A/HRC/RES/52/40 and the obliteration and alteration of Georgian features from Georgian cultural heritage monuments in both regions, Expressing serious concern also at the negative consequences of the prolonged closure of the so-called crossing points and the restrictions on freedom of movement, particularly at cases of denial and obstacles to swift medical evacuations by the authorities exercising effective control in both regions, which has contributed to a number of deaths and the further isolation of the regions, thereby aggravating the humanitarian and socioeconomic situation on the ground, particularly with regard to the full enjoyment of all human rights by all women, girls and older persons, Expressing serious concern further over the arbitrary detentions and kidnappings, including of women, children and older persons, which in some cases involve shooting, torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and continue to have a negative impact on human security and health conditions of conflict-affected people, and restrict their freedom of movement, Expressing serious concern at the lack of accountability for unlawful killings of Georgian citizens committed in the period from 2014 to 2020, which continues to contribute to impunity in both Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia, Expressing concern that internally displaced persons and refugees continue to be deprived of the right to return to their homes in Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia in a safe and dignified manner, Expressing serious concern that violations and abuses of human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons living therein create an additional threat of further displacement, Expressing serious concern also at the repeated denial of access to international and regional monitors, including the United Nations human rights mechanisms, to both Georgian regions by the authorities exercising effective control in those regions, Recognizing in this context the importance of and need for periodic reports of the Office of the High Commissioner for an objective and impartial assessment of the situation of human rights in both Georgian regions, 1. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide technical assistance through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Tbilisi; 2. Demands that immediate and unimpeded access be given to the Office of the High Commissioner and international and regional human rights mechanisms to Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia; 3. Requests the High Commissioner to present to the Human Rights Council, in accordance with its resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, an oral update on the follow-up to the present resolution at its fifty-third session, and to present a report on developments relating to and the implementation of the present resolution at its fifty-fourth session. 57th meeting 4 April 2023 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 22 to 4, with 21 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Czechia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Honduras, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Maldives, Mexico, Montenegro, Paraguay, Romania, Senegal, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America Against: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Cuba and Eritrea Abstaining: Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, 3