; Whereas, according to the Government of Georgia’s State Strategy on Occupied Territories , the Government of Georgia has committed itself to a policy of peaceful engagement, the protection of economic and human rights, freedom of movement, and the preservation of cultural heritage, language, and identity for the people of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia; Whereas the August 2008 war between the Russian Federation and Georgia resulted in civilian and military casualties, the violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, and large numbers of internally displaced persons; Whereas the annual United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia recognizes that the right of return of all internally displaced persons and refugees and their descendants, regardless of ethnicity, as well as their property rights, remains unfulfilled; Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation is building barbed wire fences and installing, so-called border signs and other artificial barriers along the occupation line and depriving the people residing within the occupied regions and in the adjacent areas of their fundamental rights and freedoms, including, the freedom of movement, family life, education in their native language, and other civil and economic rights; Whereas the August 12, 2008, Ceasefire Agreement, agreed to by the Governments of the Russian Federation and Georgia— (1) provides that all troops of the Russian Federation shall be withdrawn to pre-war positions; (2) provides that free access shall be granted to organizations providing humanitarian assistance in regions affected by the violence in August 2008; and (3) launched the Geneva International Discussions between Georgia and the Russian Federation