The UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Fikret Akcura urged the international community to intensify efforts to fulfill four UN resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, which have remained unfulfilled.
"We see some decisions taken by the UN still remain unfulfilled. More than a million refugees and IDPs have been living away from their homes for already 20 years, and that should be addressed," Akcura told journalists on Saturday.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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