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A/RES/73/298 GA

Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia

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79
Yes
15
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57
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/73/L.89
Adopted symbol A/RES/73/298
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
Sponsors (2)
P5 Positions
Russia ✗ United States ✓ United Kingdom ✓ China ~ France ✓
UN Document A/RES/73/298 ↗

Vote Recorded Vote — A/73/PV.88 June 4, 2019

— Abstain (57)
✗ No (15)
Absent (42)
✓ Yes (79)
Speeches following this vote (6) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
Before giving the floor to speakers for explanations of vote, I would like to remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Baror (Israel)
Israel welcomes the steps taken by the Government of Georgia to improve the status of internally displaced persons in the areas under its control. We appreciate the work done in the framework of the Geneva International Discussions and their mandate of 12 August 2008, which has led to concrete activities on humanitarian issues, including those related to the protection of the environment, and we …
Mr. Duque Estrada Meyer (Brazil)
Brazil once again abstained in the voting on resolution 73/298, concerning internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as it could prejudge or influence the consideration of the issue by the interested parties in negotiations in Geneva. We reiterate that Brazil recognizes the territorial integrity of Georgia and hopes that its dispute with the Russian Federation ca…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the voting. Before giving the floor to speakers in exercise of the right of reply, I would like to remind members that statements in the exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to five minutes for the second, and should be made from their seats. I now give the floor to the representative …
Mr. Zhang Dianbin (China)
China will not accept the statement by the representative of the United States on Georgia, which included groundless accusations against China. With regard to the political turmoil of the late 1980s, the Chinese Government long ago came to a clear conclusion. In the 70 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, we have achieved great success, which has fully demonstrated that t…
The Acting President
The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 35.
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
United Nations A/RES/73/298 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 June 2019 19-09189 (E) 110619 *1909189* Seventy-third session Agenda item 35 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 4 June 2019 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.89 and A/73/L.89/Add.1)] 73/298. Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia The General Assembly, Recalling all its relevant resolutions on the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, including its resolutions 62/153 of 18 December 2007, 62/249 of 15 May 2008, 63/307 of 9 September 2009, 64/162 of 18 December 2009, 64/296 of 7 September 2010, 65/287 of 29 June 2011, 66/165 of 19 December 2011, 66/283 of 3 July 2012, 67/268 of 13 June 2013, 68/180 of 18 December 2013, 68/274 of 5 June 2014, 69/286 of 3 June 2015, 70/165 of 17 December 2015, 70/265 of 7 June 2016, 71/290 of 1 June 2017, 72/182 of 19 December 2017 and 72/280 of 12 June 2018, Recalling also all relevant Security Council resolutions on Georgia relating to the need for all parties to work towards a comprehensive peace and the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to their places of origin, and stressing the importance of their full and timely implementation, Recognizing the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement 1 as the key international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons, Concerned by forced demographic changes resulting from the conflicts in Georgia, Concerned also by the humanitarian situation caused by armed conflict in August 2008, which resulted in the further forced displacement of civilians, Mindful of the urgent need to find a solution to the problems related to forced displacement in Georgia, Underlining the importance of the discussions that commenced in Geneva on 15 October 2008 and of continuing to address the issue of the voluntary, safe, dignified and unhindered return of internally displaced persons and refugees on the basis of internationally recognized principles and conflict-settlement practices, __________________ 1 E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex. A/RES/73/298 Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia 19-09189 2/2 Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General concerning the implementation of resolution 72/280,2 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”. 88th plenary meeting 4 June 2019 __________________ 2 A/73/880.
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