APPROVAL: DRAFT UNOMIG RESOLUTION

UNCLAS STATE 048903

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: UNSC GE PREL
SUBJECT: APPROVAL: DRAFT UNOMIG RESOLUTION


1. (U) USUN is authorized to introduce and vote to approve
the text in para 2 below in the Security Council authorizing
an extension of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG).


2. (U) Begin resolution text.

The Security Council,

PP1 Recalling all its relevant resolutions including
resolutions 1716 of 13 October 2006 (S/RES/1716);

PP2 Welcoming the reports of the Secretary-General on the
activities of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
of 11 January 2007 (S/2007/15) and 3 April 2007;

PP3 Supporting the sustained efforts of the
Secretary-General and of his Special Representative with the

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assistance of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General
as well as the Russian Federation in its capacity as
facilitator and of the OSCE;

PP4 Stressing the importance of close and effective
cooperation between UNOMIG and the CIS peacekeeping force as
they currently play an important stabilizing role in the
conflict zone, and recalling that a lasting and comprehensive
settlement of the conflict will require appropriate security
guarantees;

PP5 Stressing that economic development is urgently
required in Abkhazia, Georgia to improve the livelihoods of
the communities affected by the conflict, in particular the
refugees and internally displaced persons;

OP1. Reaffirms the commitment of all Member States to the
sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of
Georgia within its internationally recognized borders, and
supports all efforts by the United Nations and the Group of
Friends of the Secretary-General which are guided by their
determination to promote a settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz
conflict only by peaceful means and within the framework of
the Security Council resolutions;

OP2. Calls on both sides to resume dialogue, make full use
of all existing mechanisms as described in the relevant
Security Council resolutions, to comply fully with previous
agreements regarding ceasefire and non-use of violence, and
to finalize without delay the package of documents on the
non-use of violence and on the return of refugees and
internally displaced persons;

OP3. Recalls, with a view to achieving a lasting and
comprehensive settlement, its support for the principles
contained in the &Paper on Basic Principles for the
Distribution of Competencies between Tbilisi and Sukhumi8
and welcomes additional ideas that the sides would be willing
to offer with a view to conducting creatively and
constructively a political dialogue under the aegis of the
United Nations;

OP4. Endorses the proposals for confidence-building measures
presented by the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General
during the meeting held in Geneva on 12 and 13 February 2007
under participation of the Georgian and Abkhaz parties, and
urges both parties with the assistance of UNOMIG and of
international partners and the support of the Group of
Friends of the Secretary-General to immediately engage in
implementing these measures without conditions;

OP5. Welcomes progress achieved by both sides towards the
implementation of resolution 1716 (2006),calls on the
Georgian side to ensure that the situation in the upper
Kodori valley is in line with the Moscow agreement on
ceasefire and separation of forces of 14 May 1994; and calls
on the Abkhaz side to exercise restraint in connection with
the Georgian commitments with regard to the Kodori valley;

OP6. Condemns the attack on villages in the Upper Kodori
valley carried out in the night of 11 and 12 March 2007 and
urges all sides to extend full support to the ongoing
investigation conducted by the Joint Fact Finding Group under
the leadership of UNOMIG;

OP7: Stresses that the situation on the ground in the areas
of security, return of IDPs and rehabilitation and
development must be improved and calls on both sides to
resume dialogue without preconditions in these areas, using
all existing mechanisms, including Quadripartite meetings;

OP8: Urges the sides to address seriously each other's
legitimate security concerns, to refrain from any actions
which might impede the peace process, and to extend the
necessary cooperation to UNOMIG and the CIS peacekeeping
force;

OP9. Stresses the urgent need to alleviate the plight of
refugees and internally displaced persons and the need for a
perspective of life in security and dignity in particular for
a new generation growing up outside Abkhazia, Georgia, and,
recalling the right of return for all internally displaced
persons to Abkhazia, Georgia, calls on both sides to
implement the UNHCR,s Strategic Directions for the return in
the first instance to the Gali region;

OP10. Welcomes existing and encourages further contacts
between representatives of civil society of the sides;

OP11. Underlines that it is the primary responsibility of
both sides to provide appropriate security and to ensure the
freedom of movement of UNOMIG, the CIS peacekeeping force and
other international personnel and calls on both sides to
fulfill their obligations in this regard;

OP12. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the
necessary steps to ensure full compliance of all UNOMIG
personnel with the United Nations zero tolerance policy on
sexual exploitation and abuse and to keep the Council
informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to ensure
that acts involving their personnel are properly investigated
and punished;

OP13. Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for a new
period terminating on 15 October 2007;

OP14. Requests the Secretary-General to make use of this
extended mandate in order to support the parties in
implementing measures to build confidence and to establish an
intensive and meaningful dialogue, and to inform the Council
in his next report on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, on
progress made in this respect;

OP15. Strongly supports the efforts of the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General and calls on the
Group of Friends of the Secretary-General to continue giving
him their steadfast and unified support;

OP16. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

End resolution text.
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