Annex 3 To Protocol #4 of the JCC Session dated June 9, 1995, Moscow

DECISION OF THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION (JCC) FOR THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT On Developing Actions for Return of Refugees from North Ossetia – Alania to Internal regions of Georgia in the Zone of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict

The the JCC for the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict Settlement

Resolved:

1. Take into consideration the information of V. Kolyucheva about the activities of the workgroup of the JCC on the issue of “Actions to be taken for Return of Refugees from North Ossetia – Alania to the Internal Regions of Georgia”.

2. The Georgian part of the JCC shall deem it necessary to apply to the official authorities of Georgia to approve the normative document that will obligate the administrative organs of the regions where refugees are supposed to return to provide them with legal protection.

3. The Committee on Refugees and Settlement of Georgia and the Migration Service of the North Ossetia – Alania, shall continue working on clarification and specification of lists and considering points at issue raised upon making the decision on return of refugees.

4. The workgroup of the JCC, when settling points at issues on the procedures of return of refugees and supporting thereof, should invite the Mission of the the OSCE in Georgia and other international organizations working on problems of refugees.

5. The Federal Migration Service of Russia and the Migration Service of North Ossetia-Alania, should take actions to help refugees from internal regions of Georgia to accommodate in Russia, in the case of receiving well-founded information about impossibility of their return to the places of their previous residence.

On behalf of the Russian side On behalf of the Georgian side

On behalf of the South Ossetian Side On behalf of the North Ossetian side

In the presence of: the OSCE Mission

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