A/HRC/45/54 present report. Procedures were also ongoing regarding almost 600 individual applications related to the conflict, against Georgia, against the Russian Federation, and against both States. In parallel, consideration was continuing with respect to inter-State application No. 39611/18, which the Government of Georgia lodged in August 2018 concerning the alleged deterioration of the human rights situation along the Administrative Boundary Lines between Tbilisi-controlled territory and Abkhazia and South Ossetia. 42 10. Missing persons 69. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported on progress under its coordination mechanisms established to clarify the fate of persons missing in relation to the armed conflicts of the 1990s and 2008 and their aftermath. According to ICRC, as of June 2020, more than 2,300 persons remained unaccounted for, including 2,200 in connection with the armed conflict in Abkhazia in the 1990s. 70. On 24 October 2019, the Government of Georgia established an inter-agency commission to coordinate the search for and transfer of the remains of persons missing as a result of armed conflicts, as well as support for their families. The commission held its first meeting in February 2020.43 11. Geneva International Discussions 71. During the reporting period, the forty-ninth and fiftieth rounds of the Geneva International Discussions took place, in October and December 2019 respectively. The fifty-first round, planned for 31 March and 1 April 2020, was postponed due to COVID19.44 72. OHCHR regrets the suspension of the Gali and Ergneti Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms, which offered a platform for joint discussions of various issues, incidents and individual cases. While the ninety-fourth and ninety-fifth mechanism meetings took place in Ergneti in July and August 2019, the Gali mechanism has remained suspended since June 2018. C. Situation of internally displaced persons and refugees 73. Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/298, the Secretary-General submitted his annual report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, on the status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia (A/74/878), covering the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. The information contained therein was still relevant at the time of finalization of the present report. V. Conclusions and recommendations 74. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights appreciates the continuous cooperation between the Government of Georgia and OHCHR, and welcomes the Government’s commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights. The High Commissioner commends the efforts made by Georgia in the fight against COVID-19 and the attention paid to human rights protection during the state of emergency. OHCHR remains committed to supporting the Government and other national stakeholders to further the promotion and protection of human rights in Georgia. 42 43 44 See www.echr.coe.int/Documents/CP_Georgia_ENG.pdf. See https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/4687847. See the press communiqué of the co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions, 16 March 2020, available at https://dppa.un.org/en/press-statement-co-chairs-of-geneva-international-discussions. 15