UN General Assembly
1993

should be preceded by the complete liberation of Azerbaijan’s occupied territories. This was stressed in particular by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, G. A. Aliyev, yesterday during the reception for CSCE representatives who are now visiting the region. We are confident that, despite certain difficulties - sometimes substantive - in the approach to the terms of the peaceful settlement of the conflict, the political realism and the sense of responsibility for the fate of our people shown by the Azerbaijan side will be appreciated by our negotiating partners. Azerbaijan, which is richly endowed with a variety of natural resources and which has a fairly well-developed industrial potential, has all the conditions necessary to overcome our objective difficulties in this transitional period towards a market economy.However, since one out of every six inhabitants of our country has been forced to leave his home and now has no means of survival, as a result of the hostilities and occupation of one fifth of our territory, the humanitarian assistance provided by various international