15 September 2022
On Sept. 12th-13th, Azerbaijani forces launched attacks on positions inside the Republic of Armenia, which was confirmed by NASA shortly after. There was a ceasefire that was brokered on Sept. 13th by the Russian Federation, which was reported to have been broken minutes after it went into effect. On Sept. 14th, Armenia and Azerbaijan brokered another ceasefire. The UN report on Armenia discusses the ceasefire, expressed their support for it, and noted that they held a council meeting on Armenia and Azerbaijan. The council was unwilling to confirm which side the attacks came from.
There were two questions asked by the journalists regarding Armenia and Azerbaijan. The first journalist asked whether or not the UN is planning to “send a delegation to ensure that the ceasefire will be respected.” The UN spokesman did give a straight answer, but did not take further questions on this. They didn’t evade the question, but they did not elaborate much on their answer, rejecting any responsibility to ensure the ceasefire is being respected and giving a textbook answer on why this is not a responsibility the UN is willing to take.
The second journalist asked a question regarding whether or not there are still ongoing hostilities at this time. The spokesman evaded the question somewhat, simply just restating what they had already said. This could be because they are genuinely unaware of the state of the fighting, but they did also evade the second part of the question, which asked about active efforts to ensure peace on the ground, referencing the answer they gave to the first journalist and saying, “I think that’s information you should get from the parties themselves.”