S/PV.3249 Security Council

As this is thé first meeting of the Security Council for the month of July, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Don Juan Antonio Yanez Barnuevo, Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of June 1993. I am sure that I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Yafhlez Barnuevo for the great diplomatic skill and unfailing courtesy with which he conducted the Council's business last month. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The agenda was adopted. THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA LETTER DATED 2 JULY 1993 FROM THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA (S/26031) rhe PRESIDENT: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations, Members of the Council have received photocopies of a letter dated 2 July 1993 from the Head of State of the Republic of Georgia, which will be issued as document S$/26031. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council has considered the letter dated 2 July 1993 from the Head of State of the Republic of Georgia concerning the situation in Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia (S/26031). The Council expresses its deep concern at the reports of increased fighting around (The President} Sukhumi. The Council calls on all the parties to cease military action immediately, and to respect the cease-fire agreement of 14 May 1993. The Council will consider without delay the report of the Secretary-General of 1 July 1993 (S/26023), and the recommendations therein," This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol 8/26032. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 6.05 p.m.