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United Nations Security Council resolution 849, adopted unanimously on 9 July 1993, after noting with concern the recent fighting around
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in the disputed region of
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, the Council requested the Secretary-General
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to send his Special Envoy to the region in order to reach agreement for a
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between Abkhazia and
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, and once implemented, authorised a dispatch of 50 military observers. It was the first Security Council resolution on the conflict. The Secretary-General was also requested to make recommendations on the mandate of the military observers, while his efforts to launch a peace process involving Abkhazia, Georgia along with
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as a facilitator and continuing co-operation with the Chairman-in-Office of the
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were supported. Finally, the Government of Georgia was requested to enter into discussions with the United Nations on a
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to facilitate early deployment of observers.


See also

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Georgian–Abkhazian conflict The Abkhazia conflict is a territorial dispute over Abkhazia, a region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The conflict involves Georgia, the Russian Federation a ...
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Sukhumi massacre The Fall of Sukhumi took place on 27 September 1993, at the hands of the separatists, in the course of the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), War in Abkhazia. The taking of the city came with a massacre of hundreds of Georgians, and it became part of a ...
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United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 on 24 August 1993 to verify compliance with a 27 July 1993 ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces ...
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United Nations resolutions on Abkhazia The Security Council of the United Nations passed 32 resolutions where it recognizes Abkhazia as an integral part of Georgia and supports its territorial integrity according to the principles of the international law. The UN is urging both sides ...
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War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) The War in Abkhazia was fought between Georgian government and paramilitary forces, and a coalition of Abkhaz separatist forces and North Caucasian militants between 1992 and 1993. Ethnic Georgians who lived in Abkhazia fought largely on th ...


References


External links

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 1993 0849 Abkhaz–Georgian conflict 1993 in Georgia (country) 1993 in Abkhazia 0849 July 1993