United Nations Security Council Resolution 1808 was passed unanimously by the United Nations Security Council on April 15, 2008. It sought to address the ongoing situation in Georgia, which had two breakaway ''de facto'' states within its borders, neither of which was recognised by the UN. The primary purpose was to extend the mandate 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 Abk ...

, which was mainly composed of Russian peacekeepers.

After the 2008 War in Georgia

Many states, especially Luxembourg, claimed that during the

2008 South Ossetia war The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...

, Russia was in violation of this resolution, especially after its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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 vi ...

is now recognised by six UN member states and South Ossetia by five, respectively.

References

External links

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 2008 1808 South Ossetia 1808 April 2008 events 2008 in Georgia (country)