DECREE
ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE GEORGIAN SSR on Creation of Legal Mechanism Aimed at Restoration of
Being guided by the best interests of national
sovereignty of the Georgian People and major principles of the International
law securing inviolability of the right of every nation to self-determination,
as well as other norms, including the UN Charter, international conventions on
human rights, and the Final Acts of Helsinki and Vienna forums;
Noting that the Georgian people exercised this
right through the creation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia on
Acknowledging the right of Georgia to reinstate
its state independence lost as the result of violation of the Treaty of 7 May
1920 between Georgia and Russia by the Russian government, which found its
manifestation in military intervention, occupation and de facto annexation of
Georgia;
Since the decree of the Supreme Council of the
Georgian SSR, issued on 9 March 1990 has laid foundation to the process of
restoration of state independence of Georgia and to secure successful completion
of the process it is essential to further undertake effective measures,
The Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR decrees:
To work out a legal mechanism for the restoration
of state independence of
To this end, create a special commission that will
be composed of representatives of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR,
experts, representatives of political parties and civil society and entrust the
Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR with a task of defining
personal composition of the commission.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council
of the Georgian SSR G. Gumbaridze
Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Council
of the Georgian SSR V. Kvaratskhelia
(Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR,
1990, # 6, p. 12-13)