ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Permanent Council. DECISION No. 861. INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MILITARY MONITORING OFFICERS IN THE OSCE MISSION TO GEORGIA

The Permanent Council,

Striving to contribute to the full implementation of the six principles included in the agreement proposed by the French and Russian Presidents.

Decides to increase for a minimum period of six calendar months the number of Military Monitoring Officers in the OSCE Mission to Georgia by up to one hundred.

Twenty MMOs will be deployed immediately in the areas adjacent to South Ossetia. The rest of the additional MMOs will be deployed subject to a new decision of the Permanent Council on the modalities of the MMOs, to be proposed by the Chairmanship without delay. This decision will apply to the abovementioned 20 MMOs as well.