recognized borders.
11. Decides to instruct the Permanent Representatives o f Member
States at the United
Nations in New York, while voting at the UN General Assembly,
to give full support to the issue of territorial integrity of the Republic
of Azerbaijan.
12. Urges Armenia and all Member States of
the OSCE Minsk
Group to engage constructively in the ongoing OSCE peace process on
the basis of the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and
the relevant OSCE decisions and documents, including those of the
First Additional Meeting of the OSCE Council of 24 March 1992,
OSCE Summits of 5-6 December 1994, 2-3 December 1996, 18-19
November, 1999, and refrain from any action that will make it more
difficult to reach a peaceful solution.
13. Expresses its full support for the three principles of the
settlement of the armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
contained in the statement of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office at the
1996 Lisbon OSCE Summit, namely the territorial integrity' of the
Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, highest degree
of self-rule of the Nagorno-Karabakh region within Azerbaijan and
guaranteed security for this region and its whole population.
14. Stresses that fait accompli may not serve as a basis for a
settlement, and that neither the current situation within the occupied
areas of the Republic of Azerbaijan, nor any actions, including
arranging voting process, undertaken there to consolidate the status
quo, may be recognized as legally valid.
15. Demands to cease and reverse immediately the transfer of
settlers of the Armenian nationality to the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan, which constitute a blatant violation of international
humanitarian law and has a detrimental impact on the process of
peaceful settlement of the conflict, and agrees to render its /fill support
to the efforts of Azerbaijan undertaken to this end, including at the
General Assembly of the United Nations, inter alia, through their
respective Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York.
16. Requests the OIC Member States to encourage their legal and
physical persons not to be engaged in economic activities in the
Nagorno-Karabakh region and other occupied territories of
Azerbaijan.
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17. Expresses its support to the activities of the OSCE Minsk
Group and consultations held at the level of the Foreign Ministers of
Azerbaijan and Armenia and its understanding that a step-by-step
solution will help to ensure gradual elimination of the most serious
consequences of the aggression against the Republic of Azerbaijan.
18. Requests the Secretary General to communicate the principled
and firm position of the OIC vis-ä-vis the Armenian aggression against
the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the current Chairman of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
19. Reaffirms its total solidarity with and support for the efforts
undertaken by the Government and people of Azerbaijan to defend
their country.
20. Calls for enabling the displaced persons and refugees to return
to their homes in safety, honor and dignity.
21. Expresses its appreciation to all Member States which have
provided humanitarian assistance to the refugees and displaced
persons and urges all the others to extend their contribution to these
people.
22. Expresses its concern over the severity of humanitarian
problems concerning the
existence of more than one million displaced persons and refugees
in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan and requests the OIC
Member States, the İslamic Development Bank and other İslamic
Institutions to render much needed financial and humanitarian
assistance to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
23. Considers that Azerbaijan has the right for appropriate
compensation with regard to damages it suffered as a result of the
conflict and puts the responsibility for the adequate compensation of
these damages on Armenia.
24. Requests the Secretaiy-Generai to follow up the
implementation of this resolution and to report thereon to the 37th
CFM.
6.2.18.1.2. Resolution No. 3/36-E. On the activities related to
economicassistance to member states, non-oic countries and
muslim communities.
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