A/RES/73/263
Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic
of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
imposing limitations on the ability of the Crimean Tatar community to conserve its
representative institutions;
(p) To end the practice of compelling Crimean residents to serve in the armed
or auxiliary forces of the Russian Federation, including through pressure or
propaganda, and in particular ensure that Crimean residents are not compelled to
participate in military operations of the Russian Federation;
(q) To end the practices of deporting Ukrainian citizens from Crime a for not
taking Russian citizenship and of discriminating against Crimean residents for not
possessing identity documents issued by the Russian Federation;
(r) To cooperate fully and immediately with the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe on the situation of human rights in
Crimea;
7.
Calls upon the Russian Federation to address the substantive concerns and
all recommendations highlighted in the reports of the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the
temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol,
Ukraine, 4,5 as well as previous relevant recommendations from 23 reports on the
situation of human rights in Ukraine by the Office of the High Commissioner based
on the work of the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine
established to prevent further deterioration of human rights in Crimea;
8.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to seek ways and means,
including through consultations with the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights and relevant regional organizations, to ensure safe and unfettered
access to Crimea by established regional and international human rights monitoring
mechanisms, in particular the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, to enable
them to carry out their mandate;
9.
Urges the Russian Federation to ensure the proper and unimpeded access
of international human rights monitoring missions and human rights
non-governmental organizations to Crimea, including all places where persons may
be deprived of their liberty, recognizing that the international presence in Crimea is
of paramount importance in preventing further deterioration of the situation;
10. Supports the efforts of Ukraine to maintain economic, financial, political,
social, informational, cultural and other ties with its citizens in the occupied Crimea
in order to facilitate their access to democratic processes, economic opportunities and
objective information;
11. Calls upon all international organizations and specialized agencies of the
United Nations system, when referring to Crimea in their official documents,
communications and publications, including with regard to statistical data of the
Russian Federation, to refer to “the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of
Sevastopol, Ukraine, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation ”, and
encourages all States and other international organizations to do the same;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to take all steps necessary to ensure the
full and effective coordination of all United Nations bodies with regard to the
implementation of the present resolution;
13. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide his good offices
and pursue his discussions relating to Crimea, involving all relevant stakeholders and
including the concerns addressed in the present resolution;
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