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Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees From Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia

A/RES/73/298No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 35Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 2009–2026
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/264
  • 2026A/RES/80/264Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, GeorgiaLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2025A/RES/79/292Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, GeorgiaCompare with previous version
  • 2024A/RES/78/283Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, GeorgiaCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/77/293Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, GeorgiaCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/RES/76/267Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, GeorgiaCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
Abkhazia (Georgia)Displaced PersonsGeorgiaGeorgia SituationGeorgian RefugeesSouth Ossetia (Georgia)Tskhinvali (Georgia)

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2020.

  • 2020A/74/878Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

8 operative paragraphs
1
Recognizes the right of return of all internally displaced persons and refugees and their descendants, regardless of ethnicity, to their homes throughout Georgia, including in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia;
2
Stresses the need to respect the property rights of all internally displaced persons and refugees affected by the conflicts in Georgia and to refrain from obtaining property in violation of those rights;
3
Reaffirms the unacceptability of forced demographic changes;
4
Underlines the urgent need for unimpeded access for humanitarian activities to all internally displaced persons, refugees and other persons residing in all conflict-affected areas throughout Georgia;
5
Calls upon all participants in the Geneva discussions to intensify their efforts to establish a durable peace, to commit to enhanced confidence-building measures and to take immediate steps to ensure respect for human rights and create favourable security conditions conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and unhindered return of all internally displaced persons and refugees to their places of origin;
6
Underlines the need for the development of a timetable to ensure the voluntary, safe, dignified and unhindered return of all internally displaced persons and refugees affected by the conflicts in Georgia to their homes;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution;
8
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development”.

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