Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories
of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and
the city of Sevastopol
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or occupied territories of Ukraine, as well as to continue to use all diplomatic means
to press and urge the Russian Federation to comply with its obligations under
international human rights law and international humanitarian law and to grant
unimpeded access to the temporarily controlled or occupied territories of Ukraine for
established regional and international human rights monitoring mechanisms, in
particular the human rights monitoring Mission in Ukraine and the Ukraine
Monitoring Initiative of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe;
13. Condemns all attempts by the Russian Federation to legitimize or
normalize its attempted illegal annexation of the territories of Ukraine, including the
automatic imposition of citizenship of the Russian Federation, illegal election
campaigns and voting, population census, forcible change of the demographic
structure of the population and suppression of national identity;
14. Calls upon the international community to continue to support the work of
the United Nations to uphold international human rights law and international
humanitarian law in the territories of Ukraine temporarily controlled or occupied by
the Russian Federation;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to seek ways and means,
including through consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights and relevant regional organizations, to ensure safe and unfettered
access to Crimea and other territories of Ukraine temporarily controlled or occupied
by the Russian Federation by established regional and international human rights
monitoring mechanisms, in particular the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine
and the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to enable them
to carry out their mandates;
16. Urges the Russian Federation to ensure the proper and unimpeded access
of international human rights monitoring missions and human rights
non-governmental organizations to the temporarily controlled or occupied territories
of Ukraine, including all places where persons may be deprived of their liberty,
recognizing that the international presence and monitoring of compliance with
international human rights law and international humanitarian law are of paramount
importance in preventing further deterioration of the situation;
17. Decides to include the item entitled “The situation in the temporarily
occupied territories of Ukraine” in the annual agenda of the General Assembly;
18. Requests the Secretary-General to remain actively seized of the matter, and
to take all steps necessary, including within the Secretariat, to ensure the full and
effective coordination of all United Nations bodies with regard to the implementation
of the present resolution;
19. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide his good offices
and pursue his discussions relating to the matter, involving all relevant stakeholders
and including the concerns addressed in the present resolution;
20. Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its seventy-ninth session on the progress made in the implementation of all
provisions of the present resolution, including options and recommendations to
improve its implementation, and to submit for consideration an interim report to the
Human Rights Council at its fifty-sixth session, to be followed by an interactive
dialogue, in accordance with Council resolution 53/30 of 14 July 2023; 28
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53
(A/78/53), chap. VII, sect. A.
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