Georgian President Thanks 84 States for Supporting the UN Resolution

The President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has responded to the UN General Assembly support for the resolution 'On the Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali Region / South Ossetia, Georgia' on the social network Twitter.

"I thank the 84 UN states that supported the resolution on IDPs from the occupied territories. This shows that despite the global crisis, Georgia is on the international agenda. The global community supports the restoration of the rights of IDPs and the right to return home. Unprecedented support!", she tweeted.

On September 3, the UN General Assembly, within its 74th session, adopted the Resolution on the 'Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia' that was initiated by Georgia and 53 sponsoring states.

The Resolution condemns the forced demographic changes in the occupied regions, emphasizes 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. The Resolution reiterates the importance of unimpeded humanitarian access in the regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region. The resolution was supported by 84 UN states.

By Ana Dumbadze 

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