Armenia negotiated over the draft resolution and come to an agreement on its content and formulation. Hence, the document, in general, became acceptable for the Armenian side, since it essentially gave agreement to a text that simply reiterated support for an OSCE expert mission to study control and extinguishing of fires in the region.

Following are the text of the resolution, the statement by Ambassador Armen Martirosian, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations, and the statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries.

Sixtieth Session of the UN General Assembly

Agenda Item 40,

Azerbaijan: resolution

The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan

The General Assembly,

Seriously concerned by the fires in the affected territories, which have inflicted widespread environmental damage,

1. Stresses the necessity to urgently conduct an environmental operation to suppress the fires in the affected territories and to overcome their detrimental consequences;
2. Welcomes the readiness of the parties to cooperate to that end and considers such an operation to be an important confidence-building measure;
3. Takes note of the OSCE intention to organize a mission to the region to assess the short-term and long-term impact of the fires on the environment as a step for preparation of the environmental operation;
4. Calls upon, in this regard, the organizations and programs of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Environmental Programme, in cooperation with the OSCE to provide all necessary assistance and expertise, including, inter alia, the assessment of and counteraction to the short-term and long-term impact of the environmental degradation of the region, as well as in its rehabilitation;
5. Asks the Chairman in Office of the OSCE to provide a report to Member States of the General Assembly by April 30, 2007