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Lack of Progress in Resolving Abkhazia Conflict Unacceptable: UN
The continued lack of progress on key issues concerning a comprehensive settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, was unacceptable, The United Nations Security Council said Tuesday afternoon.
In a statement read out by Council President Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom, the Council underlined the importance of early negotiations on the core political issued related to the conflict.
The statement strongly supported the efforts of the special representative of the U.N. secretary-general in the region, Dieter Boden, to promote the achievement of a comprehensive political settlement based on the resolutions of the Security Council, which must include a settlement of the political status of Abkhazia within the state of Georgia.
The Security Council also welcomed Boden's intention to submit a draft paper containing specific proposals on the distribution of constitutional competencies between Tbilisi, capital of the Republic of Georgia, and Sukhumi, capital of Abkhazia in Georgia, as a starting point for negotiation.
It called upon the parties to accept the paper and work towards a mutually acceptable settlement.
The conflict in Abkhazia, strategically located on the Black Sea in the northwestern region of the Republic of Georgia, began with social unrest and attempts by the local authorities to separate from the republic.
It escalated into a series of armed confrontations in the summer of 1992 when the government of Georgia deployed 2,000 Georgian troops in Abkhazia.
A ceasefire agreement was reached in September 1992 in Moscow by the Republic of Georgia, the leadership of Abkhazia and the Russian Federation. In 1993, the United Nations established the UN Observer Mission in Georgia to help monitor the ceasefire.
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