Nagorny Karabakh: Events

Conciliation Resources launched its new Accord publication on the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorny Karabakh in the South Caucasus 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 organizations, 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 organized 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:

HE Laurie Bristow, UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan
Laurence Broers, issue editor of Accord 17
Jonathan Cohen, co-director of Conciliation Resources' Caucasus Programme
Tabib Huseynov, Accord issue 17 author, International Republican Institute
Rasim Musabayov, Accord issue 17 author
Rauf Myrkadyrov, journalist, Ekho newspaper

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, issue editor of Accord 17
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

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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

Further launches are also planned for March 2006 in the USA. Please check this website again soon for more information.

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