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UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia, Françoise Jacob, has responded to a letter delivered to the UN office in Yerevan during a protest action concerning Armenian prisoners of war, Mane Tandilyan, co-founder of the Country to Live party, has announced on Facebook.
“We have received a response from the UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia, Françoise Jacob, regarding the letter submitted as part of our action at the UN office on March 14. The response states that our concerns and message have been conveyed to the relevant UN bodies, including the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the UN Secretariat.
In response, we have requested a meeting with Françoise Jacob to discuss the progress of the issues we raised,” Tandilyan wrote.
The party continues to demand that UN representatives urgently visit the Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan and attend the trials being conducted against them.
On March 14, a group of citizens protested in front of the UN office in Yerevan, urging international organizations to take concrete measures to protect Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku. The protesters emphasized that trials in Azerbaijan are conducted behind closed doors and lack transparency, while international organizations, including the UN, limit themselves to statements. Co-founder of the Country to Live party, Mane Tandilyan, called on the UN to fulfill its mandate by attending the trials and reporting on the prisoners’ health conditions and rights violations.
The demonstrators demanded that UN representatives visit the Armenian prisoners, participate in the trials to ensure transparency, and exert international pressure on Azerbaijan to end rights violations.
