Annex 3 To Protocol #5 of the JCC Session dated July 19, 1995, Tbilisi

DECISION OF THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION (JCC) FOR THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT On the Actions to be taken for Activating the Return of Refugees from North Ossetia –Alania to Internal Regions of Georgia

1. Assign the workgroup (Commission) to continue and end, until September 1, 1996, the work on specification of lists of refugees and consideration of points at issue arising in the process of making decisions about return of refugees.

2. The joint workgroup (Commission), with the participation of representatives of local organs of management, shall carry out re-checking of living (housing) conditions of refugees for the purpose of starting the process of their return to their previous residence.

3. Ask the Commission of the OSCE in Georgia to participate in this work together with the workgroup (Commission), as well as members of the Commission, in order to render practical assistance to returned refugees. At the same time, attract other international organizations to be involved in resolving the problem.

4. Government of Georgia and South-Ossetia with the cooperation of Russian Federations migration office must elaborate and adopt the plan for returning of the refugees from the South Ossetia to the internal regions of Georgia.

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)