Draft
MEMORANDUM On the Agreement of Further Activities Aimed At the Final Settlement of
the Conflict In the Tskhinvali region/South
With the goal of
achieving a full-scale and final political settlement of the conflict in the
Tskhinvali region/ South Ossetia, Georgia – a settlement based on agreements
acceptable for all sides – the parties in conflict,
Recognizing the
essential role of bilateral dialogue, with the participation of facilitators,
for the full-scale settlement of the conflict,
Considering it necessary
to intensify multilateral efforts to increase dynamics of the negotiation
process in the format of the Authorized Delegations empowered with special
authority (hereinafter – the AD), and to launch more efficient mechanisms aimed
at implementing the agreements to achieve.
With the aim of reaching
consensus among political parties and other stakeholders representing the full
spectrum of interests in the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia,
Welcoming new
initiatives aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict, while underscoring
the need for joint measures to peace, and affirming adherence to the provisions
of the Statement adopted by the OSCE Ljubljana Ministerial on 6 December 2005,
including the recognition of the Peace Plan proposed by the Georgian side as a
basis for the resolution of the conflict,
Expressing gratitude and
support to the OSCE Mission to Georgia, European Commission, and to donor
countries for their work in launching the international Donors’ Programme for Economic
Rehabilitation of the region, and further noting the importance of creating
security conditions to allow for full implementation of the Programme, which is
essential for confidence-building and for a comprehensive political settlement
of the conflict,
Being strictly committed
to the principles of non-use of force or the threat of force and non-exertion
of political, economic and other forms of pressure,
Express their readiness:
1. To immediately
initiate a direct bilateral dialogue under the aegis of the OSCE, on the basis
of the existing format of the AD; this format is a mutually acceptable
negotiation mechanism agreed during the talks on the comprehensive settlement
of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of 5 March 1997.
2. To invite the
3. To hold the first
meeting of the AD no later than one month after signing this Memorandum.
4. With the aim of
improving coordination in the issues related to the cooperation between law
enforcement bodies of the Parties, as well as to economic rehabilitation of the
region, to subordinate to the AD the Special Coordinating Center on the
interrelations between the law enforcement bodies (hereinafter – the SCC) and
the Steering Committee on the economic rehabilitation issues (hereinafter – the
SCER).
5. To ask for the EU,
the
6. On the basis and
under the guidance of the SCC, to resume the activities of the joint police
forces, with a mandate encompassing the entire territory of the Tskhinvali
region/South Ossetia, within the administrative borders of the former South
Ossetian Autonomous Oblast’, as they were legally defined by December 1991.
7. Within one month
after the present Memorandum is signed, to elaborate within the framework of
the SCC principles and modalities for the functioning of the Joint Police
Mission (hereinafter – the JPM) to be composed of Georgian and South Ossetian
law enforcement components,
8. To propose to the
European Union to provide with general observation of and assistance to the
JPM, inter alia, by training, mentorship and monitoring, through
assigning appropriate police experts to work within the JPM framework.
9. To carry out
immediately demilitarization of the conflict zone and implement the agreed
Security Corridor. To task the heads of the AD with submitting an action plan
on demilitarization within one month after the first meeting in the AD format
is held.
10. To empower SCER to
submit – in cooperation with representatives of the EU and countries
facilitating conflict resolution process – a long-term plan for the
rehabilitation of the region’s economic infrastructure, as well as a
coordinated plan for the implementation of the Donors’ Programme. To task SCC
with ensuring the necessary conditions for full-scale and unimpeded activities
of the SCER, in order to achieve transparency and have the region’s population
adequately informed of and involved in the economic rehabilitation process.
11. To accelerate the
negotiation process on the political settlement, to elaborate principles for
the distribution of competencies between
12. To request the
respective international organizations and bodies, in particular, OSCE and
European Commission “Democracy through Law” (Venice Commission) of the Council
of Europe, to render their assistance in elaborating a model of autonomy for
the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia.
To acknowledge and
implement the above provisions, the Parties are signing the present Memorandum.
Done in…….. on (date, month) 200…
GEORGIAN SIDE
SOUTH OSSETIAN SIDE
With the facilitation
of:
EU
OSCE
March 2007
(http://www.report.smr.gov.ge/GoG_WarRep_Ch4/GoG_WarRep_Ch4.Att42.doc/in Russian)