February 14, 1995

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The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has produced over a million refugees and displaced persons and caused untold suffering since it broke out in 1988. A cease-fire has been in effect since May 1994.

Paying tribute to the dedicated work of the relief organisations present in Armenia and Azerbaijan, which he visited in 1994, the Rapporteur calls for intensified international assistance, including urgently needed prefabricated accommodation to replace tents, totally inadequate against the cold, and more substantial supplies of food and heating fuel. He also proposes the creation of a unified United Nations agency for the Caucasus and the speeding-up of the political dialogue with a view to ending the conflict.