The resolution urges the ex-Soviet country to refrain from provocative actions in its breakaway region of Abkhazia, and calls for extending the Russian peacekeeping mission in the region until April 15, 2007.
"Our draft [resolution] on the situation in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone has been endorsed unanimously," Vitaly Churkin said.
Russia retains a peacekeeping presence in Georgia's turbulent regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which gained de facto independence following bloody conflicts after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Georgia's leadership, which is currently embroiled in a spying row with Russia, accuses the Kremlin of supporting the breakaway regions' drive for full independence.
A resolution adopted on August 31 stressed the importance of close and effective cooperation between the military observers of the UN mission to Georgia and the CIS peacekeeping force as a key stabilizing factor in the Abkhazian conflict zone. The UN observer mission has operated in the region since 1993.
On October 3, Russia raised the issue of Georgia's provocations in its breakaway territories with the Security Council, but its initial draft resolution was rejected by the U.S. and Great Britain. The resolution then went through many versions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the newly-adopted resolution "says unambiguously that the reason for the current aggravation of the Georgian-Abkhaz relations is Tbilisi's illegal actions in the Kodori Gorge."
Lavrov demanded that illegal arms depots be immediately withdrawn from the gorge.
The Kodori Gorge in northern Georgia, controlled by Abkhazia in its lower section and Tbilisi in the upper part, has been at the center of tensions between Georgia and the breakaway region since late July, when Georgia conducted what it called a police operation there to disarm a rebellious militia leader.
Russia has insisted on the withdrawal of Georgian troops from Kodori, saying it is crucial for the revival of talks with Abkhazia.
The Russian minister said the new resolution urged Georgia to withdraw troops from the Kodori Gorge and to ensure unhindered patrolling of the gorge by Russian peacekeepers and UN observers.
Lavrov said the resolution has reflected all the main Russian proposals on easing tensions in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia.
"It is important that the UN Security Council has again confirmed the stabilizing role of Russian peacekeepers and UN observers, who are closely cooperating with our coalition forces and maintaining peace," the minister said.
The foreign minister said the Security Council called on all parties to conclude an agreement on the non-use of force as soon as possible.
"These are the demands that we consistently put to the Georgian side, who consistently ignored them," the Russian minister said.
"Now that the UN Security Council has raised the volume, I think these demands will have to be met. At any rate we will be following this, including through UN control mechanisms," he said.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he hailed the adoption of the resolution, which would help to maintain peace and stability in the conflict zone.
Russia's ambassador to the UN also said Friday that Russia intends to protest to a UN commission against the United States' move to deny a U.S. entry visa to Sergei Shamba, the foreign minister of Abkhazia.
"We intend to turn to a UN commission on host country affairs, as we consider that the United States is applying pressure in its actions," Churkin said.
Shamba, who has Russian citizenship, was to attend a UN Security Council session in New York to discuss the resolution on Georgia.
Churkin said the U.S. had tried to link the visa issue with the introduction of amendments to the text of the resolution on Georgia.
