On Thursday (7 September) the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution with consensus (without vote) "The situation in the occupied territory of Azerbaijan submitted by the Azerbaijani delegation, Trend reports citing ITAR-TASS.
The Assembly voiced its concerns on the fires in the occupied territory of Azerbaijan and called for the urgent ecological operations to extinguish them and prevent fatalities. The General Assembly took into consideration the OSCEs intention to send a mission to the region to estimate the impact of the fire to the environment in preparation of an ecological operation. It welcomed the willingness of both sides to co-operate in this respect and called such an operation a measure of confidence consolidation.
The General Assembly called on the UN Environment Program to render assistance with the OSCE, as well as in estimating the short- and long-term results of the environment in the region and resistance to them and their rehabilitation. It asked the OSCE Chairman-in-office to present to the UN Member of States a report on the issue up to 30 April 2007.
In his address on behalf of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, a U.S. representative, Alexandro Woolf, underlined that Russia, France and the United States are still loyal to the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "In this respect we seriously regard the concern voiced by both the two conflict on threats to the stability and security of the region, which pose new obstacles in the negotiations process, the U.S. diplomat underlined. He voiced their Minsk Group co-chairs readiness, together with the special envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-office, to render assistance in the organization of the OSCE mission with the support of UNEP.
Russia, France and the United States hope that the goodwill spirit demonstrated by Armenia and Azerbaijan during the work over the resolution testifies the readiness of both sides to take additional measures to consolidate matters, which would support the talks, Woolf underlined. He reminded that over the past 2 years the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs carried out intensive work with Armenia and Azerbaijan over the definition of major principles of the agreement which would lead to fair and durable resolutions". The July Summit of G8 held in St. Petersburg called on the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to take these principles as a basis for the resolution of the conflict. "Today we again appeal strongly and state the Governments readiness in rendering its full support to the achievement and implementation of the peace agreement, the U.S. diplomat stated.