PROTOCOL #23 OF THE MEETING OF THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION (JCC) FOR THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

July 9, 2002, Moscow

Agenda:

1. On rehabilitation of economy in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict.

2. On draft Russia-Georgia interstate project on return, development, integration and re-integration of refugees, IDPs and other persons suffered as a result of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and the measures to be taken for the rehabilitation of economy in the regions of return.

3. Miscellaneous.

Adopted:

On rehabilitation of economy in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict.

(Mayorov, Machavariani, Kusov, Chochiev, Lacombe, Vantomme, Liddell)

1.1. To make a decision about mutual cooperation in the process of rehabilitating the economy in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian Conflict (Annex 1).

1.2. To approve an address to the European Commission (EC) on rendering the humanitarian aid to the population in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian Conflict.

1.3. To make a decision on the EC proposal (Annex 4).

Adopted:

2. On draft Russia-Georgia interstate project on return, development, integration and re-integration of refugees, IDPs and other persons suffered as a result of the Georgia-Ossetian conflict and measures to be taken for the rehabilitation of economy in the regions of return. (Chochiev, Kusov, Machavariani, Lacombe, Vantomme, Mayorov)

2.1. On draft Russia-Georgia interstate project on return, development, integration and re-integration of refugees, IDPs and other persons suffered as a result of the Georgia-Ossetian conflict and measures to be taken for the rehabilitation of economy in the regions of return (Annex 2).

Adopted:

3. Miscellaneous (Machavariani, Chochiev, Kusov, Mayorov, Lacombe)

3.1. To recommend carrying out of regular 7th meeting of expert groups on political settlement of the Georgia-Ossetian conflict in the first half of September 2002.

Support the proposal of the acting the OSCE mission on carrying out the 8th meeting of expert groups in Vienna between October 7-10, 2002.

3.2 To make a decision on regulating a registration of the JCC meetings (Annex 3).

3.3. Focus the attention of the Georgian part on the importance of the problem resolution with regard to repayment of $100.000 to the UN Development Program intended for financing the rehabilitation projects in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict, which had been transferred to the Georgian budget in 1998 and is subject to repayment pursuant to the law. Entrust the head of the Georgian part of the JCC to make all efforts to achieve a positive settlement of this problem in the near future.

M. Mayorov, Chairman of the Session, Head of Russian Part of the JCC

(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of Georgia for Conflict Resolution Issues/in Russian)