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The Armenian Bar Association’s 17 member Board of Governors has passed a resolution stating that an official policy of the organization is to help secure international recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh Republic) as an independent, sovereign state under international law.
To emphasize the Armenian Bar Association’s commitment to secure under international law the right of self-determination of the citizens of the Artsakh Republic, the Board passed a further resolution which for the first time in its twenty-six year history, amended its mission statement to read as follows:
“A fundamental organizational purpose of the Armenian Bar Association is a commitment to take any and all steps permitted under international law to secure the recognition of the independence of the Artsakh Republic and to protect the right to self-determination of the people of the Artsakh Republic as guaranteed under international law.â€
