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KHOJALY GENOCIDE
cupation of the territories of Azerbaijan and the
genocide committed by Armenian armed forces
in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly.
On 22 April 2012, the Senate of the Republic
of Columbia adopted a document concerning
the occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan.
The document classified the Khojaly events of
1992 as genocide, condemned the Armenian
occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan and
expressed support for Azerbaijan’s territorial in-
tegrity and internationally recognized borders.
On 7 August 2013, the National Assembly of
the Republic of Panama adopted a resolution
“On the occupation of Azerbaijani territory by
Armenian forces”. The Assembly condemned in
the strongest terms the occupation by Armenia
of Azerbaijani territories and the human rights
violations committed against Azerbaijanis in the
course of the conflict, particularly during the the
Khojaly Genocide of 1992. Furthermore, the
resolution urged Armenia to comply with Unit-
ed Nations Security Council resolutions 822
(1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884 (1993).
On 1 September 2014, the Foreign Affairs Com-
mittee of the Sudanese National Assembly is-
sued a “Statement on the Khojaly killings”. Re-
calling the Final Communique issued at the 12th
session of the OIC Islamic Summit Conference
held in Cairo in February 2013, the statement
recognises the mass killings in Khojaly as an act
of genocide and a crime against humanity, con-
demns theArmenian aggression againstAzerbai-
jan, expresses support for the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and urges Armenia to withdraw its
armed forces from the occupied territories in an
immediate, full and unconditional manner.
The Houses of Representatives of more than
ten states in the United States of America,
namely, Arkansas (08.02.2013), Connecticut
(16.04.20313), Georgia (24.02.2012), Indiana
(03.03.2014), Maine (13.03.2012), Massachu-
setts (25.02.2010), New Jersey (25.02.2012),
New
Mexico
(28.01.2013),
Oklahoma
(20.02.2013), Pennsylvania (20.03.2013), Ten-
nessee (19.03.2013), Texas (03.03.2011) and
West Virginia (03.04.2013) adopted relevant
documents recognising and commemorating the
Khojaly Genocide. Those documents deplore
the occupation of the Azerbaijani territories by
Armenian armed forces and the killing of over
600 innocent people in Khojaly and honour the
memories of the victims. In resolution 1594 of
the Georgia House of Representatives, the name
Serzh Sargsyan was mentioned in connection
with the Khojaly massacre for the first time in
documents adopted by American legislators.
For the readers’ consideration some of the men-
tioned resolutions are presented in the following
section.