UN Security Council
1996

in Abkhazia, Georgia, and affirms the unacceptability of the demographic changes resulting from the conflict; 9. Condemns ethnically motivated killings and other ethnically related acts of violence; 10. Condemns the laying of mines in the Gali region, which has already caused several deaths and injuries among the civilian population and the peacekeepers and observers of the international community, and calls upon the parties to take all measures in their power to prevent mine laying and to cooperate fully with UNOMIG and the CIS peace-keeping force in order to honour their commitments to ensure the safety and the freedom of movement of all personnel of the United Nations, the CIS peace-keeping force and international humanitarian organizations; 11. Encourages the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps in response to the threat posed by the laying of mines in order to improve security conditions so as to minimize the danger to UNOMIG personnel and to create conditions for the effective performance of its mandate; 12. Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for an additional period