Amendment No. 12 | Doc. 14527 | 24 April 2018
Humanitarian needs and rights of internally displaced persons in Europe
In the draft resolution, replace paragraphs 7, 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 with the following paragraphs:
"Referring to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 849 (1993) and 1808 (2008), the Final Declarations of the OSCE Heads of States Summits in 1994, 1996 and 1998 as well as the Resolutions 1633, 1647, 1683, 1664 and 1916 adopted by the Assembly, the Assembly deplores the forcible expulsion of people from Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia in the 1990s and again in 2008, and the fact that this conflict in Georgia remains unresolved and commends the immense efforts provided in favour of IDPs in Georgia. In this regard:
X.1 underlines the importance of the Co-ordination Mechanism on Missing Persons created in 2010 with the help of the ICRC and encourages the participants to engage constructively;
X.2 referring to Assembly Resolution 1683, the Assembly calls upon the Russian Federation as an authority exercising control over Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia to recognise formally and effectively the right of safe and dignified return of all IDPs, including those from the 2008 war, to their original places of residence to Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia in line with paragraphs 9.9 and 9.11 of Resolution 1647 (2009);
X.3 welcoming the demining of Abkhazia, Georgia by the HALO Trust from 1997 to 2011 and taking note that the demining action in Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in 2016 as the authority exercising effective control, calls on the Russian Federation to ensure also the withdrawal of ammunition and weapons from the conflict areas, which pose a serious risk to IDPs and others and have the potential to cause further displacements;"
Explanatory note
Abkhazia, Georgia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia as integral parts of the Georgian territory should be clearly underlined in the resolution. Existing text introduces a possibility of excluding return of IDPs to their homes and represents clear signs of ethnic cleansing. Since actions of the Russian Federation in the two regions of Georgia are illegal, it is impossible to welcome such actions.