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BAKU – Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has proposed to postpone consideration of draft resolution on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict at the plenary session of 64-th session of UN General Assembly, AzerTAj reported.

The draft resolution A/64/L.57 on "Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and "Situation at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" was put on the agenda of the 64-th session of UN General Assembly at the Azerbaijan’s initiative.

According to the Azeri Foreign Ministry, the decision was based on the position of the OSCE Minsk Group set forth in the statement: "co-chairs will visit the region with a fact finding mission in late September and early October to examine the humanitarian situation in the occupied territories"

The statement also says that it will be the first such mission since the fact finding mission undertaken by the OSCE in 2005.

International mission will include a group of experts and high-level advisers, including representatives of the High Commissioner for Refugees and other UN bodies, the statement said.

"Azerbaijan has proposed to postpone consideration of draft resolution A/64/L.57 on "Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan", which is on the agenda of the plenary session of 64-th session, and to postpone the consideration of 18th point of the resolution on "Situation at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" until the 65th session", - Azeri UN mission said.