Section 907

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Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act bans any kind of direct United States aid to the Azerbaijani government. This ban makes Azerbaijan the only exception to the countries of the former Soviet Union, with all receiving United States aid under Freedom Support Act to facilitate economic and political stability. Strongly lobbied by the Armenian community in the US, Section 907 was passed in retaliation to Azerbaijan's cutting off a rail route, which passed through its territory and carried fuel and supplies to Armenia, which was at full scale war with Azerbaijan at that time. As of today, Armenia still militarily occupies some 16% of internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, despite four United Nations resolutions calling on Armenia to withdraw from the Azerbaijani territories. Moreover, Azerbaijan has to support about 1 million refugees and internally displaced persons-IDPs.

Favoring the aggressor and punishing the oppressed, Section 907 also works against the peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as it has led to doubts among Azerbaijanis in justful and unbiased participation of the United States as a conflict mediator, who works with Russia and France as co-chairs of OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)-Minsk group.

On October 24, 2001, the Senate adopted a waiver of Section 907 that would provide the President with certain authorities to provide military aid to Azerbaijan.

[edit] Text of Section 907

Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act (Public Law 102-511) Washington DC, 24 October 1992

Sec. 907. RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO AZERBAIJAN.

(a) RESTRICTIONS - United States assistance under this or any other Act (other than assistance under title V of this Act) may not be provided to the Government of Azerbaijan until the President determines, and so reports to the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan is taking demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and other offensive uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

(b) WAIVER- The restriction on assistance in subsection (a) shall not apply if the President determines, and so certifies to Congress, that the application of the restriction would not be in the national interests of the United States.

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