In the conditions of the existential threat created for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, the international community bears the duty of taking action and preventing crimes. Mher Margaryan, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations (UN), emphasized this in his address at the UN General Assembly debates held Monday under the agenda item on the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
The debates touched on the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan in violation of its legal obligations and the judgment of the International Court of Justice—and which endangers the lives of innocent people contrary to international humanitarian law.
It was stressed that Armenia petitioned to the UN to send a mission to Nagorno-Karabakh in order to assess the humanitarian, security, and human rights situation of the local population.
