Attachment 2 To the Protocol
#26 of the JCC Of 9-10 February 2003
DECISION
OF THE JOINT CONTROL
COMMISSION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT On the Activities of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces and the Interaction
between the Sides’ Law Enforcement Bodies in the Zone of Georgian-Ossetian Conflict
Having heard and discussed the report of
the acting JPKF Commander in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian
conflict Major-General S. Nabzdorov, the co-reports
of the Sides’ Senior Military Representatives Col. K. Friev
and Col. M. Kebadze, the Joint Control Commission
(JCC) notes that the peacekeeping forces remain the most important guarantor of
peace and order in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian
conflict.
A certain work on arranging the interaction
between the law enforcement bodies of the sides within the frames of the SCC is
being carried out. Joint measures on ensuring legal defense
and personal security of citizens in the zone of conflict were undertaken.
Meanwhile, the situation in the zone of
Georgian-Ossetian conflict remains complicated and
demands improvement of the mechanism for interaction between the law
enforcement bodies.
The Joint Control Commission resolved:
1. To take into account the report of the
JPKF acting Commander in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian
conflict Maj. Gen. S. Nabzdorov.
2. For the JPKF acting Commander in the
zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict to act in
compliance with the Provisions on basic principles for military contingents’
activities and groups of military representatives, aimed at normalization in
the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
3. For the JCC working group for military
issues and interaction between the law enforcement bodies to submit within a
month proposals on the improvement of the SCC activities, including the OSCE
suggestions taken into account.
4. For the SCC Co-Chairmen to elaborate
within a month joint measures on combating organized crime, paying special
attention to crimes related to vehicle hijackings, their illegal certification
and selling. To undertake measures for timely return of the
hijacked vehicles to their owners.
5. To continue the practice on submitting
criminals together with investigation materials for a follow-up instituting
them to criminal proceedings by corresponding sides.
6. In order to fulfill
the recommendations of the VIII Meeting of Plenipotentiary Delegations Expert
Groups within the frames of the negotiation process for the full-scale settlement
of Georgia-Ossetian conflict (Lisbon, 2002), to
suggest the leadership of the law enforcement bodies of Georgia considering
within a month the question about the expediency of block-posts functioning in
the area of Tkviavi and Artsevi
in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
7. For the leadership of the sides’ law
enforcement bodies to study within a month the expediency of the bilateral law
enforcement post located in the
8. For the Joint Command of the JPKF to
strengthen the control over the activities of trilateral observers in the area
of Kekhvi.
9. For the Joint Command together with the
sides’ law enforcement bodies to elaborate within two months Provisions on the
terms of carrying service and combat weapons in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict and the form of permits for carrying
them, and submit to the JCC Co-chairmen for approval.
10. For the sides together with the Joint
Command of the JPKF to elaborate within a month draft Provisions on terms of
holding working meetings of the sides’ representatives
on Thursdays, and submit to the JCC Co-chairmen for approval.
11. To support the intention of the head of
the law enforcement bodies of Georgian and South Ossetian
sides to hold a meeting with the aim of elaborating measures on strengthening
interaction.
For South Ossetian
Side
For Georgian Side
For North Ossetian
Side
For Russian Side
In the presence of the OSCE
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of