Letter dated 4 August 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General I would like to refer to document A/65/915-S/2011/457, dated 26 July 2011, containing the letter of the representative of Azerbaijan. I regret the fact that the Azerbaijani side keeps painting itself as the victim of “aggression” at the United Nations and other international organizations, without once acknowledging or honestly addressing its role in initiating military aggression against Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia. Yet again, with the sole purpose of discrediting the Armenian side through falsifications and lies based on the so-called “conclusions of the preliminary investigation”, last week the representative of Azerbaijan circulated the abovementioned appalling letter accusing the Armenian side of the death of a 13-year-old child “as a result of the blast of an explosive device”. The authors of this allegation did not make possible an independent investigation to check the veracity behind such a horrible claim and clarify its circumstances. This type of allegation is being used by Azerbaijani diplomacy to avoid commitments already made. Suffice it to recall that under exactly this alleged pretext Azerbaijan tried to withdraw from an agreement to set up an investigative mechanism into ceasefire violations, which was the outcome of the Sochi Summit of the Presidents on 2 March 2011. Regardless of their absurdity, these recent allegations serve as part of propagandistic war launched through excessive falsification and forgery. It is unethical to circulate such defamatory information, exploiting again the life of an innocent child as a propaganda tool. Azerbaijan, which continues to refuse to take an honest look at itself, should be reminded that, as a result of aggression and war launched against Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia during the 1991-1994 period, Azerbaijan heavily contaminated the bordering regions with Armenia and other conflict-affected areas with landmines, cluster munitions and explosive remnants of war. They continue to have a profound impact on socio-economic growth and on the day-to-day lives of the Nagorno Karabakh population, resulting in one of the highest per capita human accident rates in the world. Today, Azerbaijan continues to seriously obstruct the work of the respected mine-clearance HALO Trust charity that is carrying on an important humanitarian mission in the region, labelling that mission as “unlawful activities”. The fact that the independent investigation has not been conducted and Azerbaijan avoided establishing any investigative mechanism into ceasefire violations clearly demonstrate who stands behind these violations and false accusations. I should be grateful if you would have the present letter, along with the annex on the ceasefire violations for the period from 1 July to 1 August 2011, circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda items 34, 39, 64, 66 and 75, and of the Security Council. Garen Nazarian Ambassador Permanent Representative

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