Crimean Delegation Prepares To Attend 73rd UNGA In New York - Civic Chamber Member

SIMFEROPOL (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th November, 2018) A Crimean delegation is preparing all the necessary documents to visit the United States in order to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Chairman of the board of the Crimean Republican Society of the Bulgarians and member of the republic's Civic Chamber Ivan Abazher told Sputnik, adding that the delegation was expected to comprise three public figures.

According to the chairman, the delegation's visit will be all the more important given the fact that the Third Committee of the General Assembly, which deals with social, humanitarian and human rights issues, has recently adopted another resolution on alleged human rights violations on the peninsula.

"A Crimean delegation is preparing to travel to the United States to attend the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. At the moment, we are preparing documents for the trip. The voice of the Crimean people will be especially relevant on the international platform because the adopted resolution does not reflect reality at all. We will try to show the real picture of what is happening in the Crimea," Abazher said.

Abazher added that the delegation was set to comprise three public figures from Crimea.

While the high-level meetings of the 73rd session took place in New York in late September, other plenary meetings are set to be held between November 20 and December 17.

On Friday, the Third Committee passed a third resolution on allegedly perpetrated human rights violations in Crimea. The resolution was adopted in a 67-26 vote, with 82 abstentions. Similar resolutions were passed with a 70-26 vote in 2016 and 2017, with 77 and 76 abstentions respectively.

Crimea rejoined Russia in 2014, when 97 percent of those who participated in the referendum on the matter supported the reunification. The results of the vote were rejected by almost all countries, including Ukraine, which insists that Crimea is still a part of its territory. Moscow, in turn, repeatedly stated that the referendum was held in accordance with international law and was legitimate, stressing that Crimean residents voluntarily chose to rejoin Russia.