RESOLUTION OF THE PARLIAMENT OF
In accordance with the
resolutions N 1927-II s and N 2655 adopted by the Parliament of Georgia
respectively on 11 October 2005 and 15 February 2006, considered the current
situation in Abkhazia and the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia and
the issue concerning peacekeeping forces located there.
Unfortunately, no
progress has been achieved in terms of settlement of these conflicts within the
time frame defined by the resolutions N 1927-II s and N 2655 adopted by
the Parliament of Georgia respectively on 11 October 2005 and 15 February 2006.
Instead of
demilitarization, the drastic increase of military potential of those armed
forces under subordination of de-facto authorities of Abkhazia and former
Autonomous District of South Ossetia, drastic activation of terrorist and
subversive actions, complete collapse of security guarantees for peaceful
population, permanent attempts to legalize the results of ethnic cleansing the
fact of which had been repeatedly recognized by the international community,
massive violation of fundamental human rights and ever-increasing international
criminal threats so characteristic for uncontrolled territories- this is a
reality brought about as a result of peacekeeping operations.
The peaceful policy of
Georgian side, which envisages settlement of conflicts in full compliance with
the internationally recognized democratic norms
and participation of international community, encounters opposition not only on
the part of separatist regims, but also on the part of outside forces
supporting them.
In fact, a peace plan
on the Former Autonomous District of South Ossetia elaborated by the Georgian
side and supported by OSCE and the European Union, had
been rejected by the
Continuation of those
actions, which have been listed in the Georgian Parliament’s October 11, 2005
resolution 1927-II, as well as blockage of peace plan, can be assessed as a
support towards separatists and as a permanent attempt to annex
Based on the above
mentioned, it is clear that actions undertaken by the Russian Federation’s
armed forces in Abkhazia and in the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia
represent one of the major obstacles on the way to solve these conflicts
peacefully, which is a result of absence of a political will on the part of Russian Federation to foster conflict
resolution and to change the current status quo.
The
Parliament of
Proceeding from the
aforementioned, the Parliament of Georgia considers further continuation of the
peacekeeping operation by the armed forces of the
1. To entrust the
Government of Georgia with a task to launch necessary procedures to immediately
suspend the so-called peacekeeping operations in Abkhazia and in former South
Ossetian Autonomous District and to immediately withdraw the armed forces of
the Russian Federation from the territory of Georgia.
2. The Government of
Georgia should immediately start working over changing the peacekeeping format
and over deployment of the international police forces in Abkhazia and former
autonomous district of South Ossetia, also should acquaint the international
community and the relevant international organizations with plans on peaceful
resolution of conflicts and should actively cooperate with them in order to
achieve the goal.
3. The Georgian
government should activate work in order to properly inform the residents
of Abkhazia and former autonomous district of South Ossetia, establish
maximum possible confidence between the parties and establish
peaceful, democratic way of living based on internationally recognized
standards on the whole territory of Georgia.
Chair of the
Parliament of Georgia Nino Burjanadze
(www.parliament.ge)