About the ways of optimizing the role of some international organizations of the world for the resolving South Caucasus conflicts.

Abstract

From 1992 to 2005, OSCE Minsk Group presented three proposals as basis for negotiations, which, however, did not lead to a settlement of the conflict. On April-July 2006, the co-Chairs of the Minsk Group published a statement and made several statements, which revealed part of the proposals for a settlement. These proposals included a phased withdrawal of Armenian forces and the demilitarization of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, a special regime for the Lachin and Kelbajar districts and a referendum that will finally determine the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. International peacekeepers in the conflict zone and international assistance in demining and restoring the occupied territories and regions of Nagorno-Karabakh affected by the war and returning internally displaced persons were also supposed.