In the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, the resolution “Missing Persons” proposed by Azerbaijan was adopted by consensus.
The American bureau “Report” reports that the text of the draft resolution proposed by the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the UN was agreed upon as a result of intensive negotiations with member states within a month.
56 countries joined the resolution as co-sponsors. During the presentation of the text of the resolution to the Committee, the first secretary of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the UN, Narmin Ahangari, recalled in his speech that the resolution “Missing Persons” was adopted for the first time in 2002 in the 57th period of sessions. of the UN General Assembly at the initiative of Azerbaijan and that the resolution is proposed every two years.
Ahangari emphasized that the main objective of the resolution is to draw attention to the importance of respecting and observing international humanitarian law and international human rights obligations to prevent disappearances, which are one of the humanitarian tragedies of armed conflicts, and to determine the fate of missing persons.
The diplomat provided detailed information to the representatives of the Member States about the new clauses reflected in the text. Ahangari noted that the text of this year’s resolution reflects the obstacles created by the presence of landmines in operations to find remains of missing persons. He noted that the text contains calls for relevant states to cooperate in the safe search for human remains.
The resolution also requested the UN Secretary-General to submit a detailed report on its implementation to the 81st session of the General Assembly (2026) and the corresponding session of the UN Human Rights Council.
