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Tuesday, 09 February 10
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The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) is a unique endeavour in EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).  In order to monitor the implementation of the peace agreements of 12 August and 8 September, which have been brokered by the European Union, and to contribute to stabilisation and normalisation in post-conflict Georgia, the foreign ministers of the 27 Member States decided on 15 September to deploy a civilian and unarmed monitoring mission.
In only two weeks – by October 1st -, EU succeeded to deploy more than 200 monitors from 22 Member States on the ground. This has been the fastest deployment of a mission, the EU has ever done. Nowadays the EUMM has monitors from 26 Member States. read more>>
 
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The 11th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting took place in Gali on 20 January 2010. Georgian Government, de facto Abkhaz, Russian and EUMM representatives attended under the auspices of the UN. In an engaged and constructive dialogue, participants discussed recent incidents exchanging information in this regard. Maritime...
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On 11 January, in the framework of his visit to Georgia, the US Republican Senator John Mc Cain, visited EUMM Field Office Zugdidi where he met Ambassador Haber and EUMM staff members. Senator McCain and his delegation were briefed on the mandate of the Mission as well as on...
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