Resolution
of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic Supreme Medjlis on the Political
Evaluation of the Baku Events of January 1990
Evaluating
the event which took place in Baku over the night from 19 to 20-th of
January, 1990 and the following days Supreme of Majlis the Nakhichevan
Autonomous Republic points out that Soviet Army detachments of special
punitive character, Military Navy and Interior Ministry detachments invaded
and occupied Baku and inflicted a massacre on the civilian population.
Thus, the clauses of paragraph 14 of the USSR Constitution, Article 119,
and the sovereign rights of the Azerbaijan SSR were grossly violated.
As
a result of this military action directed against the fight of the Azerbaijan
people for democracy and national liberation hundreds of innocent people-among
them elderly men, women and children - were killed and wounded, numerous
cases of unusual cruelty were registered.
Those
who are directly responsible to people for this political and military
violence are the Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium M.Gorbachev,
the USSR Central Committee Secretary A.Girenko who was in Baku at that
period, the Minister of the USSR Ministry of Defense D.Yazov, of Internal
Affairs of the USSR V.Bakatin, the USSR Central Committee official A.Mikhailov,
and also the leader of the Republic-the former first secretary of the
Communist Party of Azerbaijan Central Committee A.Vezirov, the Chairman
of President of Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan SSR E.Kafarova, A.Moutalibov,
being the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers then, members of the Communist
Party of Azerbaijan Central Committee Bureau V.Polyanichko, M.Mamedov,
V.Guseinov.
Having
betrayed their own people, the leaders of the Republic did not take any
preventive measures, showed their inconsistency and being guilty of the
committed, tried to avoid the responsibility.
Despite
the pressing demand of the Republic’s population to reveal the culprits
of the bloody January events, to investigate and evaluate these event,
to investigate and evaluate these event from the political point of view,
no such measure was carried out. Extraordinary Session of Supreme Council
convened in January 22 did not complete its work. Summoned to give political
evaluation to the January events this session has not started its work
so far, at the same time this matter has not been discussed at the following
sessions.
It
seems surprising too that Commission of Supreme Council, created to investigate
the January events has not completed its work either (the Chairman of
the Commission M.Abbasov).
None
of the leaders of the Union and the Republic Party, Soviet and Legal institutions
have been revealed and unmasked or made responsible for the January events.
This fact arouses righteous public indignation.
Estimating
this action as unprovoked armed aggression, a plot devised against the
country and as a gross violation of the Human Rights Declaration, the
Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic Supreme Majlis has adopted a resolution.
1.
To consider the bloody events that took place in Baku in January 1990
as a violence directed against the sovereign right of the Azerbaijan SSR
and the democratic processes started in the Republic.
2.
To condemn aggression against the people of Azerbaijan, the use of modern
weapons causing superfluous suffering to the victims, helpless civilian
population- elderly, women and children.
3.
To express a strong protest against Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan
SSR that did not yet give a political estimation of the tragic events
in Baku, the deputies’ commission created in this connection did not complete
its work without any obvious reason, the culprits of the massacre have
not been revealed and made to answer.To demand from the Supreme Council
to include these matters in the agenda of the Parliament Session.
4.
From the date adoption of adoption of this resolution to declare 20-th
of January the Day of National Mourning in the Nakhichevan Autonomous
Republic.5. To request from the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan SSR to declare
20th of January as the Day of National Mourning.
Nakhichevan,
November, 21, 1990
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