UN Security Council
1999

relationship between UNOMIG and the CIS peacekeeping force has been good at all levels, and stressing the importance of continued close cooperation and coordination between them in the performance of their respective mandates, Recalling the conclusions of the Lisbon summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (S/1997/57, annex) regarding the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, Reaffirming the necessity for the parties strictly to respect human rights, expressing its support for the efforts of the Secretary-General to find ways to improve their observance as an integral part of the work towards a comprehensive 99-02097 (E) /... S/RES/1225 (1999) Page 2 political settlement, and noting developments in the work of the United Nations Human Rights Office in Abkhazia, Georgia, 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of 20 January 1999; 2. Expresses its concern at the failure of the parties to conclude, after bilateral contacts and the Athens meeting of 16-18 October 1998 on confidencebuilding measures, agreements on security and the non-use of force, the return of refugees and displaced persons and economic reconstruction, and urges the