UN General Assembly passes Georgia IDP resolution

The UN General Assembly passed on June 13 Georgia-sponsored resolution reiterating the right of return of all displaced persons and refugees to breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia by a vote of 63 in favor to 16 against, with 84 abstentions.

This is the sixth such non-binding resolution, which the UN General Assembly has been passing annually since 2008.

Last year the similar resolution was passed by a vote of 60 in favor to 15 against, with 82 abstentions.