Nagorno-Karabakh’s Right to Self-Determination: Putting it on the Agenda: American NGO issues memorandum

The American Public International Law & Policy Group
(PILPG) NGO has issued a memorandum, entitled ‘Nagorno-Karabakh’s Right to
Self-Determination: Putting it on the Agenda’.

The purpose of the memorandum is to set forth the argument
that the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh are entitled, at a minimum, to the
right of internal self-determination and that the current negotiations should
provide for the meaningful and effective protection of this right. 

“Nagorno-Karabakh’s Soviet era autonomous status should
serve as a benchmark for discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan concerning
the future fate and status of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh,” reads the
memorandum.

The organization also noted that the memorandum shall not be
construed as advocating a specific outcome to the talks between Armenia and
Azerbaijan as that is within the purview of the negotiating parties to
determine, and first and foremost, for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.