PROTOCOL 3 OF THE MEETING OF
THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN
CONFLICT
Chaired By:
N. P. Medvedev, Russian deputy minister of cooperation,head of the Russian part of the Joint Control Commission
Agenda
Rapporteur Colonel Y.G. Ivanov (Russian Defense Ministry).
II. On the return
of refugees from
III. On economic
rehabilitation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict;
Rapporteur – A. A. Babenko, first deputy minister for construction of the
IV. On the venue,
date, and agenda of the next the JCC meeting.
Y. Miscellaneous.
(Y. G. Ivanov, I. A. Menagharishvili, V.
N. Khubulov, G. S. Kozayev,
H. Ayiff,
N. P. Medvedev)
Decided:
1. To adopt the
following documents elaborated by the working group (annexed):
a) Decision of the
JCC "On the Joint Forces for the Support of Peace" (4 pages)
And
annexes to it:
- Regulations
concerning the basic principles of operation of the military contingents and of
the groups of military observers designated for the normalization of the
situation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict (7 pages) with the annexed document on the rights and obligations of
the commander of the Joint Forces (1 page);
- List of the
members of the commission for the testing of the personnel (1 page);
- Plan for the
organization of service at outposts and checkpoints (1 page);
- The structure of
the organization and the staff of the Joint Forces for the Support of Peace (1
page).
b) the JCC decision on financing the Ossetian
battalion (1 page).
2. To task the
commander of the Joint Forces for the Support of Peace in the zone of the
Georgian-Ossetian conflict to submit at the next the
JCC meeting proposals regarding:
a) the Georgian side's request to withdraw from the conflict
zone and conserve infantry fighting vehicles of both the Ossetian
and Georgian battalions;
b) the South Ossetian side's request
to establish an additional checkpoint in Leningori.
3. To take into
account the CSCE representative's statement that his signature under the
aforementioned documents should not be regarded as his assent to the manner of
actions of the Joint Forces for the Support of Peace that is beyond the sphere
of use of the CSCE peacekeeping principles.
II. On the return
of refugees from
(T. E. Kusov, D. Everts, B. Nakhaylov, G. S. Kozayev, I. A. Menagharishvili, G. G. Khugayev,
V. M. Kolyuchev, N. P. Medvedev)
Decided:
a) To adopt the
decision "On the resolution of the problem of the refugees from
b) To continue the
consideration of the issue at the next the JCC meeting.
III. On economic
rehabilitation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict
(A. A. Babenko, I. A. Menagharishvili,
N. P. Medvedev, G. S. Kozayev,
O. Kiknadze, B. N. Pastukhov)
Decided:
a) To adopt the
decision "On economic rehabilitation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict" (decision annexed);
b) To continue the
consideration of the issue at the next the JCC meeting.
IV. On the venue,
date, and agenda of the next the JCC meeting
(B. N. Pastukhov, G. G. Khugayev, N. R. Malikova, N. P. Medvedev)
Decided:
a) To hold the next
the JCC meeting in
b) To consider the
following issues at the next the JCC meeting:
1. The course of
the implementation of the JCC decisions on the Joint Forces for the Support of
Peace and the financing of the Ossetian battalion;
Rapporteur: Lieutenant
General A.G. Gerasimov, member of the JCC
2. The course of
building and reconstruction work in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict;
Rapporteur: A. A. Babenko, member of the JCC
3. The
possibilities for the return and provision of living conditions for the
refugees from the internal districts of the
Rapporteur: T. E. Kusov, member of the JCC
4. The working
group for coordination of the issues linked to rendering humanitarian
assistance to
Rapporteur: N. R. Malikova, member of the JCC
5. Approaches to
the political settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict and the creation of a working group for the consideration of the issue
of the political and legal status of
6. The venue, date,
and agenda of the next the JCC meeting.
7. Miscellaneous
1. The South Ossetian delegation made a statement concerning the problem
of returning to the South Ossetian law enforcement
bodies their official property and weapons that the Georgian authorities had
taken away in 1991. The South Ossetian side needs them to ensure the security of the JCC
members and representatives of international organizations who regularly visit
the conflict zone.
The text of the
statement was handed over to Georgian delegation head I.A. Menagharishvili
for perusal and essential answer to the South Ossetian
side.
2. On the South Ossetian side's request, Georgian delegation head I.A. Menagharishvili reported about the fate of Vichenov, the abducted serviceman of the Ossetian battalion of the Joint Forces. He said that the hostage was not in the hands
of the official authorities and the problem of his release was being studied.
N. Medvedev,
Chairman of the
meeting, Head of the Russian part of the JCC
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of