USSR resolutions on Armenian SSR

USSR Supreme Soviet Resolution on illegal decision by Armenian 
 Supreme Soviet regarding NKAO (Karabakh region of Azerbaijan)
 (originally published by Adil Baguirov on the Usenet in 1997/10/04)
 
 
 		USSR Supreme Soviet Resolution 
 		as published in PRAVDA, in Russian,
 		11 January 1990 Second Edition, p 1
 
 
 	USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium Resolution on the Nonconformity With
 	the USSR Constitution of the Acts on Nagorno-Karabakh Adopted by
 	the Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet 1 December 1989 and 9 January 1990
 
 
 	The USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium notes that the Armenian SSR
 	Supreme Soviet has adopted a number of decisions aimed at blocking
 	the USSR Supreme Soviet resolution of 28 November 1989 "On
 	Measures To Normalize the Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous
 	Oblast [NKAO]" which have resulted in the further exacerbation of
 	interethnic relations in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. 
 
 	The Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet's adopted resolutions 1 December
 	1989 "On the Reunification of the Armenian SSR and
 	Nagorno-Karabakh" and "On the USSR Supreme Soviet Resolution of
 	28 November 1989 'On Measures to Normalize the Situation in
 	NKAO.'" 
 
 	The proclamation of the reunification of the Armenian SSR and
 	Nagorno-Karabakh without the consent of the Azerbaijan SSR
 	constitutes a direct breach of Article 78 of the USSR
 	Constitution. 
 
 	The Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet's adoption of joint resolutions
 	with an unconstitutional body--the Nagorno-Karabakh National
 	Council-- and the recognition of the Congress of Plenipotentiary
 	Representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh and the National Council
 	formed by it as the sole legitimate authority in the autonomous
 	oblast contravene Articles 2, 78, 86, 87, and 145 of the USSR
 	Constitution.
 
 	The Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet adopted 9 January 1990 a
 	resolution "On Inclusion in the State Plan for the Economic and
 	Social Development of the Armenian SSR in 1990 of a Plan for the
 	Socioeconomic Development of NKAO in 1990," thus violating the
 	sovereign rights of the Azerbaijan SSR.
 
 	In connection with the aforementioned, and guided by Articles 73,
 	76, and 173 of the USSR Constitution, the USSR Supreme Soviet
 	Presidium resolves: 
 
 
 	1. To recognize that the Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet resolutions
 	of 1 December 1989 "On the Reunification of the Armenian SSR and
 	Nagorno-Karabakh" and "On the USSR Supreme Soviet Resolution of 28
 	November 1989 'On Measures to Normalize the Situation in NKAO'" 
 	and of 9 January 1990 "On Inclusion in the State Plan for the
 	Economic and Social Development of the Armenian SSR in 1990 of a
 	Plan for the Socioeconomic Development of NKAO in 1990" are not in
 	accordance with the USSR Constitution and, under Article 74 of the
 	USSR Constitution, cannot operate on the republic's territory.
 
 	2. To propose the Armenian SSR Supreme Soviet Presidium, on the
 	basis of Point 5 of Article 119 of the USSR Constitution, that it
 	take steps to bring the republic's legislative acts into line with
 	the USSR Constitution. 
 
 
 	[Signed] M. Gorbachev, 
 	chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium.
 	Moscow, Kremlin. 
 	10 January 1990.
 
Category:Dissolution of USSR