UN: ARMENIA VOTES AGAINST RESOLUTION ON RETURN OF DISPLACED TO ABKHAZIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.05.2008 14:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The General Assembly today adopted a resolution in
which it recognized the right of return of all refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs), regardless of their ethnicity, to Abkhazia.

With 14 votes in favor, 11 against and 105 abstentions, the Assembly
adopted a Georgian-sponsored text that recognizes the right of return
for IDPs and refugees and also their descendants.

The resolution stresses the importance of preserving the property
rights of the refugees and IDPs and underlines the urgent need for
a timetable to ensure the prompt voluntary return of all refugees
and IDPs.

Assembly members also requested that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
submit a comprehensive report at the Assembly’s next session on the
implementation of today’s resolution.

The countries which supported the resolution make 7 per cent of the
total number of the UN member states.

In favor: Albania, Azerbaijan, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, U.S. and Ukraine.

Against: Russia, Armenia, Venezuela, India, Iran, China, Myanmar,
Serbia, Syria, Sudan, the UN news center reports.