Report of the SG, 7 October 1993

UNITEDUNITED SNATIONSNATIONS Security Council Distr. GENERAL S/26551 7 October 1993 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA 1. The purposes of the present report are twofold: (a) to give the Council... More

UNITEDUNITED SNATIONSNATIONS Security Council Distr. GENERAL S/26551 7 October 1993 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA 1. The purposes of the present report are twofold: (a) to give the Council a brief account of the initial efforts to implement the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and (b) to outline the efforts to start a political process and the implications of the new situation that has arisen as a result of the collapse of the cease-fire and the ensuing military advances by the Abkhaz party. A. UNOMIG 2. By its resolution 858 (1993) of 24 August 1993 the Security Council decided to establish UNOMIG on the basis of the recommendations included in my report dated 6 August (S/26250). In paragraph 2 of that resolution, the Council defined UNOMIG’s mandate as follows: "(a) To verify compliance with the cease-fire agreement of 27 July 1993 with special attention to the situation in the c Less