Speaker. in the late 1980s and early 1990s. as the Soviet Union was collapsing the people of NagornoKarabakh made a peaceful request to reunite with Armenia. from which they were arbitrarily separated by Joseph Stalin in 1921. [3 2300 Azerbaijan responded with a campaign of ethnic cleansing and fullscale military attack on NagornoKarabakh. As a result of Azerbaijans aggression. 30.000 people died. and hundreds of thousands fled the region. About 36.000 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan and some 71.000 displaced ethnic Armenians now reside in NagornoKarabakh. Though the fighting has ended. ceasefire violations continue. and the victims are still suffering. IDPs still face hardships. including lack of economic opportunity and inadequate shelter. Refugees and displaced individuals and families deserve humanitarian support independent of their location. However those in NagornoKarabakh have not received adequate international assistance. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders are the only major international organizations operating in NagornoKarabakh.
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