A letter from Sergei Shamba states that Abkhazia has studied in detail the UN Security Council's draft resolution on the prolongation of the UN mission in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone, as of February 10, 2009, and gives its consent for the extension of the term.
The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established in August 1993 to verify compliance with the ceasefire agreement between the governments of Georgia and Abkhazia. The October 9, 2008, resolution that extended the UN mandate to February 15, 2009, referred only to "the United Nations mission" but recalled all previous resolutions and did not change the official name of the mission.
Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states on August 26, two weeks after a five-day war with Georgia, which launched an attack on South Ossetia to try and regain control of the region. Georgia and Russia have no diplomatic relations at the moment.
Unlike the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, the UN Security Council had no role in the South Ossetian-Georgian settlement, which established the Joint Control Commission between Russia, Georgia and the South Ossetian authorities.
