azerbaijan's

parliament. Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov said at the parliament's session

that in the letter, the Azerbaijani legislature demanded explanations

from the president of the assembly concerning the aforesaid remarks.

 

The incumbent opposition has to quit the political stage of

Azerbaijan, Alasgarov said. "Let younger forces replace them and

establish opposition parties which will re-start the struggle for

power," he said. In Alasgarov's view, a new opposition has to be

created in Azerbaijan.

[ED]

Armen, don’t you think NATO is out lived its self already??

I think NATO is disintegrating, sign of it was/is Iraq and “failure” of France Germany and many NATO members including Turkey’s backing of US efforts in Iraq.

[Armen]

Edward, right now it is difficult to tell weather NATO has future or not. US and EU countries acted as strong political partners in Ukraine against Russia. Before Ukraine I used to think there were deep disagreements between US, Germany and France. However, NATO as a structure may as well disintegrate as you noted, because of the gradual evolvement of similar European security structures.