UN calls for ‘immediate access’ of int’l observers to Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on Georgia’s occupied regions. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The UN Human Rights Council has demanded ‘immediate and unimpeded access be given to the office of the High Commissioner and international and regional human rights mechanisms’ to Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions.
In a resolution on cooperation with Georgia which was adopted yesterday the UN Human Rights Council expressed ‘serious concern’ over the fact that provisions of its resolutions regarding the occupied regions ‘have not been implemented’ so far.
#HRC46 has just adopted a Res on #HumanRights violations in #Russia-occupied regions of #Georgia ???????? @UN_HRC calls for an immediate access of the @UNHumanRights & other int’l mechanisms to GEO’s Abkhazia & Tskhinvali regions remaining under RUS occupation pic.twitter.com/1MlGGhD72T
— Shalva Tsiskarashvili (@tsiskarashvili) March 24, 2021
The UN Human Rights Council has requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide technical assistance through the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Tbilisi.
Russia recognised the two Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali as independent states after the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
Since then only Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria have recognised the regions as independent states.
The rest of the international community is unanimous in that the regions are occupied by Russia and call on the country to leave the Georgian territory.
The US Ambassador to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has stated that Russia continues to occupy 20 per cent of Georgian territories ‘while supporting or systematically ignoring abuses of Georgian citizens living in or near Georgia’s Russian-occupoied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions.
A five-year cooperation plan between Georgia and the United Nations will aim to ensure steps towards sustainable and inclusive economy, decentralisation, benefits for the disabled and vulnerable and other areas, after the signing of the new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework signed on Friday.
It is universally known that in 2008,Russia carried out open, large-scale military aggression against Georgia, containing which became possible as a result of the unwavering support of the international community, primarily the United States and the European Union.Here, at the UN headquarters, everyone is well aware that 20 percent of Georgia's integral territories—Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region—are occupied by Russia,” Gakharia said.
Georgia and the United Nations (UN) have signed the document that outlines the future partnership of the two sides.