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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 USUN NEW YORK 000102 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 
 
REF: STATE 6467 
 
¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST.  Per Reftel 
instructions, Ambassador Rice along with Ambassadors of 
Croatia, France, Germany, and Russia ("Group of Friends") 
have achieved "ad referendum" agreement on the text of a 
Security Council resolution that would extend the mandate of 
the UN mission for four months, but includes additional 
elements suggested by France.  During consultations of the 
whole on February 9, Ambassador Rice along with French and 
U.K. Ambassadors successfully warded off an attempt by the 
Russian federation to change the name of the agenda item for 
consultations on Tuesday February 10 from "Situation in 
Georgia" to "UNSCR 1839".  ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests 
Department approval by 11:00 on Tuesday February 10 on the 
resolution text contained in paragraph 5, as the Group of 
Friends wish to circulate it informally to the full Council. 
END SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Ambassadors Rice and DiCarlo reached "ad referendum" 
agreement with Ambassadors of the Group of Friends on 
February 9 on the text of a Security Council resolution that 
would roll over the current UNOMIG mandate for four months, 
with a June 15 expiration date.  Per reftel instructions, the 
draft resolution refers to Resolution 1808, which by 
reference reaffirms the commitment of member state to the 
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.  The 
resolution calls for provision 2(a) of the former Moscow 
Agreement to be respected, pending agreement on a revised 
security regime and calls for the intensification of efforts 
to address security and stability issues and the return of 
IDPs through the Geneva discussions. The resolution expresses 
the intention of the Security Council to outline elements of 
a future presence by the mandate's June 15 expiration, taking 
into account the Secretary-General's recommendations, the 
Geneva discussions, and the situation on the ground. 
 
¶3. (SBU) In Security Council Consultations on February 9, 
Ambassador Rice, along with U.K. and French Ambassadors, 
deflected an attempt by the Russian Federation to have the 
agenda item for consultations on Tuesday February 10 changed, 
from the "Situation in Georgia" to UNSCR 1839. Japanese 
PermRep Takasu had raised the issue at the request of the 
Russian Federation.  Ambassador Rice pointed out that a 
decision of the Council (i.e., 9 votes for a procedural 
decision) would be necessary to change the agenda item, that 
the U.S. would be opposed, and that we believed a decision by 
the Council to change the name of the agenda item would give 
an unintended signal on the Council's commitment to Georgia's 
sovereignty and territorial integrity.  Russian Ambassador 
Vitaly Churkin did not pursue the issue, and it was dropped. 
Tuesday's agenda has subsequently been published, and reads, 
"The Situation in Georgia." 
 
¶4. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST:  USUN requests Department 
concurrence by 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday February 10 to 
informally circulate to the full Council the draft text in 
paragraph 5. 
 
¶5. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 
 
Draft Resolution, 9 February 2009 
 
The Security Council, 
 
PP1   Recalling its previous resolutions, including 
resolutions 1808 (2008) of 15 April 2008 and 1839 (2008 of 
9 October 2008, 
 
PP2   Considering the report of the Secretary-General of 4 
February 2009 (S/2009/69), 
 
PP3   Welcoming the six-point agreement of 12 August 2008, 
and subsequent implementing measures of 8 September 2008, 
 
PP4   Taking note of the Geneva discussions commenced on 15 
October 2008 and encouraging the participants to reach 
practical results, 
 
PP5   Underlining the importance of the peaceful resolution 
of disputes, 
 
¶1.    Recalls the arrangements entered into under the 
agreements of 12 August 2008 and of 8 September 2008; 
 
¶2.    Calls for the provisions that were set out in 
paragraph 2 (a) of the Agreement on a Cease-fire and 
Separation of Forces signed in Moscow on 14 May 1994 
(S/1994/583) to be respected, pending consultations and 
agreement on a revised security regime, taking note of the 
recommendations on the security regime contained in the 
 
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report of the Secretary-General of 4 February 2009; 
 
¶3.    Underlines the need to refrain from any act of ethnic 
discrimination against persons, groups of persons or 
institutions, and to ensure, without distinction, the 
security of persons, the right of persons to freedom of 
movement and the protection of the property of refugees and 
displaced persons; 
 
¶4.    Calls for facilitating, and refraining from placing 
any impediment to, humanitarian assistance to persons 
affected by the conflict, including refugees and internally 
displaced persons, and further calls for facilitating their 
voluntary, safe, dignified and unhindered return; 
 
¶5.    Calls for the intensification of efforts to address 
the issue of regional security and stability, and the issue 
of refugees and internally displaced persons, through the 
discussions currently underway in Geneva, and requests the 
Secretary General, through his Special Representative, to 
continue to fully support this process, and to report on 
progress thereon; 
 
¶6.    Calls upon the Secretary-General to actively 
coordinate through his Special Representative the United 
Nations mission's activities with other international 
presences established in the area of deployment, in 
particular with the European Union Monitoring Mission; 
 
¶7.    Requests the Secretary General to report to the 
Council on the implementation of this resolution, and on 
the situation on the ground and the activities of the 
United Nations mission, including recommendations on future 
activities by 15 May 2009; 
 
¶8.    Expresses its intention to outline the elements of a 
future UN presence in the region by 15 June 2009, taking 
into account the recommendations to be contained in the 
report of the Secretary General referred to in paragraph 7, 
the Geneva discussions, and developments on the ground; 
 
¶9.    Decides to extend the mandate of the United Nations 
mission for a new period terminating on 15 June 2009; 
 
¶10.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. 
 
END TEXT. 
Rice