Armenian diplomat urges UN development and humanitarian structures to  provide support to forcibly displaced population of Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo.Ambassador Vahram Kazhoyan Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, participated in the Fourth Session of the Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Financing for Development, held in Bangkok from November 1-3, 2023. 

Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, UN Under-Secretary-General and  Executive Secretary of the UN ESCAP delivered the opening speech.

Ambassador Vahram Kazhoyan, Permanent Representative of Republic of  Armenia to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the  Pacific delivered a speech on November 1, 2023. Ambassador Kazhoyan  specifically emphasized the importance of financial flows, for the  development of logistics infrastructure, in order to be able to fully  develop its economic potential, and thus ensure sustainable  development for Armenia, as a landlocked country. In his statement,  Ambassador stressed that only by fulfilling these activities, it will  be possible to achieve the implementation of the Sustainable  Development Goals of the United Nations.

In his statement, Permanent Representative of Armenia spoke about the  aggression of Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh, that was launched  after a 10-month-long exhausting blockade. Ambassador Kazhoyan  mentioned that as a result of the long-term policy of ethnic  cleansing against Nagorno-Karabakh carried out by Azerbaijan, 101,848  citizens, including 30,000 children, had to leave their homeland and  places of permanent residence, leaving behind their homes, property  and thousand-year-old cultural heritage. 

Ambassador Kazhoyan emphasized that the aggression carried out by  Azerbaijan is the gross violation of the UN Charter, the fundamental  norms of international humanitarian law, as well as the obligations  under the Trilateral Statement of November 9, 2020, and the binding  Orders of the International Court of Justice. 

Vahram Kazhoyan urged the UN development and humanitarian structures  to provide support to the forcibly displaced population of  Nagorno-Karabakh.

53 members of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the  Pacific and representatives of 9 associated member states, as well as  many international organizations attended the fourth session of the  Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Development  Financing. 

The fourth session of the Committee concluded its deliberations on  November 3, by adopting the report of the fourth session of the  Committee.