Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement following the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution. According to the Ministry, the resolution carries practical weight alongside its humanitarian significance, as it tasks the UN Secretary-General with preparing an annual report on its implementation.

“On June 4, 2026, in New York, the UN General Assembly, at its 80th session, adopted a resolution initiated by Georgia and 68 countries from across the world, ‘On the Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia’.

The resolution received the support of 107 countries. The number of votes against reached a record low of just eight.

Georgia has been bringing this resolution before the UN General Assembly since May 2008. Humanitarian in nature, it condemns the demographic changes forcibly imposed by Russia in Georgia’s occupied regions, reaffirms the right of all displaced persons to return to their homes in dignity and safety, regardless of ethnicity, and underscores the imperative to respect and protect their property rights.

Beyond its humanitarian dimension, the resolution carries concrete practical force: it tasks the UN Secretary-General with producing an annual report on its implementation. This is of particular importance given the grave human rights situation in Russia’s occupied Georgian territories and the total absence of international monitoring mechanisms on the ground.

The resolution also calls upon the participants of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) to intensify their efforts to improve the security and human rights situation in Georgia’s occupied regions; efforts that would, in turn, facilitate the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to their homes,” the statement reads.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its gratitude to all countries that supported the resolution.

“In recent years, this resolution has grown into a truly global initiative, with dozens of countries from every corner of the world joining its list of co-sponsors; their number rose by four this year, reaching 68. By becoming co-authors, these nations have chosen to engage more actively in the international effort to address the grave humanitarian consequences of Russia’s aggression and occupation.

During the debate on June 4, statements of support were delivered by the President of the UN General Assembly, the European Union, Lithuania (on behalf of the Baltic and Nordic countries), the United Kingdom, Australia (on behalf of Canada and New Zealand), Ukraine, and Japan.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia extends its deepest gratitude to every state that voted in favour of the resolution and joined as a co-sponsor. In doing so, each of these countries has once again affirmed the right of displaced persons and refugees to return home, and has stood in solidarity with every single one of them,” the statement concludes.