REGULATION On the Joint Control Commission for the
Settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict
The Joint Control Commission (JCC) was formed and will act in accordance
with the Agreement of 24 June 1992 on the principles for settling the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and with the minutes of JCC meetings,
with the aim of ensuring the monitoring of the ceasefire through the withdrawal
of armed formations, the dissolution of self-defense forces, and the assurance
of a security regime in the zone of conflict, as well as through the
maintenance of peace, the prevention of a renewal of military actions, and the
carrying out of coordination of the joint activities of the parties for the
stabilization of the situation, for the political settlement of the conflict, for
economic restoration of the afflicted zones, and for the return and
reestablishment of refugees and forced resettlers.
1. The Joint Control
Commission is the
permanently operational organ of the four sides which are taking part in the settlement of
the conflict and
the liquidation of its consequences. The highest organizational instance
of the Joint Control Commission will be the sessions of the plenipotentiary representatives of
the sides in the person of the chiefs of the representation offices of the
parties and of other members of the JCC.
2. On the staff of the Joint Control Commission, there will be
special representatives (at the discretion of the
parties) named by the state organs
of the parties, empowered to implement coordinated decisions
on all questions
about the full-scale settlement
of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
3. The CSCE
4. Various
international
organizations can assist
the activity of the JCC.
5. The following functions and tasks are assigned to the Joint Control Commission:
a) monitoring of the implementation of the agreement and understanding of the sides
on the settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict,
the drafting of proposals, and the adoption of purposeful measures for carrying
them through;
b) working out and implementation of
measures for
creating conditions for the resolution of political, military
(peacekeeping), law enforcement, economic, humanitarian, informational, and
other problems;
c) help in the further development of dialogue and in promotion of a political
settlement of the conflict;
d) participation in elaborating and realizing complex measures, affirmed by the parties,
for the return, reception, and reestablishment of refugees (forcibly resettled
persons) with the collaboration of the Office
of the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees.
e) examination and
assistance for. the practical
realization of economic
rehabilitation in the districts in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict;
f) organization of
supervision concerning the observation of human rights and national minorities in the zone of conflict.
6.The JCC will create
the necessary working groups for the implementation of the above-noted functions and for the
solution of tasks on the basic directions of work from among the number of
corresponding specialist-representatives of the parties.
7. The working groups
will perform their work by
the preparation of analytical
materials and of
drafts of JCC decisions, and by the conduct of
talks concerning questions
related to their competency. In case of necessity, they will have the right to summon experts to work on specific questions and to
demand and receive
essential information from corresponding state departments and
institutions.
8. The conclusions and proposals of the working groups will be examined
at JCC sessions for the adoption of final decisions.
9. The coordination
of the activities of the
peacekeeping forces and of the
observers designated by the parties
falls within the competence of
the Joint Control Commission. The JCC
will maintain a
permanent link with the
peacekeeping forces present
in the zone
of conflict and will
take decisions concerning their
future use.
10. On the basis of the mandate in the Agreement on the principles for
the settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and
of the minutes of its meetings, the command of the peacekeeping forces will
work out and implement necessary measures for the maintenance of peace and law
enforcement, for preventing the renewal of combat actions, and for the
disarming of illegal militarized formations; and will introduce through an
established procedure proposals relating to the operational use and improvement
of the organization of the peacekeeping forces in the zone of conflict.
11. The Joint Control Commission
will examine and evaluate the situation
evolving in the zone of conflict on the basis
of data which, at its
request, will be furnished by the competent organs of the parties.
12. With the aim of objectively informing the public, the JCC will present
materials to the mass media
concerning the course îf the settlement process.
13. The members
of the Joint Control Commission will
enjoy diplomatic immunities and privileges in accordance with the norms of
international law.
14. The members of the Joint Control Commission have the right of free
movement on the territory of the zone of
conflict. The representatives of the parties on the spot will assist the members of the JCC and assure
their safety.
15. The sites
for conducting plenary sessions of the
Joint Control Commission will be determined by agreement of the sides.
16. The
sessions of the Joint Control
Commission will take place on the basis of need, but not less than once
per quarter. By mutual agreement, one of the leaders of the representations of
the parties in the JCC will act as chairman of the session. Decisions of the
JCC will be taken on the basis of a consensus of the parties.
17. A secretariat will
be created to carry
out current organizational work and the
maintenance of operational links among
the parties.
18. The financing of
the Joint Control Commission will be carried out by the parties
on the basis of equal shares.
19. The working language of the Joint Control Commission and the
language of its documents will be Russian.
20. The Joint Control Commission will terminate its activity after the
achievement of a full-scale settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict.
Adopted in accordance with the Agreement on the
Further Development of the Process for the Peaceful Settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict and on the Joint Control Commission of
(Archive of the Staff of
the State Minister of