*20 March 2010
*Circassians from the Diaspora and the homeland participating in the conference entitled “Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians and the People of the North Caucasus Between Past and Future” (Tbilisi, March 19–21, 2010), present the following request for a resolution by the Parliament of Georgia:
*The Circassian nation is one of the indigenous nations of the Caucasus. Due to the Russian Empire's policy of expansion in the Caucasus during the 18th and 19th centuries, Circassians lost more than 1.5 million lives. The Circassian nation continues to suffer till today as a consequence of these crimes and policies.
*Circassia is a nation denied by genocide, having been deprived of its independence as a result of colonization, mass crimes, mass deportation and ethnic cleansing. Today, Circassia remains a victim of continuous genocide and a nation in exile.
*Circassians, whose unity and indigenous status in historical Circassia is denied by the Russian Federation, have never received international acknowledgment of their tragedy.
*Circassians strive to restore historical justice and condemn the Russian Empire's historical colonialism as well as current Russian Federation policies against the interests of the Circassian people in their motherland and in the Diaspora.
*Based on undeniable documented historical facts corroborating the genocide of the Circassian nation in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, and based on the following conventions adopted by the United Nations:
*Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted on December 9, 1948;
*Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, adopted on November 26, 1968;
*The above mentioned participants call upon the Parliament of Georgia as well as the Governments of All Nations, to pass a resolution to:
*Condemn acts by the Russian Empire in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, resulting in the loss of independence of Circassia, and to recognize these acts as a genocide of the Circassian nation and its people;
*Declare May 21st, which marks the Russian celebration of the conquering of the North West Caucasus in 1864, as a memorial day of the victims of the Circassian genocide, and to recognize Sochi as the location and symbol of Circassian genocide and ethnic cleansing.〔http://www.natpress.net/stat_e.php?id=5199〕