DECREE ISSUED BY THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR on the work of the interstate Commission on normalization of the situation in the South Ossetia and its neighboring area

DECREE ISSUED BY THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE USSR on the work of the interstate Commission on normalization of the situation in the South Ossetia and its neighboring area

The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR decrees:

1. To take notice of the information submitted by Comr. Gusev V.V. on the work of the interstate Commission on normalization of the situation in the South Ossetia and its neighboring area.

2. To address to the state authorities of the Republic of Georgia with a proposal of carrying out all necessary measures in order to settle the regional conflict, suspend the operation of illegal military formations, eradicate the damage caused by earthquake, restore the transport, energy and water supply and establish the necessary life-conditions for population of the region.

3. To entrusts the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR with a task of securing the support to the regions of Georgia that have damaged by the earthquake through granting material-technical and financial means for elimination of the consequences of the natural disaster.

4. To accelerate the process of establishment of the State Committee of the USSR on National Issues in compliance with the Law of the USSR of 27 March 1990 and the Decree of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Council of the USSR of 27 February 1991.

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the USSR A. Lukianov

25 June 1991

(Newspaper “Sakartvelo”, special addition, 1995; Personal Archive of the Author)