S/PV.3121 Security Council

The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Georgia in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the .aght to vote, in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being ne objection, it is so decided.

The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the request contained in the letter dated 6 October 1992 from the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia addressed to the President of the Security Council, document 8/24619. I should like to draw the attention of members of the Council to document $/24632, which contains the text of a letter dated 7 October 1992 from the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Georgia addressed to the Secretary-General. Members of the Council have also received photocopies of a letter dated 7 October 1992 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, which will be issued under symbol 8/24633. been Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council has noted with concern the report of the Secretary-General regarding the situation in Georgia dated 7 October 1992 (S/24633). It thanks the Secretary-General for the useful information contained in that document. It expresses its grave preoccupation regarding the recent deterioration of the Situation in Georgia. It calls on all the parties to cease the fighting forthwith and to observe the terms of the agreement concluded on 3 September 1992 in Moscow which affirms that the territorial integrity of Georgia shall be ensured, which provides for the establishment of a cease-fire, the commitment by the parties not to resort to the use of force, and which constitutes the basis for an overall political solution. "The Council supports the decision of the Secretary-General to send, in response to the request of the Government of Georgia, another mission toe Georgia, headed by an Under-Secretary-General, which will be accompanied by members of the Secretariat, some of whom will remain on the spot. It endorses the mandate proposed by the Secretary-General in his letter of 7 Oct. er. It looks forward to the report to be submitted by the Secretary-General upon the return of his mission from Georgia and is prepared to consider the recommendations which the Secretary-General plans to submit to it concerning the contribution which the United Nations could make to the implementation of the agreement of 3 September. "The Council notes that the current Chairman of the CSCE intends to dispatch a mission to Georgia in the near future and underlines the need to ensure coordination between the efforts of the United Nations and those of the CSCE aimed at restoring peace." The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 6 p.m.