The Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces was signed by parties to the
Georgian-Abkhazian conflict in Moscow on 14 May 1994. Also known as the 1994 Moscow Agreement, it was witnessed by
United Nations
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,
Russian Federation
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and
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
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representatives. The agreement was recognised in
United Nations Security Council Resolution 934
United Nations Security Council resolution 934, adopted unanimously on 30 June 1994, after reaffirming resolutions 849 (1993), 854 (1993), 858 (1993), 876 (1993), 881 (1993), 892 (1993), 896 (1994), 901 (1994) and 906 (1994), the Council note ...
.
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
and
Abkhazia
Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which ...
agreed to a cease fire and the creation of a security zone clear of heavy weapons separating the parties. A peacekeeping force of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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would monitor compliance of the agreement, with the assistance of the
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 in August 1993 to verify compliance with a 27 July 1993 ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces in A ...
(UNOMIG).
See also
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War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)
The War in Abkhazia was fought between Georgian government forces for the most part and Abkhaz separatist forces, Russian government armed forces and North Caucasian militants between 1992 and 1993. Ethnic Georgians who lived in Abkhazia fo ...
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Sochi agreement The Sochi agreement (also known as the ''Dagomys Agreements'' (russian: Дагомысские соглашения), official name in Russian: «Cоглашение о принципах мирного урегулирования грузино-о ...
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Abkhaz–Georgian conflict
1994 in Georgia (country)
1994 in Abkhazia
1994 in international relations
Ceasefires
May 1994 events in Europe
1994 in Moscow
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