UN Security Council
2002

Welcoming the important contributions made by UNOMIG and the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS peacekeeping force) in stabilizing the situation in the zone of conflict, and stressing its attachment to the close cooperation existing between them in the performance of their respective mandates, Welcoming also the agreement on the extension of the mandate of the CIS peacekeeping force for a new period terminating on 31 December 2002, 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of 10 July 2002 (S/2002/742); 2. Commends and strongly supports the sustained efforts of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, with the assistance of the Russian Federation in its capacity as facilitator as well as of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General and of the OSCE, to promote the stabilization of the situation and 02-50043 (E) *0250043* S/RES/1427 (2002) the achievement of a comprehensive political settlement, which must include a settlement of the political status of Abkhazia within the State of Georgia; 3. Recalls, in particular, its support for the document on “Basic Principles