Призыв к миру в Карабахе. Интеллектуалы и активисты со всего мира призывают к немедленному прекращению стрельбы и атак.

Призыв к миру в Карабахе

Мы, нижеподписавшиеся граждане Азербайджана, Армении и других стран требуем от сторон нагорно-карабахского конфликта немедленно прекратить стрельбу и нападения на линии соприкосновения и армяно-азербайджанской границе.

Мы требуем, чтобы одна из сторон, как шаг доброй воли, остановила стрельбу в одностороннем порядке и другая сторона затем сделала то же самое.

Махатма Ганди когда-то сказал: "Око за око оставит всех слепыми." Снайперский выстрел за снайперский выстрел, рейд за рейд на карабахском фронте могут только привести к смерти, ранениям и инвалидности большего числа молодых армян и азербайджанцев. Захват нескольких метров земли или каких-то "стратегических высот" не стоят свежих могил молодых людей и горя их родных и близких.

Карабахское перемирие было согласовано и подписано в мае 1994. В феврале 1995 стороны договорились о мерах по укреплению режима перемирия и наблюдению за ним. Но год от года это не смогло предотвратить смертей десятков военнослужащих. Многие из погибших на прошлой неделе родились уже после перемирия. Понятно, что перемирие само по себе недостаточно и статус кво продолжает вредить жизням сотен тысяч людей.

Поэтому, мы требуем от посредников и сторон конфликта найти новую правовую и практическую формулу, которая могла бы остановить насилие. На встрече в Хельсинки в 2008 г. министры иностранных дел Франции, России и США призвали стороны отвести снайперов с линии соприкосновения. Генсек ООН Пан Ги Мун поддержал эту идею в 2010 г. Мы сожалеем, что это предложение, которое могло спасти десятки жизней, так и не было претворено в жизнь.

Мы также призываем наших сограждан, представителей общественных организаций, государственных и частных СМИ придерживаться этических и профессиональных норм при обсуждении конфликта, отказаться от прославления насилия или призывов к нему, предпринимать настоящие усилия в целях разрешения конфликта мирным путем и требовать от своих властей остановить эскалацию конфликта и начать реальный переговорный процесс для достижения мира.Veronika Aghajanyan, Imagine

Veronika Aghajanyan,Center for Conflict Transformation, Yerevan

Anar K. Ahmadov, Assistant Professor of Comparative Political Economy, Leiden University, The Hague

Rashad Aliyev, freelance journalist, social media and conflict resolution trainer, Baku

Zinaddin Babayev, Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, Boston

Bayram Balci, visiting scholar, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment, Washington

Sofie Bedford, researcher, Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsala University

Jean-Baptiste Blanc, University of Lausanne

Laurence Broers, Editor, Caucasus Survey and Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Michael Cecire, associate scholar, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia

Alexander Cooley, Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York

Dzovinar Derderian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

John Evans, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2004-2006)

Arzu Geybullayeva, Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, Istanbul

Philip Ghamagelyan, Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, Washington

Natalya Ghurbanyan, International Development Expert, Washington

Richard Giragosian, Regional Studies Center, Yerevan

Hamida Giyasbayli, Imagine Center for Conflict Transformation, Baku

Sevil Huseynova, Institute for European Ethnology, Berlin

Ulvi Ismayil, Public Policy Expert, Washington

Irakly Kakabadze, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Tbilisi

Maria Karapetyan, Rondine Cittadella della Pace, Arezzo

Richard D. Kauzlarich, former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan (1994-1997) and Adjunct Professor School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, Arlington

Arsen Kharatyan, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Yerevan

Brady Kiesling, former Deputy U.S. Special Negotiator, Minsk Group, Athens

Charles King, Professor of International Affairs and Government, Georgetown University, Washington

Marion Kipiani, Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Tbilisi

Michael Lemmon, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (1998-2001)

S. Neil MacFarlane, Professor International Relations and Fellow, St. Anne\'s College, Oxford University

Simon Maghakyan, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Colorado, Denver

Mikail Mamedov, Adjunct Professor, Department of History, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Karen Ohanjanyan, Nagorno-Karabakh Committee of \"Helsinki Initiative-92″, Stepanakert

Yelena Osipova, School of International Service, American University, Washington

Mane Papyan, journalist, Vanadzor

Karl Rahder, former CEP Visiting Faculty Fellow at Baku State and Baku Slavic universities, 2004, Naperville

Alakbar Raufoglu, journalist, Washington

Natalya T. Riegg, Professor of Political Science and Global Studies, University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth

Dennis Sammut, Director LINKS and Oxford University

Emil Sanamyan, Editor, The Armenian Reporter, Washington

Emil Souleimanov, Charles University, Prague

Ronald Grigor Suny, Professor of Social and Political History at the University of Michigan

Margarita Tadevosyan, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Arlington

Albert Voskanyan, Center for Civic Initiatives, Stepanakert

Thomas de Waal, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment, Washington

Cory Welt, Associate Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington


 

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