VOLUME 4, No. 3-4

tional organizations regarding the plight of children of Nagorno Karabagh and asked for assistance.  "We have been through all the hardships of the war that Azerbaijan inflicted upon us.  Today, we are alone in facing the difficult post-war restoration, and it takes its toll on the education and development of our children," - Grigorian said.  He

stressed that education and science should not be politicized and the failure of the international community to officially recognize Nagorno Karabagh Republic should not negatively affect the educational opportunities of its young generation.  Concluding his letter, Grigorian expressed hope that the UNESCO will act in support of

NKR Foreign Minister Blames Azerbaijan for Lack of Political Settlement to the Conflict

Stepanakert, March 20. Commenting on a recent statement of the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev that Azerbaijan has never before accepted and will never accept the participation of NKR representatives in the negotiations, a spokesman for the NKR Foreign Ministry called Guliyev's statement yet another attempt to falsify the recent history.  The Foreign Ministry emphasized that since 1992 trilateral negotiations among the highest officials of Na

gorno Karabagh, Azerbaijan and Armenia had been underway in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group.  There are a number of documents, which testify to this, particularly the Bishkek protocol signed by the Speakers of Parliaments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabagh in May 1994.  The spokesman called "selective memory" of the Azerbaijani side disturbing, since the status of the Nagorno Karabagh as the third party to the conflict during the negotia

tions was confirmed in the OSCE official documents.  Moreover, since 1993 the highest political and military leadership of Azerbaijan on numerous occasions appealed directly to the authorities of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic in writing, stating their readiness to organize bilateral meetings between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabagh.

NKR President Met Representatives of Foreign Minister of Geneva Canton

of mutual concern and interest were discussed during the meeting. 
Additional monitoring was conducted at the northern part of the Contact line the following day.  On April 27 a third monitoring of the Line of Contact this month took place in Dizak province.  Both inspections were without incident.

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sentatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense accompanied the OSCE representatives. 
On the same day Kasprzyk met with Foreign Minister Naira Melkumian and discussed the results of the OSCE monitoring session.  Melkumian reported the intensification of sniper fire from the Azerbaijani side.  A number of other issues

Stepanakert, April 10.  President Arkady Ghoukasian received the Representative of the Armenian Evangelical Society of America (AESA) in Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh Rene Levonian.  Levonian briefed President Ghoukasian on the progress of kindergarten construction in Stepanakert, Shushi, Askeran, Hadrut and a summer camp in Shushi.  He said that the AESA is also planning to open a library in Shushi.  Ghoukasian thanked Levonian for AESA's important humanitarian assistance to the people of Karabagh. 

NKR Foreign Minister Meets with Senior Staff Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Congress and expressed continued need for US humanitarian assistance to Nagorno Karabagh.   

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gion.  She also underscored the importance of implementing confidence-building measures and pointed out Azerbaijan's unwillingness to engage in a dialogue.  Moreover, she said, that the Azerbaijani authorities

had intensified their anti-Armenian propaganda and threatened Nagorno Karabagh with the use of force.  Melkumian also outlined the programs that have been implemented using the funds allocated by the United States