On 2 December 2008, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini was appointed, by the Council of the European Union, Head of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFFMCG-CEIIG). According to the Mission's mandate as agreed by the Council, the aim of the fact-finding mission was to investigate the origins and the course of the conflict in Georgia, including with regard to international law (including the Helsinki Final Act), humanitarian law and human rights, and the accusations made in that context (including allegations of war crimes). On 30 September [2009], the results of the investigation were presented in the form of a Report to the parties to the conflict, and to the Council of the European Union, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations (UN), in the form of a Report.