Security Council Resolution 874 (1993) [on Settlement of the Conflict in and Around Nagorny Karabakh]

S/RES/874(1993)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 107 The situation relating to Nagorny-Karabakh, published in 1993.

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15 subjects

Azerbaijan Ceasefires Civilian Persons Cooperation Between Organizations Displaced Persons Emergency Relief Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Humanitarian Assistance Mediation Nagorny Karabakh (Azerbaijan)Nagorny Karabakh Situation Russian Federation Special Missions Troop Withdrawal Truce Supervision

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Calls upon the parties conoemed to make effective and permanent the cease-fire established as a result of the direct contacts undertaken with the assistance of the Government of the Russian Federation in support of the Minsk Group of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;

Reiterates again its fall support for the peace process being pursued within the framework of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and for the tireless efforts of the Minsk Group;

Welcomes and commends to the parties the "Adjusted timetable ofurgent steps to implement Security Council resolutions 822 (1993) and 853 (1993)"11 set out on 28 September 1993 at the meeting of the Minsk Group and submitted to the parties concerned by the Chairman of the Group with the full support of nine other members of the Group, and calls on the parties to accept it;

Official Records of the Security Council, Forty-eighth Year. Supplement for October, November and December 1993, document S/26522.

Ibid., document S/26522, annex. 72

Expresses the conviction that all other pending questions arising from the conflict and not directly addressed in the "Adjusted timetable" should be settled expeditiously through peaceful negotiations in the context of the Minsk process;

Calls for the immediate implementation of the reciprocal and urgent steps provided for in the Minsk Group's "Adjusted timetable", including the withdrawal of forces from recently occupied territories and the removal of all obstacles to communications and transportation;

Ca/Isa/so for an early convening of the Minsk Conference for the puq,ose of arriving at a negotiated settlement to the conflict as provided for in the "Adjusted timetable", in conformity with the 24 March 1992 mandate of the Council ofMinisters of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;

Requests the Secretary-General to respond favourably to an invitation to send a representative to attend the Minsk Conference and to provide all possible assistance for the substantive negotiations that will follow the opening of the Conference;

Supports the monitoring mission ~veloped by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;

Calls on all parties to refrain from all violations of international humanitarian law, and renews its call in resolutions 822 (1993) and 853 (1993) for unimpeded access for international humanitarian relief efforts in all areas affected by the conflict;

Urges all States in the region to refrain from any hostile acts and from any interference or intervention which would lead to the widening of the conflict and undermine peace and security in the region;

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Requests the Secretary-General and relevant international agencies to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the affected civilian population and to assist refugees and displaced persons to return to their homes in security and dignity;

Requests the Secretary-General, the Chairman-in-Office of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Chairman of the Minsk Conference to continue to report to the Council on the progress of the Minsk process and on all aspects of the situation on the ground, and on present and future cooperation between the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the United Nations in this regard;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

Adopted una11imous~v at the 3292nd meeting.

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