Cablegate: Instructions: Unomig Renewal Resolution

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UNCLAS STATE 143878

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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

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the assistance of the Group of Friends of the
Secretary-General as well as the Russian Federation in its

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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

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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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