On 6 November, 2024, Deputy Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations, David Abesadze delivered a statement within the UNGA79 3C Interactive Dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
On 6 November, 2024, Deputy Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations, David Abesadze delivered a statement within the UNGA79 3C Interactive Dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
David Abesadze stressed that as of today, hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons expelled from the Russia-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia, as a result of multiple waves of ethnic cleansing carried out by Russia, remain deprived of the right to return to their homes.
He recalled the judgement of the ECHR on the case of “GEORGIA v. RUSSIA (II)”, which concluded that the Russian Federation as an authority exercising effective control on the ground, bears an obligation to enable the safe and dignified return of IDPs and refugees to their respective homes in both illegally occupied regions of Georgia.
David Abesadze underlined the continuously deteriorating humanitarian and human rights situation in the Russia-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia.
