Mirza İbrahimov 8, Baku, AZ1005, Azerbaijan

On this point, of great importance is the fact that Armenia exclusively signed the Protocol on Water and Health, which is part of the 1992 UNECE Water Convention, in June 1999.9 However, despite initiating the process of ratification twice, some reservations concerning the so-called polluter pays principle and the reference to the Convention enshrined in article 13 paragraph 2 of the Protocol were. [...] As a result, downstream villages have been flooded, the agricultural sector seriously damaged and lands and roads severely eroded.22 In 2016, the Council of Europe confirmed the distressing level of water-related environmental problems in the occupied territories and especially pronounced on the issue of the Sarsang water reservoir. [...] 25 Eventually, the Assembly firmly condemned the lack of cooperation of the Armenian parliamentary delegation and the Armenian authorities during the preparation of the report on the water deprivation issue, deeming such behavior as incompatible with the obligations and commitments of a State party to the Council of Europe.26 In spite of this, the situation remained unchanged, leading the Ministry. [...] Alongside the recalling of the previous declarations within the framework of the Council of Europe, the document calls on Armenia “through the forces patronizing it to abandon its actions aimed at violating the fundamental human right of the population of the [mentioned] districts enshrined in one of the United Nations sustainable development goals, ‘access to safe and clean 23 Parliamentary Assem. [...] Nonetheless, since the procedure has never been activated, the advancement of any possible prediction concerning the development of the lawsuit and the kind of compensation States will be able to request does not yet appear to be feasible.31 The liberation of Karabakh and the impact on Azerbaijan’s water security As mentioned, the disputed status of the formerly occupied territories of Azerbaijan.