Doc. 9239
27 September 2001

Armenian-Azerbaijan (Mountainous-Karabakh) Conflict

Motion for a resolution

presented by Mr Aliyev I. and others

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it

1.       Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fully-fledged members of the Council of Europe since 25 January 2001. Adopting these countries into the European family the Assembly was aware of the hard and bloody conflict between them; but the desire to assist them in the solution to this problem was one of the major factors to support Azerbaijan and Armenia while they stepped into the Council of Europe.

2.       Along with it, the Assembly certifies that the conflict around the Mountainous Karabakh has not been submitted for a discussion either at any Committee or at the Assembly as a whole during more than half-year period after Azerbaijan and Armenia entered the Council of Europe. Even the intensification of negotiations within the framework of OSCE Minsk Group did not bring to any advancement in the solution of the said conflict.

3.       Realising the importance of this problem in the South Caucasus, also taking into consideration the fact that the continuation of the confrontation may lead to destabilisation at the whole Caucasian region the Assembly considers:

a.       Time has come to discuss Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict around the Mountainous Karabakh, to refer it clearly and impartially to the Council of Europe will serve the consolidation of peace among peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and consequently to establish stability at the Caucasus as well as in Europe as a whole.

b.       Political Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly should hold discussions on this issue with the aim of submitting a report on the results gained to the Assembly meeting.

Signed : ¹

Aliyev I., Azerbaijan, EDG

Akçali, Turkey, EDG

Akgönenç, Turkey, EDG

Akhvlediani, Georgia, LDR

Aliyev G., Azerbaijan, EDG

Bársony, Hungary, SOC

Baumel, France, EDG

Belohorska, Slovakia, EDG

Bilovol, Ukraine, EDG

Cerrahoğlu, Turkey, EDG

Chapman, United Kingdom, EDG

Chikhradze, Georgia, EPP/CD

Clerfayt, Belgium, LDR

Fyfe, United Kingdom, SOC

Gönül, Turkey, EPP/CD

Haack, Germany, SOC

Hajiyeva, Azerbaijan, EPP/CD

Hoeffel, France, EPP/CD

Huseynov R., Azerbaijan, EPP/CD

Jones, United Kingdom, SOC

Lord Judd, United Kingdom, SOC

Kalkan, Turkey, EDG

Keltošová, Slovakia, EDG

Kovalev S., Russia, LDR

Kroupa, Czech Republic, EPP/CD

Landsbergis, Lithuania, EDG

Libane, Latvia, LDR

Lloyd, United Kingdom, SOC

Martínez Cazañ ,Spain, EPP/CD

Marty, Switzerland, LDR

McNamara, United Kingdom, SOC

Nemcova, Czech Republic, EDG

Olteanu, Romania, SOC

Paleckova, Czech Republic, EDG

Popescu, Ukraine, SOC

Rogozin, Russia, EDG

Saglam, Turkey, EPP/CD

Sehnalova, Czech Republic, SOC

Seyidov, Azerbaijan, EDG

Shakhtakhtinskaya, Azerbaijan, EDG

Simonsen, Norway, LDR

Škrabalo, Croatia, LDR

Stankevič, Lithuania, LDR

Telek, Turkey, EDG

Tepshi, Albania, EPP/CD

Tevdoradze, Georgia, EDG

Tkác, Slovakia, EDG

Vakilov, Azerbaijan, EDG

Wilkinson, United Kingdom, EDG

Wilshire, United Kingdom, EDG

¹        SOC: Socialist Group

      EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party

      EDG: European Democratic Group

      LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers’ Group

      UEL: Group of the Unified European Left

      NR: not registered in a group