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The United Nations (UN) has been ready to deploy an initial independent inter‑agency humanitarian scoping mission to Nagorno-Karabakh and other conflict-affected areas at the earliest opportunity and have informed all relevant actors in that regard.

As the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported,  OCHA, UNHCR and relevant UN entities continue to engage with all concerned on the specific parameters and timing of the deployment of the planned mission. The latest official communication was sent on 19 February.

The mission hopes to get a clearer picture of the humanitarian situation on the ground and broadly assess the conditions for safe, voluntary dignified and sustainable returns of all displaced populations.

"The UN looks forward to a formal reply to its latest communication and calls on all relevant actors to cooperate fully with the UN entities to ensure their unfettered and speedy access to conduct such a mission, which will be solely based on the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence," said the statement.