UNPO UNPOGA4/1995/12 UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION
RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF UNPO
FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Fifth Session The Hague, 20-26 January, 1995 General Assembly Resolution 12 RELATING TO THE RIGHT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE CHAMS The General Assembly, RECOGNISING that the Cham people have been forcefully expelled from their homeland at the end of Second World War by special Greek forces; WHEREAS the Chams are over 150,000 people in Albania alone, who demand to return to their lands, to possess their properties again which are currently being unjustly exploited by others, and to enjoy all of the internationally proteced human rights; WHEREAS until now the Greek government has not agreed to enter into a dialogue about the Cham problem with the legitimate representatives of the people of Chameria;
WHEREAS the Greek government does not permit expelled Chams to visit Chameria and their brothers there to express their identity;
THEREFORE,
DEMANDS that the Greek government recognise the historical reality of the Chams' problem and work seriously to give it a right and full solution.
SUPPORTS the legitimate demands of the Chams and their activity which tends to resolve their problem in a democratic way.
APPELAS to the international community to recognise the rights of Cham people, including:
1. Repatriation of Cham people to their own homeland;
2. The right of the Cham people to regain their properties;
3. All the interenational rights which derive from international charters and documents.
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