A/RES/64/296
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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 South Ossetia;
Stresses the need to respect the property rights of all internally displaced
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persons and refugees affected by the conflicts in Georgia and to refrain from
obtaining property in violation of those rights;
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Reaffirms the unacceptability of forced demographic changes;
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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
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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
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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
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sixty-fifth session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present
resolution;
Decides to include in the draft agenda of its sixty-fifth session the item
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entitled “Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for
international peace, security and development”.
115th plenary meeting
7 September 2010
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