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UNCLAS STATE 143878 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNSC GE PREL
SUBJECT: INSTRUCTIONS:  UNOMIG RENEWAL RESOLUTION 
 
 
¶1.  (U)  USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the UNOMIG 
mandate renewal resolution in para 2 below.  Please 
consult with Department before accepting any changes to 
this text. 
 
¶2.  (U)  Begin resolution text: 
 
The Security Council, 
 
PP1     Recalling all its relevant resolutions 
including resolution 1752 of 13 April 2007 (S/RES/1752); 
 
PP2     Welcoming the reports of the Secretary-General 
on the activities of the United Nations Observer Mission 
in Georgia of 18 July 2007 (S/2007/439) and 4 October 2007 
-S/2007/588); 
 
PP3     Noting with serious concern all recent armed 
incidents that have afflicted the conflict resolution 
process in Georgia, deploring in particular those in which 
lives were lost, and reiterating the importance of 
maintaining the separation of forces and the preservation 
of the cease-fire; 
 
PP4     Supporting the sustained efforts of the 
Secretary-General and of his Special Representative with 
 
SIPDIS 
the assistance of the Group of Friends of the 
Secretary-General as well as the Russian Federation in its 
 
SIPDIS 
capacity as facilitator and of the OSCE, underlining the 
increased importance of the meetings in the Geneva format 
as the forum for meaningful political dialogue; 
 
PP5     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; 
 
PP6     Stressing that economic development is urgently 
required in Abkhazia, Georgia, to improve the livelihoods 
of the communities affected by the conflict, in particular 
refugees and internally displaced persons; 
 
PP7     Regretting the continued lack of trust between 
the two sides, and underlining the importance of 
constructive goodwill and respect for each other's 
concerns; 
 
¶1.      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; 
 
¶2.      Reaffirms its strong support for UNOMIG, calls 
upon the parties to cooperate fully with the mission, 
deems it necessary to strengthen the mission's observation 
capacity as recommended by UNOMIG in the 'Joint 
Fact-Finding Group Report on The Rocket Firing Incident in 
the upper Kodori valley on 11 March 2007' as well as in 
the Secretary-General4s Report S/2007/588 of 4 October 
2007, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to 
explore options for the implementation of those 
recommendations and to inform the Council on progress; 
 
¶3.      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; 
 
¶4.      Expresses its serious concern with the ongoing 
numerous violations of the ceasefire and separation of 
forces regime in the Zone of Conflict; 
 
¶5.      Expresses serious concern over the incidents 
that have taken place within and outside the Zone of 
Conflict as observed by UNOMIG and reflected in the 
reports of the Secretary-General of 18 July and 4 October 
2007, including those on 11 March 2007 and 20 September 
2007; 
 
¶6.      Strongly urges all parties to consider and 
address seriously each other's legitimate security 
concerns, to refrain from any acts of violence or 
provocation, including political action or rhetoric, and 
to comply fully with previous agreements regarding 
ceasefire and non-use of violence; 
 
¶7.      Calls on both sides to finalize without delay 
the document on the non-use of violence; and calls on both 
sides to finalize without delay the document on the return 
of refugees and internally displaced persons; 
 
¶8.      Urges the continued active engagement of both 
sides within the Joint-Fact Finding Group and, in this 
context, expressing its support for the 'Joint 
Fact-Finding Group Report on The Rocket Firing Incident in 
the upper Kodori valley on 11 March 2007', and endorses 
the recommendations made by UNOMIG in the report; 
 
¶9.      Welcomes the commitment given by both sides 
during the meeting chaired by the United Nations in Bonn 
on 27 and 28 June 2007 to resume regular consultations 
within the Quadripartite meetings, and urges both sides to 
finally fulfill this commitment; 
 
¶10.     Calls upon the parties to further increase 
their bilateral contacts by making full use of all 
existing mechanisms as described in the relevant Security 
Council resolutions in order to come to a peaceful 
settlement, including the safe and dignified return of 
refugees and internally displaced persons; 
 
¶11.     Renews its support for confidence-building 
measures proposed by the Group of Friends of the 
Secretary-General and endorsed through resolution 1752 of 
 
SIPDIS 
13 April 2007, and, in the conviction that they will serve 
the development of broader and unbiased contacts between 
the communities of the divided country, urges the Georgian 
and Abkhaz sides to implement these measures without 
conditions; 
 
¶12.     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 Sukhumi", 
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; 
 
¶13.     Welcomes the deployment of UNOMIG police in 
Gali and the cooperation of the Abkhaz side, and calls for 
a further deepening of this cooperation; 
 
¶14.     Stresses anew 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; 
 
¶15.     Reiterates and reaffirms as fundamentally 
important the right of return for all the refugees and the 
internally displaced persons to Abkhazia, Georgia, 
reaffirms the importance of such people's return to their 
homes and property and that individual property rights 
have not been affected by the fact that owners had to flee 
during the conflict and that the residency rights and the 
identity of those owners will be respected, and calls on 
both sides to implement the UNHCR's Strategic Directions 
for their return in the first instance to the Gali region; 
 
¶16.     Welcomes existing and encourages further 
contacts between representatives of civil society, and 
appeals to both sides to promote without reservation the 
active engagement of citizens and officials in such 
contacts; 
 
¶17.     Underlines that it is the primary 
responsibility of both sides to provide appropriate 
security and to ensure the freedom of movement throughout 
the zone of conflict of UNOMIG, the CIS peacekeeping force 
and other international personnel and calls on both sides 
to fulfill their obligations in this regard and to extend 
full cooperation to UNOMIG and the CIS peacekeeping force; 
 
¶18.     Welcomes the efforts being undertaken by UNOMIG 
to implement the Secretary-General's zero tolerance policy 
on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure full 
compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code 
of conduct, requests the Secretary-General to continue to 
take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the 
Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing 
countries to take appropriate preventive action including 
the conduct of predeployment awareness training, and to 
take disciplinary action and other action to ensure full 
accountability in cases of such conduct involving their 
personnel; 
 
¶19.     Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for a 
new period terminating on 15 April 2008; 
 
¶20.     Requests the Secretary-General to make use of 
this mandate in order to support the parties in 
implementing measures to build confidence and to establish 
an intensive and meaningful dialogue, with a view to 
achieve a lasting and comprehensive settlement, including 
the facilitation of a meeting at the highest level, and to 
inform the Council in his next report on the situation in 
Abkhazia, Georgia, on progress made in this respect; 
 
¶21.     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; 
 
¶22.     Decides to remain actively seized of the 
matter. 
 
End resolution text. 
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