S/26053 SC

The Security Council (S/26023 and Add. 2), Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 1 July 1993, Recalling the statements made by the President of the Security Council on 10 September 1992 and 29 January 1993 concerning the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia (S/24542, S/24637 and S/25198), Recalling the Moscow Agreement of 3 September 1992 (S/24523), Endorsing the approach set out in the Secretary-General's letter of 9 May 1993 (S/25756), Noting with concern the recent intensification of fighting around Sukhumi, Reaffirming the statement made by the President of the Security Council on 2 July 1993 (S/26032), which called in particular on all parties to respect the cease-fire agreement of 14 May 1993, Stressing the importance it attaches to the existence and implementation of a cease-fire and a peace process with the effective involvement of the United Nations, Requests the Secretary-General to begin immediately the preparations to send military observers to assist in the implementation of the cease-fire; and to make available necessary observers including contacting Member States which may be able to assist in the dispatch of 50 military observers to Georgia and sending a planning team to the area for the implementation of the cease-fire; Further requests the Secretary-General to notify the Council for its decision when the cease-fire has been implemented in his view and to make recommendations at that stage for the deployment of the observers, and declares its readiness to act expeditiously upon such notification. Welcomes in this context the Secretary-General's continuing efforts to launch a peace process involving the parties to the conflict and with the participation of the Government of the Russian Federation as a Chairman-in-Office the Secretary-General in the region; Supports continuing cooperation with the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) in their efforts to bring peace to the region; Calls on the Government of the Republic of Georgia to enter expeditiously into discussion with the United Nations on a status of forces agreement to facilitate early deployment of observers when the Council decides; Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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