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

A/RES/72/280View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 35 Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 2009–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/264

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/RES/80/264	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia	627	98%Compare
2025	A/RES/79/292	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia	619	98%Compare
2024	A/RES/78/283	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia	615	97%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/293	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia	603	98%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/267	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia	597	97%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

16 reports · 2010–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/80/729	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/292
2024	A/79/892	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/283
2024	A/78/864	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/293
2023	A/77/870	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/267
2022	A/76/828	Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/285

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Abkhazia (Georgia)Displaced Persons Georgia Georgia Situation Georgian Refugees South Ossetia (Georgia)Tskhinvali (Georgia)

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

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;

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;

Reaffirms the unacceptability of forced demographic changes;

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;

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;

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;

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

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

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