The UN is sending its mission to Nagorno-Karabagh for the first time in almost 30 years

The United Nations will send a mission to the Nagorno-Karabakh region for the first time in almost 30 years, following an agreement reached with the Government of Azerbaijan on the issue. United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujjaric has told reporters that the delegation will go to the Karabakh region at the end of this week to see the real situation at this time where people are fleeing for fear of their safety in the disputed area between Azerbaijan and Armenia, countries that used to be under the Soviet Union.

Dujarric said the delegation will be led by the UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, Vladanka Andreeva, and the Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA Ramesh Rajasingham, along with representatives of the United Nations agencies. The United Nations Office in Armenia, led by Acting Resident Coordinator Nanna Skau, is collaborating with the country's government to help the wave of refugees crossing the border and entering the country from the Karabakh region.

The latest figures say about 93,000 people have crossed the border into Armenia. Stephane Dujjaric The UN's announcement to send its mission to Nagorno-Karabagh came after Armenia's request to the World Court to order Azerbaijan to withdraw all its troops from civilian centers in the area so that the UN can find a safe way to reach civilians . That was explained by the court yesterday. The World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in February ordered Azerbaijan to ensure that people move freely through the Lachin corridor to and from the conflict zone, in what was then a temporary move for to resolve existing legal disputes between the country and its neighbor Armenia.

Last week, Azerbaijani forces seized control of the self-proclaimed territory, which has a majority population of Armenian descent, sending residents fleeing and sparking fears of genocide. After the collapse of the local government of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian vice minister of defense invited ex-military personnel from this region to collaborate. Armenia announced this morning that 100,000 Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh are refugees in this country. Ore dopo, i media armeni hanno scritto che dei 120.000 inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh non è rimasto nessuno in this region.

After the attack of the Azerbaijani army on Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19 and 20 and negotiations between the local government in Baku, the defense unit of this region has laid down its arms and is not united with other refugees. According to the press agency AAA, Armen Sarkisian, the vice minister of the Defense of Armenia, has affirmed that the country wants to unify the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh. Questo funzionario governativo has described the occupation of refugees as one of Armenia's humanitarian priorities. L'Armenia, referring to Azerbaijan's attitude towards Nagorno-Karabakh, has accused this country of applying the "ethnic police" policy.