Resolution Of The Situation Of The Circassian Nation (General Assembly Of The Unrepresented Nations And Peoples Organization)

UNPOGA5/1997/1

RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION

FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Fifth Session
Otepää, 15-19 July 1997
General Assembly Resolution 1

RESOLUTION ON THE SITUATION OF THE CIRCASSIAN NATION

The General Assembly,
HAVING HEARD the report of the International Circassian Association
representative on the state of the Circassian nation that
The Circassians have been partly exterminated during the Russian-
Cucassian war and 90 percent of those remaining have been forcefully
deported abroad to Turkey, Jordan and Syria;
The nation faced genocide for a long period;
The Circassian people living abroad have difficulty preserving their
language, culture and identity;

THEREFORE,
CALLS UPON the Russian Federation and the international community
to acknowledge the genocide of the Circassian nation that took place in
the 19th century and to grant the Circassian people status of an exile
nation.

CALLS UPON the Russian Federation to grant the Circassian people dual
citizenship, both that of Russia and of their respective countries.

CALLS UPON the Russian Federation to ensure the Circassian people of
the possibility to return to their historical land.