APPEAL
To
The United Nations Organization
The European Council
The Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe
The Heads of the OSCE Minsk Group member-states
The International Red Cross Committee
Armed gangs of Armenia, longing to establish mythical “Great Armenia” by usurping Azerbaijani territories started undeclared war against this country and occupied Jabrail and Fizuli regions on August 23 and Gubadli region on August 31 of 1993, i.e. 15 years ago.
As a result of unjust and unfair war insidious enemy savagely sacked and destroyed over 260 settlements, hundreds of historical and cultural monuments belonging to the IV-XIX centuries, 283 educational and pre-educational establishments, about 450 cultural, 263 medical establishments, as well as 110 industrial and agricultural entities, 4 museums and tens of thousands of museum exhibits, electric and communication installations, roads and bridges, in short, all infrastructure and private property of citizens was looted.
1085 people were killed during military operations in those regions; hundreds of thousands of people were wounded, taken captives and got missing.
About 230 thousand inhabitants were driven away from native lands and, settling in different regions of the republic, were obliged to live as poor IDPs.
As a result of Armenian aggression living condition was destroyed and negatively changed in these regions, Azerbaijani government fulfilled great works in order to improve its population’s living condition, constructed several settlements with all necessary facilities in Bilasuvar and Fizuli regions.
But although it was impossible to settle all problems of these people, different illnesses and deaths increased, childbirth statistics was decreased and general demographic condition was worsen.
Armenian armed bands besides destroying everything in the occupied territories belonging to the history, culture, economy and public life of Azerbaijan, barbarically ruined ecology, flora and fauna of that zone.
Armenia not taking into account the international rules and roughly destroying them intentionally delays negotiation process held by the OSCE Minsk Group and deviates from fulfilling resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 of the UNO Security Council.
The participants of the round table on subject “Jabrail, Fizuli and Gubadli – 15 years under Armenian bondage” appealed to the UNO, the European Union, the OSCE, heads of the OSCE Minsk Group member-states and the International Red Cross Committee calling them on to take strict measures to ensure territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, to release the occupied territories, including Jabrail, Fizuli and Gubadli regions, from Armenian armed forces, to free Azerbaijani citizens captured during the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict and clarify the fate of missing people.
The appeal “Jabrail, Fizuli and Gubadli – 15 years under Armenian bondage” was adopted by the participants of the round table held by “Association for Civil society Development in Azerbaijan” together with Public Association for “Protection of Rights of Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan” on 22 August, 2008, in Baku