The People of Artsakh
– demonstrating a strong will to develop and defend the Republic of NagornoKarabakh established on September 2, 1991 on the basis of the right to self-determination, and proclaimed independentthrough a referendum conducted on December 10, 1991;
– affirming faithfulness to the principles of the Declaration of State Independence of the Republic of NagornoKarabakh adopted on January 6, 1992;
– highlighting the role of the Constitution adopted in 2006 in the formation and strengthening of independent statehood;
– developing the historic traditions of national statehood;
– inspired by the firm determination of the Motherland Armenia and Armenians worldwide in supporting the people of Artsakh;
– staying faithful to the dreamof their ancestors to freely live and create in their homeland, and keeping the memory of the perished in the struggle for freedom alive;
– exercising their sovereign and inalienable right
adopt the Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh. ...
