Annan Calls for Extension of UNOMIG’s Mandate

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called on the Security Council on March 24 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) for six months until 30 September, 2006, the UN news centre reported.

In his latest report to the UN Security Council, Kofi Annan stressed the need for Georgian and Abkhaz sides to build on February’s UN-chaired talks in Geneva, which involved Germany, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States and which called for among other things, confidence-building measures.

“It is essential that the Georgian and Abkhaz sides actively follow up on the understandings reached at the Geneva meeting of the Group of Friends, in particular, early finalization of the documents on the non-use of force and on the return of internally displaced persons and refugees,” Kofi Annan said in the report. 

“Moreover, a substantive meeting between their highest leaders would be a major confidence building measure and a welcome step forward,” Annan said.

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