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The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 on 24 August 1993 [1] to verify compliance with a 27 July 1993 ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces in Abkhazia with special attention given to the situation in the city of Sukhumi, Georgia. [2]
On 5 June, two UNOMIG military observers, one UNOMIG medic and their Georgian interpreter were taken hostage by an unidentified armed group while on a routine patrol of the Georgian-controlled...
The Defence Forces of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს თავდაცვის ძალები, romanized: sakartvelos tavdatsvis dzalebi), or Georgian Defence Forces (GDF), are the combined military forces of Georgia, tasked with the defence of the nation's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
459 total personnel including 129 military observers, 16 police officers, 105 international staff, 208 local staff and 1 UN Volunteer. Contributors of military personnel
To monitor the withdrawal of troops of the Republic of Georgia from the Kodori Valley to places beyond the boundaries of Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia; To patrol regularly the Kodori Valley;
15 sie 2024 · Among other issues, the UN Security Council members condemned “exercising of effective control” over these “integral parts of Georgia” by Russia and “Russia steps towards annexation of these Georgian regions through incorporating both regions into its political, military, judicial, economic, and social spheres…”
The 1990s saw the most UN peacekeeping operations to date. Peacekeeping operations are overseen by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and share some common characteristics, namely the inclusion of a military or police component, often with an authorization for use of force under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations . [ 2 ]
