United Nations resolutions on Abkhazia

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The Security Council of the United Nations passed 23 official resolutions where it recognizes Abkhazia as an integral part of Georgia and supports its territorial integrity according to the principles of the international law. The UN is urging both sides to settle the conflict through peaceful means by intensifying diplomatic dialogue and ratifying the final status of Abkhazia in the Georgian Constitution.^[1]^[2] Moreover, United nations calls for immediate return of all expelled ethnic Georgian refugees (approximately 250,000) and determining the final status of Abkhazia as maximum autonomy or federative structure within the borders of the Georgian state.

The following are United Nations resolutions adopted by the Security Conucil with regards to Abkhazia:

UN Security Council Resolution 849 (July 9, 1993);
UN Security Council Resolution 854 (August 6, 1993);
UN Security Council Resolution 858 (August 24, 1993);
UN Security Council Resolution 876 (October 19, 1993);
UN Security Council Resolution 881 (November 4, 1993);
UN Security Council Resolution 892 (December 22, 1993);
UN Security Council Resolution 896 (January 31, 1994);
UN Security Council Resolution 901 (March 25, 1994);
UN Security Council Resolution 934 (June 30, 1994);
UN Security Council Resolution 973 (July 21, 1994);
UN Security Council Resolution 971 (January 12, 1995)
UN Security Council Resolution 993 (May 12, 1995)
UN Security Council Resolution 1036 (January 12, 1996);
UN Security Council Resolution 1065 (July 12, 1996);
UN Security Council Resolution 1096 (January 30, 1997);
UN Security Council Resolution 1124 (January 30, 1997);
UN Security Council Resolution 1187 (July 30, 1998);
UN Security Council Resolution 1225 (January 28, 1999);
UN Security Council Resolution 1255 (October 13, 1999);
UN Security Council Resolution 1287 (January 28, 1999);
UN Security Council Resolution 1287 (January 31, 2000);
UN Security Council Resolution 1311 (July 28, 2000);
UN Security Council Resolution 1339 (January 31, 2001);
UN Security Council Resolution 1364 (July 31, 2001);
UN Security Council Resolution 1524 (January 30, 2004);
UN Security Council Resolution 1666 (January 30, 2006);
UN Security Council Resolution 1716 (July 28, 2006);

[edit] Notes

^ (1 March, 1995) "Georgia/Abkhazia: Violations of the Laws of War and Russia's Role in the Conflict" (PDF). HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ARMS PROJECT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/HELSINKI 7 (7). Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
^ Chervonnaia, Svetlana Mikhailovna (January 1994). Conflict in the Caucasus: Georgia, Abkhazia, and the Russian Shadow. Gothic Image Publications. ISBN 090636230X.