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1996-07-12

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1996-07-12

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1. “They should realize that the patience of the international community is not inexhaustible. We urge them to enter into serious dialogue with a view to achieving a political settlement within the mandate period established by the draft resolution. They may never again have the benefit of an environment conducive to peaceful negotiations, since the mandates of UNOMIG and the CIS peace-keeping forces cannot be extended indefinitely.”

   1996-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3680 (1996) · source

2. “Three UNOMIG bases in the Gali sector have had to suspend their operations because of anti-personnel landmines which litter the roads used by the Mission patrol teams in the sector. We find it inexcusable for UNOMIG to be subjected to this kind of menace by those it is trying to assist in bringing peace to their country. On the question of human rights, it is important for the international community to do all in its power to improve the observance of human rights in Abkhazia. We strongly believe that it is necessary to establish a human rights office in Sukhumi as a matter of urgency. Once again, the Council has decided to extend the mandate of UNOMIG. The parties to the conflict in Abkhazia are being given yet another chance, maybe a last chance, to make peace. We urge them not to misuse this opportunity.”

   1996-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3680 (1996) · source

3. “A quarter of a million refugees and displaced persons who were forcibly removed from their homes four years ago just because they were of a different ethnic group are still languishing in refugee camps in Abkhazia, because the Abkhaz side puts obstacles in the way of their repatriation by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Furthermore, ethnically motivated acts of murder, armed robbery, looting, extortion and intimidation are the order of the day in the Gali region. It is incredible, to say the least, that people who profess to be national leaders cannot observe the most basic tenets of good governance to guarantee the rights of the multiethnic population in the areas under their control. I also wish to underline the importance that my delegation attaches to paragraph 10 of the draft resolution.”

   1996-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3680 (1996) · source

4. “My delegation is deeply disturbed by the stalemate in the peace process in Abkhazia, Georgia, which is due primarily to the unwillingness of the Abkhaz side to make concessions on the future status of Abkhazia within the Republic of Georgia. The United Nations and the Russian Federation, as facilitator, have proposed various options for the future status of Abkhazia, but the Abkhaz side has continued to show intransigence by its insistence on a union of two equal States. Botswana supports the draft resolution before us, as it correctly stresses the importance which the international community attaches to preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia. We are outraged by the continued use of "ethnic cleansing" by the leadership in Abkhazia in its attempt to balkanize the territory of Georgia.”

   1996-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3680 (1996) · source