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UNITED NATIONS A/RES/64/296
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
13 October 2010
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 14
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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/64/L.62)]
64/296. Status of
internally displaced persons and refugees from
The General Assembly,
Recalling all its relevant resolutions on the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, including its resolutions 62/153 of 18 December 2007, 62/249 of 15 May 2008, 63/307 of 9 September 2009 and 64/162 of 18 December 2009,
Recalling also all relevant Security Council resolutions on Georgia relating to the need for all parties to work towards a comprehensive peace and the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to their places of origin, and stressing the importance of their full and timely implementation,
Recognizing the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement 1 as the key international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons,
Concerned by
forced demographic changes resulting from the conflicts in
Concerned also by the humanitarian situation caused by armed conflict in August 2008, which resulted in the further forced displacement of civilians,
Mindful of
the urgent need to find a solution to the problems related to forced
displacement in
Underlining the importance of the discussions that commenced in Geneva on 15 October 2008 and of continuing to address the issue of the voluntary, safe, dignified and unhindered return of internally displaced persons and refugees on the basis of internationally recognized principles and conflict-settlement practices,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General concerning the implementation of resolution 63/307,2
1. Recognizes the
right of return of all internally displaced persons and refugees and their
descendants, regardless of ethnicity, to their homes throughout
2. Stresses the
need to respect the property rights of all internally displaced persons and
refugees affected by the conflicts in
3. Reaffirms the unacceptability of forced demographic changes;
4. 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;
5. 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;
6. 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;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution;
8. Decides to
include in the draft agenda of its sixty-fifth session the item entitled
“Protracted conflicts in the
115th
plenary meeting
7
September, 2010.
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