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UEFA's response to Karabakh FK’s request for a moment of silence

UEFA's response to Karabakh FK’s request for a moment of silence

UEFA gave a negative response to the request of the Karabakh Football Club to commemorate the Azerbaijani soldiers who were martyred in the battles on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border with a moment of silence.

"We received a response from UEFA that we understand your concern and accept it with understanding. However, since this issue is not related to football, we cannot give permission," said Gunduz Abbaszade, head of the press service of Karabakh FK.

Fakt Yoxla examined whether this decision of UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is in line with its experience established in recent years.

UEFA, which organizes the competitions in which the most successful football clubs of the continent participate, such as the Champions League and the Europa League, made this statement before the second round of the Europa League group stage between Karabakh FK and FC Nantes in Baku.

A few days before this game, the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia resulted in the loss of 71 soldiers' lives.

Among the regulatory and legal documents that regulate the security rules during sports and football games in Europe, there are a number of documents aimed at preventing violence and hooliganism.

Among them, the 1985 European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches and 2016 the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security, and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events, which was aimed at improving the former, expanding the spectrum of regulated relations, have special places. In these conventions, there is no information about the standards of a moment of silence.

The Regulations of the UEFA Europa League are the basis of the rules of the UEFA Europa League in which Karabakh FK of Aghdam plays. Those rules regulate the system of competition, the holding of games, etc. Here too, there is no provision for a moment of silence. This gives reason to say that the decisions regarding the memorial are not made by UEFA according to a unified standard.

UEFA has agreed to observe a moment of silence for the deaths of Diego MaradonaDavide Astori, and Jose Antonio Reyes in recent years. UEFA, justifying the appeal of Karabakh FK by the fact that it is "not related to football", commemorated those who lost their lives as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011, the victims of the terrorist attack in Nice in 2016, those who lost their lives due to the coronavirus in 2020, as well as announced a moment of silence in memory of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, who died a week before the match between Karabakh FK and FC Nantes.

The fact that most of the world's political power centers have included the conflict on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in their agenda confirms that this issue has a global nature. So, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting due to these clashes, USFrench, and Russian officials either visited the region or offered condolences to the parties regarding the loss of life.

Thus, UEFA responded positively to a moment of silence related to non-football events in previous years. The absence of a clause on a moment of silence in the documents related to the rules of the football competition creates the impression that UEFA makes these decisions based on personal judgment.

Fakt Yoxla concludes that UEFA's response to Karabakh Football Club is not consistent with its previous experiences regarding a moment of silence.

UEFA-nın imtina qərarı barədə mətbuat xidmətinin rəhbərinin məlumatı: https://qol.az/news/178138-uefa-qarabagin-1-deqiqelik-sukutla-bagli-muracietine-cavab-verdi

UEFA-nın rəsmi saytı: https://www.uefa.com/

1985-ci il tarixli Avropa Konvensiyası: https://rm.coe.int/168007a086

2016-cı il tarixli Avropa Konvensiyası: https://rm.coe.int/1680666d0b

UEFA Avropa Liqasının Qaydaları: https://documents.uefa.com/viewer/book-attachment/w~krgV00COZCDnocrXtzgA/G0gyleKCF5_VVFCXS0h3fw

Dieqo Maradonanın xatirəsinə 1 dəqiqəlik sükut: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/0263-10f1fecd826a-620d5ad4272d-1000--naples-remembers-maradona/

Davide Astorinin xatirəsinə 1 dəqiqəlik sükut: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/0243-0f8e5e2fb31d-fdade52a070c-1000--european-football-mourns-davide-astori/

Xose Antonio Reyesin xatirəsinə 1 dəqiqəlik sükut: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/0252-0f8e6c3c76e1-bcc5c6350d4c-1000--moment-s-silence-to-be-observed-for-jose-antonio-reyes/

Yaponiyada baş vermis təbii fəlakətlə bağlı 1 dəqiqəlik sükut: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/01ef-0e77812197ce-cfe828268c62-1000--minute-s-silence-for-japan-at-all-uefa-matches/

Nitsa şəhərində baş vermis teraktla bağlı 1 dəqiqəlik sükut: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/022f-0f8e2feadb16-d4e0135ad41c-1000--uefa-shocked-by-events-in-nice/

COVİD-19 pandemiyası ilə bağlı 1 dəqiqəlik sükut: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/0260-100ae50c8bb2-8a83009ae79b-1000--uefa-says-thank-you-to-all-key-workers/

Kraliça Elizavetanın xatirəsinə 1 dəqiqəlik sükut: https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/0279-16105eea4bf4-af0b6abf7d9c-1000--silence-for-queen-elizabeth-ii/

Spartak FK-nın 1 dəqiqəlik sükut üçün müraciəti: https://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/uefa-zapretilo-spartaku-provesti-minutu-molchaniya-v-pamyat-o-pogibshih-v-yuzhnoy-osetii?ysclid=l8g6stts14814356876

BMT TŞ fövqəladə toplantısı barədə rəsmi press-reliz: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1126721

Dövlət katibi Blinkenin xarici işlər nazirləri ilə üçtərəfli görüşü: https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-trilateral-meeting-with-azerbaijan-and-armenia/

Fransanın Cənubi Qafqaz üzrə xüsusi səfirinin səfəri barədə press-reliz: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/armenia/news/article/south-caucasus-q-a-sept-28-22?xtor=RSS-1

Nebenzyanın bəyənatı: https://tass.com/politics/1507543

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  • 8 October, 2022
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