Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku, 30 October, 2004)

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku, 20 October, 2004)

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku, 7 August, 2002)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Press-release (Baku, 15 July, 2002)

Statement by Mr. Vilayat Guliyev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan at 110th Session of Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Vilnius, 3 May, 2002)

Statement of the Milli Mejlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan On Destruction and Seizure of the Cultural Property of Azerbaijan

Speech by Mr. Murtuz Aleskerov, Chairman of Milli Mejlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the Conference of Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) (Chongqing, 18 April, 2002)

Appeal of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dedicated to the Day of Solidarity of the World Azerbaijanis (Baku, 22 December 2001)

Statement by Mr. Vilayat Guliyev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the General debate of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly (New York, 14 November 2001)

Speech by Mr. Ilham Aliyev, Head of the delegation of the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) (Strasbourg, September 25, 2001)

Address by Mr. Ilham Aliyev, Head of the Parliamentary Delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the PACE on item "Europe's fight against economic and transnational organized crime" (Strasbourg, April 23-27, 2001)

Address by His Excellency Mr. Heydar Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, January 25, 2001)

Being interested in progressive continuation of the peace process over the settlement of the conflict between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan and with a view to prevent the actions carried out by Armenia in the occupied territories, which make a negative impact on negotiations and contradict to the Geneva Conventions, the Republic of Azerbaijan initiated the inclusion of an item in the agenda of the 59th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) entitled "The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan".

The matter of inclusion of an additional item in the current agenda of the UN GA entitled "The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" was considered at the meeting of the UN General Committee on 27 October 2004. As a result of the debates, the Committee recommended to include the aforementioned item in the UN GA current agenda.

Following the General Committee's recommendation, this issue was discussed at the meeting of the UN GA on 29 October 2004. In the course of discussions, Armenia demanded to put the issue to the vote. 143 countries have participated at the voting. 43 countries voted in favour to 1 against (Armenia) with 99 abstentions. Therefore, the decision to include the item "The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" in the agenda of the 59th session of the UN GA was taken.

This decision has laid the basis for further effective and just consideration of the issue for the purpose to prevent the illegal actions committed by Armenia in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

October 30, 2004