UN passes resolution on Georgia's occupied territories
By Jamila Babayeva
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a draft resolution submitted by Georgia on Abkhazia and South Ossetia on June 5.
Some 69 countries voted for the document, while 13 countries voted against it.
The resolution was initiated in 2008 and has been submitted by Georgia for the UN General Assembly's consideration in all subsequent years, and each year the number of countries supporting the resolution has been increasing.
The resolution is not necessary for execution and establishes the right of refugees from Abkhazia and South Ossetia to return to their homes.
There are 253,392 internally displaced persons in Georgia, the Georgian Ministry for Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees reported in 2014.
Large scale military action was launched between Georgia and Russia in South Ossetia on August 8, 2008. Tbilisi broke off relations with Moscow in August 2008 when Moscow crushed a Georgian assault to reassert control over two rebel regions -South Ossetia and Abkhazia- and later recognized the regions. Georgia announced the two unrecognized republics as occupied territories in September 2008.
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