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7. CONCLUSION

Nagorno-Karabakh is an autonomous area within the borders of the Republic of

Azerbaijan, which has been a cause of conflicts and countless casualties between
Armenia and Azerbaijan for many years, despite the intervention attempts of the
international community. Seven districts in Nagorno-Karabakh and its vicinity,
which account for 20 percent of the territories of Azerbaijan, have been occupied
by Armenia for approximately 30 years. Founded in 1992 to end the conflict and
work out a peaceful solution in the area, the OSCE Minsk Group made certain
efforts, which eventually proved fruitless. However, the efforts of the Minsk Group
made the basis of the UN Security Council decisions, and the Council announced
four resolutions in 1993: 822, 853, 874 and 884. By these resolutions, Armenian
forces were asked to withdraw from the Azerbaijani territories that they occupied.
According to the resolution 62/243 adopted in the General Assembly of the UN on
March 14, 2008, referring to the relating four resolutions of the Security Council
of the UN, the Armenian forces should “fully, immediately and unconditionally”
withdraw from Azerbaijan. However, the said international efforts failed to yield
any result, and the armed conflicts continued. The two parties fought in a declared
war from April 2 to 5, 2016, which was named “Four Day War” where both
sides had losses. With the mediation of Russia, the conflict was brought to an
end, only to be started again by Armenia with a violent attack on September

27, 2020. Despite the fact that Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region declared
its independence and became the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, no other
country including Armenia recognizes this and in the context of international
law, the region is still considered a territory of Azerbaijan. Thus, the Article 51 of
the UN Charter (Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of
individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the
United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain
international peace and security) legally authorizes Azerbaijan for self-defence.