Савецкая дыпламатыя і рэпатрыянты (1946 - 1955 гг.)

Abstract

The article reviews diplomatic struggle in 1946—1955 on refugee and displaced persons issue between Soviet delegations in the UN (the USSR, the Ukrainian SSR, the Byelorussian SSR) and their East European allies delegations on the one hand and Western states on the other. It shows the importance of this issue in post-war international relations, thoroughly reveals the position and argumentation of the BSSR delegation at the UN General Assembly and Economic and Social Council sessions. It analyses Byelorussian proposals on the issue of the Soviet citizens repatriation and the reasons for their non-acceptance by most of the UN member-states. It explores the attitude of Soviet diplomacy to the International Organization on Refugees and the UNHCR and also the UN fundamental instruments on this issue. It reflects the turn towards realism of the Soviet delegations at the UN at the X session of the UN General Assembly on the issue of the Soviet citizens repatriation. The article is written on the basis of the instruments of the international political activities of the USSR and BSSR including the archive, the UN materials and periodicals.