Turkey should implement the commitment in the 1991 Moscow document to "cooperate fully to enable humanitarian relief operations to be undertaken speedily and effectively. to take all necessary steps to facilitate speedy and unhindered access for such relief operations. [and to] make the necessary arrangements for those relief operations to be carried out." Furthermore. Turkey is a member of the OSCEs Minsk group. which is charged with arbitrating the NagornoKarabakh conflict. The OSCE document adopted last December in Budapest requests the OSCEs Minsk group to further implement confidencebuilding measures. particularly in the humanitarian field. and to provide humanitarian aid to people in the region. especially refugees. Mr. Speaker. I am not blind to the plight of refugees in Azerbaijan. I am well aware that fully one out of every seven people in that country is a refugee. Though section 907 of the 1992 Freedom Support Act prohibits United States Government aid to the Government of Azerbaijan. humanitarian aid is being given through nongovernmental organizations. About $30 million in technical assistance. $30 million in food assistance. and $20 million in humanitarian aid has been obligated. and over $60 million has been expended as of December 31. 1994.
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