Abstract
The UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established in 1993 to monitor ceasefire and facilitate dialogue between the Government of Georgia and its breakaway province of Abkhazia. Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in 2008 exacerbated the increasingly volatile international and local context of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict. On 7–8 August 2008 Georgia undertook a military action in South Ossetia, its another breakaway province. Georgia’s military action was met with force by Russia and the situation threatened peace and stability in the entire region. Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states and ended the mandate of UNOMIG. Georgia considered Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s declarations of independence illegal. The chapter argues that Ban Ki-moon’s role had only a marginal impact on the events.
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- 1.
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia , Georgia, S/2008/631, 3 October 2008, p. 11.
- 2.
SC/8940, 12 January 2007; DPB, 13 February 2007.
- 3.
DPB, 15 January 2007; SC/8997, 5661st Meeting (AM), 13 April 2007.
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SG/SM/11091, 16 July 2007.
- 5.
Press Conference by Russian Federation, 21 August 2007; Press Conference by Georgia , 22 August 2007; SG/SM/11172, 21 September 2007; SC/9142, 5759th Meeting (AM), 15 October 2007; GA/SPD/383, Fourth Committee, 14th Meeting (AM), 1 November 2007.
- 6.
GA/10628, Plenary, 16th Meeting (AM), 3 October 2007; GA/DIS/3344, First Committee, 6th Meeting (PM), 15 October 2007; Press Conference by Georgia , 21 April 2008.
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SG/SM/11327, 12 December 2007; Press Conference by Georgia, 21 April 2008.
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DPB, 15 May 2008; GA/10708, 97th Meeting (AM), 15 May 2008.
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SG/SM/11686, 7 July 2008; SG/SM/11735, 7 August 2008.
- 10.
SC/9417, 5951st Meeting (AM), 8 August 2008.
- 11.
Ibid.
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SG/SM/11739, 10 August 2008; SC/9419, 5953rd Meeting (AM), 10 August 2008.
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SC/9419, 5953rd Meeting (AM), 10 August 2008.
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Ibid.
- 15.
SC/9419, 5953rd Meeting (AM), 10 August 2008; SG/SM/11743, 13 August 2008; SG/SM/11748-IHA/1266, 14 August 2008; SC/9429, 5961st Meeting (PM), 19 August 2008; Press Conference by Permanent Representative of Georgia , 14 August 2008; SC/9429, 5961st Meeting (PM), 19 August 2008.
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SC/9429, 5961st Meeting (PM), 19 August 2008.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Press Conference by Vitaly Churkin , Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, 26 August 2008; SC/9438, 5969th Meeting (PM), 28 August 2008; SC/9470, 5992nd Meeting (PM), 9 October 2008.
- 20.
Press Conference by Irakli Alasania , Permanent Representative of Georgia , 26 August 2008.
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SG/SM/11760, 26 August 2008; DPB, 27 August 2008.
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DPB, 27 August 2008.
- 23.
SC/9438, 5969th Meeting (PM), 28 August 2008.
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Ibid.
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SC/9470, 5992nd Meeting (PM), 9 October 2008.
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SC/9594, 6082nd Meeting (AM), 13 February 2009.
- 27.
Ibid.
- 28.
Press Conference by Alexander Lomaia , Permanent Representative of Georgia , 27 May 2009; SG/SM/12274, 28 May 2009.
- 29.
SC/9681, 6143rd Meeting (Night), 15 June 2009.
- 30.
Ibid.
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Ibid.
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SG/SM/12315-SC/9682, 15 June 2009.
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SC/9681, 6143rd Meeting (Night), 15 June 2009; Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, 19 April 2010; Press Conference by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia , Grigol Vashadze, 1 April 2011.
- 34.
SC/9681, 6143rd Meeting (Night), 15 June 2009; SC/9419, 5953rd Meeting (AM), 10 August 2008; DPB, 6 October 2008; SC/9470, 5992nd Meeting (PM), 9 October 2008.
- 35.
DPB, 6 October 2008.
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Jesenský, M. (2019). Georgia: A New Dividing Line. In: The United Nations under Ban Ki-moon. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12220-1_12
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