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.