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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03AMMAN4689 |
DEMARCHE TO GOJ ON 58TH UNGA, GOJ UNGA DELEGATION, [...] Per ref A, Pol Intern discussed renewal of UNOMIG mandate with Ayman al-Ameri, second assistant and consultant to the director of the MFA,s Office of International Organizations Department, on 24 July. Al-Ameri made no substantive comment, but took note of Syria,s decision to follow P-5 cons [...] |
2003-07-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JO UNGA UNOMIG |
| 08STATE80673 |
GEORGIA -- STATEMENT FOR JULY 29 UNSC DISCUSSION [...] The Department requests that USUN deliver the following statement during the July 29 UN Security Council discussion of the Secretary General's report on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). 2. Begin statement: Mr. President: I would like to welcome Ambassador Alasania to the Co [...] |
2008-07-26 00:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC UNOMIG PREL GG |
| 08TBILISI114 |
DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SRSG ARNAULT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault, DAS Bryza discussed the current situation in Abkhazia and progress on the self-assessment of the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) operations. Arnault told Bryza [...] |
2008-01-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNOMIG KPKO GG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK682 |
A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...] |
2008-07-30 23:29:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK |
| 08USUNNEWYORK685 |
A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...] |
2008-07-31 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK |
| 09TBILISI1073 |
GEORGIA: FM VASHADZE DISCUSSES UNOMIG WITH A/S [...] (C) Summary. In a June 10 meeting focused almost exclusively on the UN negotiations, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze made clear that Georgia would stick to its redlines, even if it meant ultimately killing a UN mission in Georgia. EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon pushed back h [...] |
2009-06-11 09:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KBTS UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09TBILISI1078 |
GEORGIA: DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS DISCUSS UNOMIG WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a June 11 meeting with European ambassadors and heads of the three monitoring missions, EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon reviewed the state of UNOMIG renewal negotiations and possible ways forward. Everyone agreed that losing UNOMIG had potentially serious disadvantages f [...] |
2009-06-11 14:50:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KBTS UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09TBILISI1096 |
GEORGIA: UNOMIG MONITORS IN SUKHUMI AND ZUGDIDI ON [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG military monitoring officers (MMOs) in Zugdidi and Sukhumi are frustrated with the application of the current UNOMIG mandate and strongly feel that another full technical rollover would be futile. The two main problems they face, according to the MMOs themselves, are lack [...] |
2009-06-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KBTS UNSC UNOMIG GG |
| 09TBILISI511 |
GEORGIA: UNOMIG BEGINS EVALUATING RESPECT FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment. UNOMIG personnel have begun evaluating the degree to which the various sides respect UNSCR 1866. UNOMIG's position is that 1866 re-imposes on all sides the conditions of paragraph 2a of the 1994 Moscow Agreement, which defines a security zone that excludes all milita [...] |
2009-03-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
| 09TBILISI560 |
GEORGIA: IRAN FEELING INSECURE IN CAUCASUS [...] (C) Summary and comment. In a readout to the Ambassador of his recent visit to Iran, Reintegration Minister Temuri Yakobashvili suggested that the Iranians seemed paranoid about potential threats and rivals for regional influence. Russia had effectively fueled that paranoia with allegations o [...] |
2009-03-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS IR IS GG |
| 09TBILISI625 |
GEORGIA: TIME TO MOBILIZE ON NEW UN MISSION [...] (C) Summary and comment. UN Special Representative Johan Verbeke offered the U.S., French and German ambassadors additional details on his ideas for a new UN mission in Georgia, as well as a readout of recent trips to Washington, London, Moscow and Prague. He urged western countries to weigh [...] |
2009-03-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UNSC UNOMIG KBTS RS GG |
| 09TBILISI980 |
GEORGIA: UK FCO DIRECTOR ON ABKHAZIA TRIP, NEED [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Tbilisi, Michael Davenport, Director of the Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Directorate at the British FCO, urged the United States to set a clear example for the international community on how to move forward on Georgia, in particular with regard to Rus [...] |
2009-05-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09TBILISI984 |
GEORGIA: FM VASHADZE UNDERLINES REDLINES ON UN [...] (C/NF) On May 29, Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze called in the Ambassador to ensure the United States understood Georgia's redlines regarding a new UN mandate. Referring to his May 22 letter to the Secretary, Vashadze emphasized Georgia's absolute commitment to the following minimum requir [...] |
2009-05-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1058 |
GEORGIA: RUSSIA READY TO ACCEPT CONTINUING UN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Following Ref A discussion with Undersecretary-General (U/SYG) LeRoy and Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Mulet, Quad Ambassadors have sounded out Russian views on a replacement for UN Representative to the Geneva Talks an [...] |
2009-11-19 23:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK257 |
GEORGIA: PERMREP SEEKS US VIEWS ON FUTURE OF UNOMIG [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Permrep Alexander Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on March 12 that Georgia would like to see the UN presence in Georgia/Abkhazia continue. It should include a peacekeeping force to patrol a demilitarized zone, an executive policing component, and a concrete mechanism for [...] |
