(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Having played a crucial role in Azerbaijan's
formation and development, Heydar Aliyev left an indelible mark in
the history of Azerbaijan. "Azerbaijan & Heydar Aliyev" – is a
special project of Trend News Agency, dedicated to the 100th
anniversary of the national leader, which will cover key events of
Heydar Aliyev's work in the years of his leading
Azerbaijan.
On July 7, 2000, the national leader visited the UN center in
Vienna, where he met with the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Head of
the UN mission in Austria, Pino Arlacchi. Heydar Aliyev described
in detail the problems in the work of international institutions
when it comes to interethnic conflicts.
After gaining state independence in 1991, Azerbaijan was
immediately recognized by the United Nations and is a member of the
UN, he recalled.
"We appreciate it as one of the most important factors of our
independence. We constantly cooperate and will cooperate henceforth
with the United Nations Organization. To tell the truth, some
issues in the period of cooperation with the United Nations
Organization cause our dissatisfaction. It is connected with the
fact that the United Nations Organization cannot take effective
decisions in our region towards the settlement of conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan. As you know, as a result of this conflict,
the armed forces of Armenia have occupied 20 percent of the
Azerbaijan territory. More than a million Azerbaijanis banished
from native hearths have been living in different places of our
country in extremely hard conditions for a long time - 6-7 years,"
Heydar Aliyev noted.
As he pointed out, in 1992-1993, when Armenian troops occupied
Azerbaijani territories, Azerbaijan appealed to the United Nations
Organization.
"The United Nations Organization considered these appeals in the
Security Council four times and may be more. At any case, the
Security Council of the United Nations Organization adopted four
resolutions on unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from
Azerbaijan. The UNO Security Council has also adopted several
special statements in this connection. However Armenia, being a
member of the United Nations Organization, fulfilled none of the
decisions adopted by the UN Security Council. It comes out that the
Security Council passes a decision but does not fulfill it. And
this does not do credit to the United Nations Organization," the
National Leader said.
Heydar Aliyev noted that he was told that there was no mechanism
for implementing resolutions and decisions of the United Nations
Security Council.
"But if there is no such a mechanism, it should be created. If
it is not created, it means that the United Nations Organization is
indifferent to the implementation of resolutions adopted by it.
Today I have to talk about this, because the situation in which our
country finds itself forces me to do this," he said.
"I cannot help speaking about it. I hope these words will not
remain just information for You, and You, from Your part, will
react to my opinion. Saying "You will react" I mean practical
actions by the United Nations Organization," Heydar Aliyev
stressed.
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