Bill Text: HI SR60 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Artsakh

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-16 - Referred to TSI, JDL. [SR60 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SR60-Introduced.html

---

THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	60
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

encouraging and supporting the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's continuing efforts to develop as a free and independent nation and its constructive involvement with the international community's efforts to reach a just and lasting solution to security issues in that strategically important region.

 

 

     WHEREAS, Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh, has historically been Armenian territory, populated by an overwhelming majority of Armenians, and yet was illegally severed from Armenia by the Soviet Union in 1921 and placed under the newly created Soviet Azerbaijani administration; and

 

     WHEREAS, February 20, 1988, marked the beginning of the national liberation movement in Nagorno-Karabakh, which inspired people throughout the Soviet Union to stand up against tyranny for their rights and freedoms, helping to bring democracy to millions and contributing to world peace; and

 

     WHEREAS, the United States Congress has repeatedly expressed support for the legitimate aspirations for freedom of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh; and

 

     WHEREAS, on September 2, 1991, in accordance with its enacted law, the legislature of Nagorno-Karabakh declared the formation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; and

 

     WHEREAS, on December 10, 1991, the people of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic voted in favor of independence, and on January 6, 1992, the democratically elected legislature of the republic formally declared independence; and

 

     WHEREAS, since proclaiming its independence, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has registered significant progress in democracy building, which was demonstrated through many elections and most recently during the July 19, 2012 presidential elections that were assessed by international observers as free and transparent; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, that this body encourages and supports the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's continuing efforts to develop as a free and independent nation in order to guarantee its citizens those rights inherent in a free and independent society; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body urges the President and United States Congress to support the self-determination and democratic independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and its constructive involvement with the international community's efforts to reach a just and lasting solution to security issues in that strategically important region; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the Governor of the State of Hawaii.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Artsakh