UN: Armenia votes against resolution on return of displaced to Abkhazia

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.