Institution-bulding in Karabakh: The NKR is a de
facto legitimate democratic state

by Major General Hayk Kotanjian

 

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On July 1-2, 2014, an International Strategic Policy Forum “The integration of national and regional peacekeeping capacities into the global system of peace operations based on the principles and standards of the UN” was held in Yerevan. The organizers of the Forum are:
Institute for National Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia (INSS, MOD, RA), Secretariat of the Collective Security
Treaty Organization (CSTO), Joint Staff of the CSTO, Academic-Expert Council of the CSTO, the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security of the Institute of
International Studies MGIMO (University) – MFA, RF, Russian Political Science Association (RPSA), Political Science Association of Armenia (PSAA). The RA President Serzh Sargsyan sent a welcoming address to the participants. The RA Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan and Deputy General Secretary of the CSTO Valery Semerikov participated and made presentations in the Forum. The international experts on peacekeeping from the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Academic-Expert Council, the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the UN, the OCSE, the EU, the SCO, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute also made presentations during the Forum. The specialists from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Belgium, Israel, Italy, South Africa, the Netherlands, Sweden, and China attended the Forum. See below the presentation delivered during the Forum by Major General Hayk Kotanjian, Doctor of Political Sciences, (RF); Counterterrorism Fellow (National Defense University, US); Elected Full member of the Academy of Military Science, RF; Distinguished Visiting Professor, INSS, NDU, US; Member of the CSTO Academic-Expert Council; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister; Chairman of the Political Science Association of Armenia. 

 

In contemporary international relations the process of institution-building in conflict and post-conflict regions is an important factor in ensuring peace and security. In his recent welcoming address to the Moscow conference on international security, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon among the security priorities emphasized the importance of strengthening state institutions, including the development of institution-building in the process of peaceful settlement of disputes and resolution of regional conflicts.[1] As the UN Secretary General pointed out, institutions can play an important role in maintaining peace and reducing the risk of recurrence of violence, therefore the institution-building…

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