2009-03-13 18:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK266 |
GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: SRSG VERBEKE NON-PAPER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has circulated a Non-Paper to the U.S. and other key stakeholders, which outlines basic principles for a security regime for Abkhazia, Georgia. The Non-Paper also outlines elements of a future UN role in Geo [...] |
2009-03-16 22:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK326 |
UN REVISES GEORGIA PROPOSAL, WANTS USG REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. David Harland, chief of the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) Europe Office, passed to dpolcouns on March 26 a paper entitled "NON-PAPER: Elements for a Security Regime and UN Role." The paper is a revised version of the nonpaper reported reftel. This dra [...] |
2009-03-27 21:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK384 |
GEORGIA: USUN DELIVERS USG PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Ref A instructions, Deputy PolCouns and Poloff shared the USG preliminary response to the UN Non-Paper on the future UN presence in Georgia (Ref B) with DPKO Director for Europe and Latin America, David Harland. Harland acknowledged U.S. views on the dimensions of the propose [...] |
2009-04-10 12:41:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK385 |
GEORGIA: EUSR PIERRE MOREL BRIEFS USUN ON GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUSR for Georgia Pierre Morel told Ambassador DiCarlo on April 3 he thought the UN needed a "substantial" mandate in Abkhazia, with symmetrical security zones on both sides of the administrative boundary of Abkhazia. Morel thought Georgia SRSG Verbeke would complete his report by [...] |
2009-04-10 13:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK423 |
GEORGIA: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze outlined for Ambassadors Rice and DiCarlo the elements Georgia would like to see in a new UN mandate. He acknowledged that the eventual mandate would be something less robust that the Georgian proposed elements, but suggested that it was import [...] |
2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK435 |
GEORGIA: QUAD AMBASSADORS DELIVER NON-PAPER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps of the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (Quad) delivered Ref A non-paper to U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and SRSG for Georgia Johan Verbeke on April 24. The Ambassadors argued for robust and ambitious recommendation [...] |
2009-04-27 14:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK491 |
GEORGIA: USUN PRESSES SECRETARIAT ON UNOMIG REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Ambassador DiCarlo reinforced with U/SYG for Political Affairs Pascoe on May 8 and May 11, and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy on May 11, that the U.S. strongly opposes any change to the name of the SYG's Report on the Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia a [...] |
2009-05-12 23:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK538 |
GEORGIA: MAY 27 UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Georgia SRSG Johan Verbeke told the Security Council on May 27 that a credible security regime, adhered to by all sides, needs to be the core of any future UN presence in Abkhazia, Georgia. Verbeke said that the Council's call in Res. 1866 for paragraph 2(a) of the former Mosco [...] |
2009-05-28 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK554 |
GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MISSION REFUSES TO ENGAGE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. At a meeting of French, German, U.K., U.S., Russian and Croatian PRs/DPRs on June 2, Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin refused to engage on a German draft resolution to extend the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Churkin said he had received emphatic i [...] |
2009-06-02 22:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK570 |
GEORGIA: RUSSIA INSISTS ON NEW 'POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Permrep Churkin continued to resist substantive negotiations, on June 5, on a draft resolution to extend UNOMIG beyond June 15. Churkin insisted that Western partners needed to present a draft resolution within Moscow's preferred "political framework" before he would engag [...] |
2009-06-06 01:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK580 |
GEORGIA: MARGINAL PROGRESS ON UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin acknowledged to France, Germany, U.K., U.S., and Croatia Permreps on June 9 that Russian forces would be subject to any security regime that would serve as the basis for a revised UNOMIG mandate. Churkin also said Russia would n [...] |
2009-06-10 14:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK583 |
GEORGIA: RUSSIA AND WESTERN FRIENDS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref A and B instructions, USUN has maintained close unity with the Quad in negotiations over extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). At a June 10 negotiating session among Croatia, France, Germany, Russia, U.K., and U.S. Per [...] |
2009-06-11 02:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK595 |
GEORGIA: RUSSIAN VETO FORCES EXPIRATION OF UNOMIG [...] (C) The Russian Federation vetoed a two-week technical rollover of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on June 15, 2009, after several attempts by the Quad to reach compromise with Russia on the terms of a substantive resolution. Per Reftel instructions, USUN had consulted [...] |
2009-06-16 02:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK684 |
GEORGIA: WESTERN FRIENDS DISCUSS FUTURE OF UN WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps from the expanded Western Friends group (U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Croatia, Austria, Turkey and EU Council Secretariat) informally discussed the future of UN involvement in Georgia post-UNOMIG in a July 9 meeting with A/SYG Mulet (DPKO), A/SYG Fernan [...] |
2009-07-13 22:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG |