APPEAL OF THE SUPREME
COUNCIL OF SOUTH OSSETIA to the Supreme
Council of the
The Supreme Council of the Republic of South
Ossetia presents its urgent request to the Supreme Council of the Russian
Federation and to the Congress of the People’s Deputies of the Russian
Federation regarding consideration of the issue of self-identification of the
people of South Ossetia, as it has been demonstrated at the popular referendum
of the Republic of South Ossetia on 19 January 1992.
It is inadmissible to neglect the issue of
recognition of the political status of the Republic of South Ossetia.
While there is no national-state arrangement
concept in the political leadership of Georgia, the conclusion of agreement
between the Russian Federation and Georgia may cause the political breakdown of
the Ossetian people and imposition of the gendarme regime, which is posing the threat
to the existence of people and stability in the region.
The postponement of consideration of the
political status of the Republic of South Ossetia may impede the timely
negotiations with Georgian leaders on treaty-legal principles of relations between
South Ossetia and Georgia and it may encourage Georgian military-political
forces to decide the fate of Ossetian people through the new armed aggression.
Given the quality and quantity of destructive
arms transferred to Georgia in violation of article 4b of the Resolution of 4
September 1992 of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, the new
aggression against South Ossetia may entail the explosion of overall Ossetian
situation, as the new wave of refugees from South Ossetia will be inevitable. Moreover, if we take into account the current
situation in North Ossetia and in the
Against such background the resolution of the
issue of political status of South Ossetia is the major precondition to
maintain stability and regulate the legal relations with Georgia, through
seeking the compromises.
The Supreme Council of the Republic of South
Ossetia makes an appeal to the Supreme council of the Russian Federation and to
the Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Federation and asks:
1. To give political and legal assessment to
the ongoing developments in Georgia, to the facts of genocide of Abkhaz and
Ossetian people, to the violation of their sovereign rights.
2. To recognize the political status of South
Ossetia.
3. To declare unlawful determination of borders
between South and North Ossetian republics without participation of
representatives of the said republics.
4. To secure launching of peace negotiations
between Russia, South and North Ossetia and Georgia aimed at elaborating the
treaty-legal grounds for mutual relations among them.
5. To take steps for guaranteeing the security
measures.
Adopted at the session of the Supreme council
of the Republic of South Ossetia
19
November 1992, Tskhinvali
(Newspaper “Shida Kartli”
/Inner Kartli/ # 8, 18 March 1993)