PACE to Discuss IDP Issues in South Caucasus

The Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe will discuss a draft resolution on refugees and displaced persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia during its spring session on April 13.

“The situation of refugees and displaced persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia continues to be an obstacle for the development of these countries in economic, socio-political and health terms… Urgent humanitarian needs, however, must be increasingly supplemented by international development aid to provide a future for the refugees and internally displaced persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia,” the draft resolution says.

The document also notes some positive signs “that the three countries are moving forward with the local integration of their refugees and displaced persons, thus allowing these people to regain their dignity and prepare for the future.”

The draft resolution welcomes the Georgian government’s “efforts to find a solution to its internal conflicts and extends its support to this process.”