Commentary by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia

Commentary by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia
14 October 2024 155

On October 11, in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on "Cooperation with Georgia", which once again reaffirms its commitment to the territorial integrity of Georgia, speaks of alleged "human rights violations" in the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia, and condemns the alleged "continuing illegal military presence" of Russia in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

We are forced to state that the latest resolution of the UN Human Rights Council, using formulaic terms that are repeated over and over again, significantly distorts the real picture on the ground and is absolutely politicized and biased. As before, representatives of Western countries, by adopting such documents, deliberately distort objective reality and thereby seek to provide unconditional support to their Georgian partners.

The resolution once again makes accusations of alleged humanitarian problems for ethnic Georgians living in the territory of the Republic of Abkhazia. At the same time, the same resolution keeps silent about the serious human rights violations and discrimination that citizens of Abkhazia have faced for many years.

In particular, we are talking about one of the fundamental human rights to freedom of movement. This problem is quite acute in Abkhazia, but despite the obvious discrimination against the rights of our citizens, the so-called international community continues to completely ignore these serious challenges.

We would like to remind you that the provisions on the right to freedom of movement are enshrined in such universal international acts as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 12). 

The established practice of decision-making by various international and European structures demonstrates their unconditional bias and desire to be guided by one-sided information presented exclusively by the Georgian side. In such circumstances, it is impossible to talk about any trust in the documents adopted by these international structures.

We continue to insist that in order for the international community to have an objective understanding of the events taking place in our region and to receive reliable information, it is necessary to provide the opportunity for Abkhazia's representatives to participate in the work of the relevant UN structures, including the Human Rights Council. 

The Abkhaz side has repeatedly appealed to the international community over the past decades to provide Abkhaz diplomats with the opportunity to speak before representatives of the UN and other international structures, but these appeals have gone unnoticed.

We are deeply convinced that without the participation of representatives of the Republic of Abkhazia in the work of various international structures dealing with the problems of settlement in the Transcaucasia, it will be impossible to count on a quick and objective solution to the accumulated contradictions.

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