Khojaly Massacre
- Submitted by: Sandra White, Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Motion reference: S5M-03888
That the Parliament notes that 26 February 2017 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Khojaly massacre, which resulted in the deaths of 613 civilians and was reported to have been committed by Armenian forces during the 1988-94 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan; understands that Armenia continues to occupy 20% of the internationally-recognised territories of Azerbaijan, despite UN Security Council Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884, which called for the unconditional, immediate and full withdrawal of its forces; notes what it believes are concerns over war crimes and gross violations of international humanitarian law in the town of Khojaly; expresses its support of the efforts of the international community to bring about a negotiated solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict using the principles of international law, and acknowledges what it sees as the dynamically-developing long-standing community relations between the people of Azerbaijan and Scotland, including the presence of the Scottish expatriate community in Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani community in Scotland.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Tom Arthur, Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Jeremy Balfour, Claudia Beamish, Neil Bibby, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Peter Chapman, Alex Cole-Hamilton, Bruce Crawford, Bob Doris, James Dornan, Kezia Dugdale, Linda Fabiani, Mary Fee, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Murdo Fraser, Jenny Gilruth, Maurice Golden, Mairi Gougeon, Christine Grahame, Rhoda Grant, Iain Gray, Jamie Greene, Ross Greer, Mark Griffin, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Patrick Harvie, Clare Haughey, Daniel Johnson, Alison Johnstone, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, Johann Lamont, John Lamont, Gordon Lindhurst, Richard Lochhead, Richard Lyle, Angus MacDonald, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ben Macpherson, Ruth Maguire, Jenny Marra, Gillian Martin, Liam McArthur, Christina McKelvie, Stuart McMillan, Pauline McNeill, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Alex Neil, Gil Paterson, Ash Regan, Willie Rennie, Douglas Ross, Gail Ross, Alex Rowley, Mark Ruskell, Anas Sarwar, John Scott, Tavish Scott, Graham Simpson, Elaine Smith, Colin Smyth, Stewart Stevenson, Alexander Stewart, David Stewart, Ross Thomson, Maree Todd, Adam Tomkins, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle, Andy Wightman