The International Committee of the Red Cross

The crisis we have today is a very sensitive topic as we are going to talk about
Prisoners of War in that were captured in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Nagorno-Karabakh was recognized as part of Azberjan, but was occupied
by Armenia in a war almost 30 years ago.
Armies of both countries were always in Nagorno and fighting sometimes
occurred but always died down.
This time was different. Fierce fighting erupted in September 2020 and
quickly escalated a full-scale war.
Both countries were accused for bombing civilian regions and about 1000
people died…
The conflict centers on a region disputed for decades. The mountainous
region of Nagorno-Karabakh has long been at the heart of tensions
between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but with a majority
ethnic Armenian population, Its dotted with medieval Armenian churches,
And to complicate things, in the 18th century a very big important
Azberjani town was founded right in the middle of this territory.
So this was a region that was incredibly important to both Armenians and
Azberjanis. They were fighting on it all the time.
But later Both countries were under the rule of the soviet union and they
made Nagorno a semi- autonomous region in Azbarijan (despite its
majority Armenian population) Although all this, signs of war didn’t show
until the soviet union loosened it grip in the late 1980’s.
intermittent deadly incidents, including the use of attack drones and
heavy weaponry on the front lines and activities of special operations
forces, demonstrated the ever-present risk that war would reignite. In
April 2016, four days of intense fighting at the line of separation shook the
region, killed hundreds on both sides, and foreshadowed what was to
come.
 The soviet union announced a new policy called Glasnost, that gave
citizens more political freedom, But it had unintended consequences; it
didn’t only give people the freedom to create, but also the freedom to
hate.
In Armenia, people rallied for unification, while in Azerbaijan, people
responded with counter protests
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan captured soldiers from the opposing sides.
The November 9 ceasefire agreement which ended the war, explicitly calls
for the release of all POWs.
Since then, Armenia has released all Azerbaijani POWs, while Azerbaijan
still holds what Armenian officials and human rights attorneys say is
almost 200 people, including soldiers and civilians.
Now, Azerbaijani courts are handing hefty prison sentences to the
Armenian POWs, effectively breaking the ceasefire agreement.
Azerbaijani forces abused Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) from the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, subjecting them to cruel and degrading
treatment and torture either when they were captured, during their
transfer, or while in custody at various detention facilities
Three of the four soldiers were beaten by Azerbaijani forces immediately
following their capture and/or during their transfer to the first detention
site.
We are here to find a solution to this Crisis at hand as these acts are
unacceptable and we need to form a resolution that will satisfy
every delegations’ need in order to accomplish our goal of peace
and unity.