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55/23 GA

United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations

55
Session
Draft symbol A/55/L.30
Adopted symbol 55/23
UN Document 55/23 ↗

Vote ConsensusA/55/PV.60 Nov. 13, 2000

Speeches following this vote (8) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in exercise of the right of reply. May I remind members that statements in the exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to five minutes for the second intervention and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Akopian (Armenia)
My delegation deeply regrets that the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan used today’s agenda item for attacking another nation. He was the only speaker to do so. Such statements are in total contradiction of the very idea of a dialogue among civilizations, and they are capable of killing the dialogue in its cradle. I would like to refer to some concrete cynical points. The representative of …
Mr. Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
In connection with the statement made by the representative of Armenia. It is unfortunate that, despite the topic of the item under consideration, the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, the Armenian representative, as all present can see, is pursuing other goals. To be perfectly honest, he is continuing the aggressive strategy of his country against mine — the Republic of Azerba…
The Acting President
I call on the representative of Armenia, who wishes to speak a second time in exercise of the right of reply.
Mr. Akopian (Armenia)
First, even if one were to accept that some mythical Azeri population was expelled from Armenia — and that is totally false — the Azerbaijani representative has to admit that no Azeri population has been massacred in Armenia since the beginning of the conflict. Secondly, with regard to the events in Khojali, allow me to remind him that, even if one were to agree that some massacres did take plac…
The Acting President
I call on the representative of Azerbaijan, who wishes to speak a second time in exercise of the right of reply.
Mr. Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
I would like to invite all representatives here to visit Baku and to check the status of the Armenian church. With regard to the so-called colonial domination by the Soviets and the foreign occupation by Azerbaijan of Nagorny Karabakh, I congratulate the representative of Armenia on the invention of a new subterfuge — I would call it “subterfuge 2000” — that followed the previous one – the so-ca…
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 32?
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