United Nations Security Council Resolution 849 Explained

Number:849
Organ:SC
Date:9 July
Year:1993
Meeting:3,252
Code:S/RES/849
Document:https://undocs.org/S/RES/849(1993)
For:15
Abstention:0
Against:0
Subject:Abkhazia, Georgia
Result:Adopted

United Nations Security Council resolution 849, adopted unanimously on 9 July 1993, after noting with concern the recent fighting around Sukhumi in the disputed region of Abkhazia, the Council requested the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to send his Special Envoy to the region in order to reach agreement for a ceasefire between Abkhazia and Georgia, and once implemented, authorised a dispatch of 50 military observers. It was the first Security Council resolution on the conflict.[1]

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 Russia as a facilitator and continuing co-operation with the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe were supported.[2] Finally, the Government of Georgia was requested to enter into discussions with the United Nations on a Status of Forces Agreement to facilitate early deployment of observers.

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  1. Book: Jonson, Lena. Archer, Clive . Peacekeeping and the role of Russia in Eurasia. Westview Press. 1996. 202. 978-0-8133-8958-5.
  2. Book: Gray, Christine D.. International law and the use of force. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2nd. 311. 978-0-19-927130-6.