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UNPO Circassian File
Circassia
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THE FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE UNREPRESENTED NATIONS
AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION
Otepää, 15-19 July 1997
Day 1
General Assembly V
Tuesday, July 15, 1997
Welcome speeches and Member Statements
Afternoon session
Mr. Khaji-Mourat Khatoukaev, General Secretary of the International Circassian Association: Acknowledges the important work of UNPO. Explains that after World War II, the United Nations was necessary in facilitating negotiations between big powers. The smaller and unrepresented nations remained outside the United nations. UNPO filled that gap in an era when many new conflicts had arisen. States that the International Circassian Association represents their interests in UNPO. In the course of the Russian- Caucasian war, lasting 100 years, a considerable part of the Circassians were decimated on the basis of their ethnicity and religion. More than ninety percent of the Circassian survivors were forcibly deported from their native country. States that at present, Circassians live in more than 45 countries, the majority of which live dispersed in the Krasnodar Region, Adygeya, the Karachai-Cherkess Republic, and the Kabardino-Balkar Republic. States that the aim of the International Circassian Association is to unite Circassians politically and spiritually, and to preserve the ethnic unity of Circassians. Demands of the Russian Federation, which inherited the legislative right of the tsarist autocracy, to acknowledge the genocide against the Circassians, to recognize the status of exiled people, and to undertake efforts to let them return to their homeland and maintain dual citizenship (in their present countries of residence and in Russia). Addresses the international community and UNPO members to support their demands and expresses readiness to co-operate with UNPO members within the framework of the organization.
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RESOLUTION No. 13 OF
THE FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE UNREPRESENTED NATIONS
AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION
UNPOGA5/1997/13
Otepää, 15-19 July 1997
RESOLUTION ON THE SITUATION OF THE CIRCASSIAN NATION
The General Assembly,
NOTING 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-Caucasian 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.
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News Release
For immediate release
Otepää, Estonia, The Hague, July 21, 1997
UNPO Passes Resolutions General Assembly Ends
The Circassian Nation called on Russia to grant their citizens dual citizenship and to ensure them of the possibility of return to historical homelands.
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UNPO MONITOR
(Of North Caucasian Issues)
1998
Tuesday, July 28, 1998
Day 2, Morning Session
22. Mr. Kazanokov Tevvezh, International Circassian Association: States that the demographic situation of the Circassian area has changed from 4 millions before the Russian–Caucasian war to 80 thousand after the genocide and forcible deportation and to 700,000 indigenous people today. Mentions that the process of consolidation of the three indigenous republics has been problematic, and is constantly encountering hurdles such as having three different identities in the passports for the same people. Denounces that the candidates for the high positions in these three republics mainly rely on the votes of the Russian speaking electorate, and that these candidates cannot fully defend the interests of the Circassian people . Says that people of the Circassian diaspora have difficulties using their native language and practising their culture (in Turkey they cannot even use their proper Circassian names), and that is why they fear to be assimilated and there is a tendency to return to their historic homeland. Appeals to the United Nations for pressure to be put on the government of Russia to use the statement of item E, part 3 of the Article 19 of the "Admission to Russian Citizenship" law, and states that the United Nations cannot remain indifferent to the plight of the Circassian people.
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