Conciliation Resources launched the Accord publication with several events in January and February 2006 aimed at encouraging wider debate about the conflict.
Yerevan, Armenia: 26 January 2006
More than 100 representatives of local and international organisations, government agencies, universities, the media and foreign missions in Armenia met to hear key findings from the publication and discuss the emerging lessons. The event was organised by the International Centre for Human Development and chaired by its executive director Tevan Poghosyan. Speakers included:
- Sarmen Baghdasaryan, head of policy planning department, RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17
- Jonathan Cohen, co-director of Conciliation Resources' Caucasus Programme
- Arman Melikyan, presidential adviser, Nagorny Karabakh
- Samvel Nikoyan, National Assembly deputy, Republican Party of Armenia and member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
- Levon Zourabian, analyst, International Crisis Group
Baku, Azerbaijan: 30 January 2006
The launch was held at the International Press Club in partnership with the National Centre for Strategic Initiatives (NCSI). The event was chaired by Farhad Mamedov, director of NCSI and attended by 80 representatives from civil society, academia, the media, foreign missions and the government. Speakers included:
London, United Kingdom: 1 February 2006
An invited audience of more than 80 people including MPs, diplomats, academic researchers, and government and NGO representatives attended the publication launch at the Houses of Parliament in London, which was sponsored and chaired by Angus Robertson, MP. Download and read the speakers’ presentations below:
- Laurence Broers
- Famil Ismailov, senior producer, BBC World Service
- Hratch Tchilingirian, Accord issue 17 author and associate director of the Eurasia Research Programme, Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge
Tbilisi, Georgia: 28 January 2006
The publication was also presented at a roundtable discussion on ‘The Nagorny Karabakh conflict and its relevance for peace processes in Georgia’, in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Foundation at their offices in Tbilisi. Jonathan Cohen, co-director of Conciliation Resources’ Caucasus programme chaired the event and the speakers included:
- Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17
- Sabine Freizer, Caucasus project director, International Crisis Group
- Ivlian Khaindrava, MP
Read more about Conciliation Resources' media and public awareness work on Nagorny Karabakh.
