Ambassador Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, who is Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), on Thursday participated in and addressed at the UN Security Council open debate on conflict prevention, international peace, and safeguarding of security.
In his remarks, the Armenian ambassador stressed that Armenia especially underscores the role of civil society in the formation of a climate of mutual trust in the prevention of disputes, informed the Armenia MFA press service.
“The prevention is indispensable not solely in the starting of a possible conflict, but also in the case of conflicts that have not been settled once and for all. This also refers to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, as Azerbaijan launched a full-scale war, violating the UN Charter, against the realization of the right to self-determination of its [Karabakh’s] people,” specifically said Armenia’s Permanent Representative to UN.
In addition, Mnatsakanyan drew the attention to the Yazidis’ mass killings in Northern Iraq in recent weeks. He noted that hundreds of thousands of people—including Yazidis, Assyrians, and Armenians—are forced to leave their homes, and informed that Armenia has decided to deliver aid to the Yazidi community through UN.
“The international community must act immediately. Armenia calls on the [UN] Security Council to address forthwith to the tragic situation of the Yazidi population,” Ambassador Zohrab Mnatsakanyan concluded.