The Armenian Bar Association’s (ABA) 17-member Board of Governors recently passed a resolution stating that an official policy of the organization is to help secure international recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), according to Armenian Wееkly.

The ABA Board passed a further resolution that, for the first time in its 26-year history, amended its mission statement to read as follows: “A fundamental organizational purpose of the Armenian Bar Association is a commitment to take any and all steps permitted under international law to secure the recognition of the independence of the Artsakh Republic and to protect the right to self-determination of the people of the Artsakh Republic as guaranteed under international law.”

The ABA considers this a historic resolution.

The Armenian Bar Association is the largest organization of Armenian attorneys, judges, law professors, and other legal professionals in the diaspora.