Annex 2 To Protocol #23 Meeting of the Joint Control

Commission (JCC) for the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Settlement.

DECISION OF THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION (JCC) FOR THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT 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

July 9, 2002 Moscow

Having heard the information of the ad hoc Committee of the JCC on assisting with the voluntary return of refugees and IDPs,

The Joint Control Committee decided:

1. Approve the 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 (see the Program).

2. Heads of the Georgian and Russian parts of the JCC shall carry out the respective intra-state procedures in connection with the draft program. In cooperation with the authorized representatives of the South and North Ossetian parties, the draft program shall be completed for the purpose of its further submission to the Government of the Russian Federation and Georgia for approval.

3. The ad hoc Committee of the JCC on refugees, prior to December 1, 2002, shall develop a mechanism for implementing the program and present its proposals to the JCC for consideration.

4. The following meeting of the ad hoc Committee on refugees shall be held between September-October of 2002 in Vladikavkaz.

The exact date shall be agreed along the way.

On behalf of the Georgian side

On behalf of the South Ossetian side

On behalf of the Russian Side

On behalf of the North Ossetian side

In the presence of: the OSCE Mission European Commission

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