DECREE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE RSFSR on the Situation in the North Ossetian SSR

Having heard the information of the Commission of the Deputies on the situation in the North Ossetian SSR, the Supreme Council of the RSFSR expresses deep concern at the situation established in this republic.

As a result of the violation of human rights in the Republic of Georgia the flow of refugees from the South Ossetia and other regions of Georgia to the North Ossetia is increasing. Currently the total number of refugees exceeds of 85,000 people. Such situation substantively worsens the social conditions of the population and intensifies the tension in the North Ossetia. As a matter of fact the leadership of Georgia didn’t take into consideration the appeal of the 3rd extraordinary Congress of the People’s Deputies of the USSR regarding the situation in the South Ossetia. The complicated situation in the North Ossetia and unsettled conflict in the South Ossetia may lead to unpredictable consequences.

Aiming at normalization of the situation in the North Ossetia and in the whole region, the Supreme Council of the North Ossetian SSR decrees:

1. To offer to the President of the RSFSR to take all possible measures, and if necessary the strict economic sanctions against the Republic of Georgia in order to achieve early regulation of the conflict in the South Ossetia, restore the human rights respect and grant additional material assistance to the North Ossetian SSR.

2. To ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR for inviting the experts of the CSCE to consider the situation established in the South Ossetia and elaborate practical measures for the normalization of the situation.

First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR R. Khasbulatov

25 October 1991

(Bulletin of the Congress of the People’s Deputies of the RSFSR and the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, 1991, # 44, p. 1709-1710)