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6th Meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism

7 Oct 2009 - 09:25 | Gali
On 6 October 2009, the sixth meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. Participants continued their discussion concerning the movement of the local population between Gali and Zugdidi districts, taking into account humanitarian considerations.  They discussed in particular the situation with regard to school children. As regards the latter, the overall situation was assessed as satisfactory.  The matter will, however, be kept under review by the IPRM.

5th Meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism

22 Sep 2009 - 16:26 | Gali
On 22 September 2009, the fifth meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. Participants continued their discussion concerning the movement of local school children attending schools in Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha districts since the beginning of the new school year on 14 September.  Whilst the situation appears overall satisfactory, some remaining questions will be addressed during the next IPRM meeting.

4th Meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism

8 Sep 2009 - 11:54 | Gali
On 8 September 2009, the fourth meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. Participants addressed incidents in the period since their last meeting, including recent maritime incidents in the Black Sea.  On the latter, an in-depth discussion allowed participants to state their views, including on legal aspects, and they agreed that incidents with potential security consequences should be avoided.

3rd Meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism

11 Aug 2009 - 15:02 | Gali
On 11 August 2009, the third meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. The meeting continued the discussion on some practical arrangements of work.  In light of the agreement reached in Geneva on 17-18 February 2009 on IPRMs, participants also discussed what should be considered an “incident”, and held an initial discussion on the terms of reference for “agreed joint visits”.  The meeting then addressed several substantive questions.

2nd Meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism

28 Jul 2009 - 13:28 | Gali
On 28 July 2009, the second meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, chaired by the United Nations, was held in Gali. Today’s meeting continued the discussion of the first meeting on some questions regarding the practical organisation of work and the modalities of future meetings, and then moved on to address substantive questions. The practical arrangements for the establishment of a “hotline” to facilitate urgent contacts between participants were finalised.

1st Meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism

14 Jul 2009 - 14:14 | Gali
As agreed at the sixth round of the Geneva Discussions on 1 July 2009, the first consultative meeting under United Nations auspices of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism took place in Gali on 14 July 2009. With all participants present, this meeting addressed questions regarding the practical organisation of work and modalities of future meetings. All participants actively engaged on all points on the agenda, thus contributing to a good and productive meeting.