The format of the urgent session of the UN Security Council does not imply the adoption of the document directly. MFA

The spokesperson of the RA MFA answered the questions received from the media. This is reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Question. On August 16, an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council was held regarding the humanitarian situation in Nagorno Karabakh. The countries expressed their positions, but it was not recorded in any document. Why was no decision made? Didn't Armenia present such a document?

Answer: As we have already mentioned, we highly appreciate the principled positions voiced by our partners, international structures during this and the previous session of the UN Security Council held in December, as well as until now on other international platforms, which are consistent with the UN in the matter of maintaining international security and peace to the primary mandate of the Security Council, to the universal values of human rights protection and, perhaps most urgently at the moment, to the awareness of Azerbaijan's aggressive actions and the prevention of a new humanitarian disaster in Nagorno-Karabakh.

From a procedural point of view, the format of the emergency session of the UN Security Council is a discussion, it does not directly imply the adoption of a document (resolution or statement). In addition, the 15 (permanent and non-permanent) members of the UN Security Council have the right to present draft resolutions of the UN Security Council and take the initiative to put them to the vote. Armenia, not being a member of the UN Security Council, does not have such authority.

The discussion in the format of the UN Security Council provides an important platform, an opportunity to focus the attention of the international community on the possible catastrophic consequences of the situation, to activate the efforts of the Council to address it and to coordinate them, to outline the next steps.

Question. Is that the end of the process?

Answer: Not at all, this is an ongoing process. RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues its active activities at the UN and other platforms. Today, the international community, the UN Security Council, the members interested in real, long-term stability in the region, must take clear steps, coordinate efforts to direct the perception formed regarding the importance of the reopening of the Lachin Corridor, with the effective use of existing mechanisms, to direct the immediate settlement of the problem.

Question. And why was the urgent meeting of August 16 convened under the title "September 13 letter of the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the UN addressed to the President of the UN Security Council?" Why wasn't a new letter or application sent?

Answer. In 2022 After the aggression of Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of Armenia in September, since the application submitted by Armenia to the UN Security Council, a relevant agenda item of the UN Security Council with the title mentioned by you was formed. This is an accepted phenomenon in the UN Security Council and has a very simple technical justification: not to burden the Security Council agenda with different formulations of the same or very similar issues.

Let's emphasize that with the letter of September 13, the RA Foreign Minister's letter regarding the armed attack of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's continuous aggressive actions against both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, which are a threat to international peace and security, was brought to the attention of the UN Security Council.

Later in 2022 since December, both discussions, already called in relation to the problem of blocking the Lachin Corridor and the humanitarian crisis created in Nagorno-Karabakh, were held with reference to that letter and under the agenda item.

It should be noted that both last December and this year Ahead of the August meetings, Armenia presented special application letters to the attention of the UN Security Council members for the purpose of discussing the Lachin Corridor issue. In addition, dozens of letters about the blockade of the Lachin Corridor and the created humanitarian crisis were circulated both in the UN Security Council, the General Assembly and other international platforms," the message states.