Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees From Abkhazia, Georgia

A/RES/62/249View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 16 Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development, published in 2008.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2009

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2009	A/63/950	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/62/249

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Abkhazia (Georgia)Displaced Persons Georgia Georgia Situation Human Rights Property Rights Refugees

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the right of return of all refugees and internally displaced persons and their descendants, regardless of ethnicity, to Abkhazia, Georgia;

Emphasizes the importance of preserving the property rights of refugees and internally displaced persons from Abkhazia, Georgia, including victims of reported “ethnic cleansing”, and calls upon all Member States to deter persons under their jurisdiction from obtaining property within the territory of Abkhazia, Georgia, in violation of the rights of returnees;

Underlines the urgent need for the rapid development of a timetable to ensure the prompt voluntary return of all refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes in Abkhazia, Georgia;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the item entitled “Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development”.

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