PM Gakharia on UN resolution: ‘this vote is a clear success of Flag of Georgia diplomacy’
"This vote is a clear success of Flag of Georgia diplomacy! Grateful to our partners for their support", posted Gakharia.
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has posted on his official Twitter account that the United Nations’ recently adopted resolution on Georgian IDPs and refugees from the Russia-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions is a 'clear success of the Flag of Georgia diplomacy'.
Today our IDP resolution at @UN GA reiterating the right of return for all displaced persons & refugees was adopted w/ unprecedented int’l support of 84 countries & 54 co-sponsors. This vote is a clear success of ???????? diplomacy! Grateful to our partners for their support. pic.twitter.com/QIpfjQGhb2
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) September 3, 2020
The General Assembly has adopted the resolution continuously since 2008, 'reaffirming the fundamental rights of forcefully displaced persons, first and foremost their right of voluntary, safe and dignified return to their homes'.
The resolution condemns 'forced demographic changes in the occupied regions, emphasises the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees, regardless of their ethnicity, to a safe and dignified return to their places of origin, and focuses upon the need to fully respect and protect their property rights'.
It further reiterates the importance of 'unimpeded humanitarian access' in both Russia-occupied Georgian regions.
The resolution also calls upon the participants of the Geneva International Discussions 'to reinvigorate their efforts to ensure security and human rights protection in the occupied regions, which in turn will facilitate the return of IDPs and refugees to their homes'.
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution on Georgian IDPs and refugees from the Russia-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions, co-sponsored by 54 states. The resolution was passed with 84 votes in favour, 13 against and 78 abstention.
The resolution with the name ‘Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia’, condemns the forced demographic changes in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and emphasises the right of all internally displaced persons and refugees, regardless of their ethnicity, to a safe and dignified return to their places of origin.
The UN General Assembly has once again adopted the Resolution on the Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia” yesterday in New York City.
The United Nations (UN) has recognised the right of return of all displaced persons in Georgia and reaffirmed the unacceptability of forced demographic changes in a new Resolution.
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution initiated by Georgia and co-sponsored by 57 other countries which condemns the demographic changes in Georgian regions due to the Russian occupation of Georgian territories and calls for the dignified and safe return of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees to their homes.