The Blunt Post: UN greenwashes Aliyev`s crimes against humanity and  ignores genocide in Artsakh 

ArmInfo.The UN greenwashes  Aliyev's crimes against humanity and ignores the genocide in Artsakh  by holding its Climate Conference, COP29 in Azerbaijan.  This is stated in the article on The Blunt Post.

 "Allowing a totalitarian country to host a United Nations event constitutes deliberate  complicity by the UN and participating nations in the genocidal acts  perpetrated against the Armenian nation by the Azerbaijani  government.  The propagation of falsified historical narratives, the  misappropriation and erasure of  the cultural and religious  heritage  of the Armenian people, and the policy of deceit by the Azerbaijani  leadership  to gain support from international organizations and  governments to achieve its goal of the "Final Solution" to the  existence of Armenia," the article says.

The author also notes that by this blatantly interest-driven act, the  UN ignores Azerbaijan's campaigns of hate, violence and  disinformation against the Armenian people and its ambition to  destroy the democratic Republic of Armenia and fulfill its pan-Turkic  ambitions.  The article notes that Azerbaijan has steadily slipped  down in the international rankings regarding respecting democratic  principles and freedom of expression over the last 20 years.

"Corruption is rampant, and years of persecution have weakened formal  political opposition. The authorities have carried out an extensive  crackdown on civil liberties in recent years, leaving little room for  independent expression or activism. The Aliyev government has also  recently become more radical in its ideology.

This new paradigm is perfectly illustrated by the recently created  Military Trophies Park in the capital city of Baku, where military  equipment confiscated from Armenian forces is displayed, along with  the helmets of slain enemy fighters and wax figures with caricatured  features representing Armenian soldiers. Several observers have  described the displays as "dehumanizing," the article continues. 

The source recalls that on September 27, 2020, Azerbaijan, with  help  from Turkey, orchestrated a new genocidal attack and ethnic cleansing  against the civilian indigenous Armenians of the Republic of Artsakh  (Nagorno-Karabakh) using advanced Israeli weapons. It is also  emphasized that to implement these actions, jihadist mercenaries from  ISIS, Syria, Libya and Pakistan were recruited an brought  to  slaughter Armenians and carry out a wide-scale ethnic cleansing.

"The mercenaries were promised $ 2,000 a month to kill Armenians and  $ 100 bonuses for every Armenian beheaded alive," the source writes.   The author of the article also recalls the ten-month blockade of  Artsakh and a new act of aggression by Azerbaijan against the NKR on  September 19-20, 2023.  "Azerbaijani forces initiated both a ground  offensive and an aerial bombing of the region, seizing nearly a  hundred local military posts in the process. Officials reported that   200 people died in the attack, and 400 were wounded. At least ten  civilian deaths were reported, including five children,  as a result  of the operation. By forcing people to flee to Armenia with its  deadly offensive, Azerbaijan  succeeded in ethnically cleansing  Artsakh of its indigenous Armenian population," the author of the  article noted.

However, it is noted that COP29 is being hosted in an authoritarian  oil state with a shocking record of human rights violations,  including clamping down on environmental protests and the arresting  journalists.

At the Bonn climate conference in June last year, states highlighted  the importance of including human rights in agreements with COP host  countries. "The UN must stay true to its principles and demand the  following from Azerbaijan: recognize the genocide of Artsakh,  recognize the Republic of Artsakh, allow the Armenians of Artsakh to  return to their native land, guarantee the security of Artsakh, make  reparations to the people of Artsakh for war crimes and crimes  against humanity, release all Armenian hostages and those kidnapped   from prison, release all political prisoners and journalists from  prison regardless of nationality Azerbaijan's proposal for a truce  during COP29 rings hollow unless the above-mentioned conditions are  not unequivocally met," the author of the article is sure.  The  article emphasizes that it is not enough for the UN to discuss the  principles of international law; it must ensure them uniformly across  all nations.  "Today, the UN stands at a crossroads that will  determine whether it will be an organization that caters to criminal  states or  continues to uphold some of its most relevant founding  principles of  ensuring the protection of human rights, environmental  responsibility and anti-corruption policies. These policies stand in  stark contrast with the UN's decision to host the COP2 in a country  that blatantly tramples them, as it confidently showcases the   complicity of the UN in its pursuit of global and regional criminal  activity," the article concludes.