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Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia

1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1666(2006) of 31 March 2006, by which the Council decided to extend the mandate ofthe United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) until 15 October 2006.It provides an update of the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia since my report of 26 June 2006 (S/2006/435).
2. My Special Representative for Georgia, Heidi Tagliavini, who had ledUNOMIG since July 2002, continued to head the Mission until 15 July 2006. She was succeeded by Jean Arnault, who assumed his duties on 17 August 2006. In the interim period, UNOMIG was led by my Deputy Special Representative, Ivo Petrov.The Chief Military Observer, Major General Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak(Pakistan), continued to assist my Special Representative and Deputy throughout thereporting period. The strength of UNOMIG on 26 September 2006 stood at 121 military observers and 12 civilian police officers (see annex).

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