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The
Decree of the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijani SSR
"About the cancellation of the state of emergency in Baku city"
The
Supreme Council of the Azerbaijani SSR noting that according to the article
71 of USSR Constitution the normalization of the situation in NKAO and
the restoration of sovereign rights of the Azerbaijani SSR is the only
aim of entering of Soviet Army troops into the republic, expressing the
indignation and anger of the Azerbaijani people in connection with the
bloody massacre implemented against the peaceful population of Baku city,
the capital of republic, by troops of Defense Ministry of USSR, Interior
Ministry of USSR and Committee of State Security of USSR, which led to
the death and injuring of many hundreds people, noting, that the top authorities
of USSR violated the conditions of Agreement on creation of USSR and Constitution
of USSR and the decision about the declaration of the state of emergency
in Baku city and entering of troops, that led to the violation of sovereign
rights of Azerbaijan SSR, was taken without consent of sovereign Azerbaijani
SSR, decrees:
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To consider
the Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Council of USSR of January
19, 1990 about the declaration of the state of emergency in Baku city
as act of aggression against the sovereign Azerbaijani SSR, and to
consider the actions of USSR top authorities and the top officials,
who ordered to implement this Decree, and which led to the death and
injuring of many hundreds people in Baku city and its suburbs as the
crime against the Azerbaijani nation.
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On the
basis of the article 6 of the Constitutional Law of the Azerbaijani
SSR about the sovereignty stop the implementation of the Decree of
Presidium of the Supreme Council of USSR of January 19, 1990 about
the declaration of the state of emergency everywhere except NKAO and
regions bordering with Armenia because it violates the clause 14 of
article 119 of USSR Constitution and it was adopted without consent
of the top authorities of the Azerbaijani SSR.
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To demand
the immediate cancellation of the Decree of Presidium of the Supreme
Council of USSR of January 19, 1990 about the declaration of the state
of emergency in Baku city and regions of republic taking into account
the exclusion, which is showed in the item 2 of the Decree, withdraw
all troops and units from Baku city and other regions of the republic.
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To create
the deputy commission with participation of representatives of public
organizations to identify the direct organizers who are guilty of
the bloody massacre implemented in Baku city and other regions of
Azerbaijan against the citizens of the Azerbaijani SSR .
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To adopt
the appeal to the Supreme Councils of the Soviet republics, governments
of all democratic states of the world calling to condemn the actions
of vandalism and aggression, that are contrary to the principles of
international law, and led to the death and injuring of many hundreds
people.
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To continue
the work of special session and start the discussion of the issue
about the advisability of keeping of the allied relations between
USSR and the Azerbaijani SSR in case of default of positive answer
from the Union bodies.
The
Chairwoman of Presidium of the Supreme Council
of the Azerbaijani SSR E.Gafarova
The
Secretary of Presidium of the Supreme Council
of the Azerbaijani SSR R.Gaziyeva
Baku
city, January 22, 1990
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