The GUAM, the organization for democracy and economic development again appealed to the U.N. General Assembly with a request to include the issue of protracted conflicts and their impact upon international peace, security and development in the agenda of the 61st session.
“The protracted conflicts in the GUAM space, namely in Moldova, Georgia and Azerbaijan tell on lives of over 16 million people and jeopardize international peace, security and territorial integrity of three states, members of the U.N.,” says the message.
It says that the “situation leads to loss of control over big territories of these sovereign states and the ongoing occupation causes flows of refugees and displaced persons this preventing the economic and social development of the region.”
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine consider that the international mediation yielded no results for the settlement of these conflicts and offered to discuss the issue as a priority, reported the Ukrainian News Agency.
