DECREE ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA on Implementation of the Decree Issued by the Parliament of Georgia on 17 April 1996 “On Measures for Conflict Settlement in Abkhazia”

The Parliament of Georgia decrees:

1. To take a note of the information by the Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, the Chairman of the ad hoc Commission on Abkhazian problems Mr. Vakhtang Kholbaia on implementation of the Decree issued on 17 April 1996 by the Parliament of Georgia “On Measures for Conflict Settlement in Abkhazia”.

2. The Parliament of Georgia endorses the general provisions of the decree issued by the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia  on 26 September 1996 “on the Situation of Conflict Settlement and Current Tasks”3. To offer to the state agencies to continue working on implementation of the provisions of the Decree issued by the Parliament of Georgia of 17 April 1996 as the measures set out in the Parag. 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 17 are not being implemented yet.

4. The parliament of Georgia shall consider at the Plenary Session in December the implementation of the Decree of 17 April 1996 “on the Measures for Conflict Regulation in Abkhazia”.

5. To advise the Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia to initiate criminal prosecution against the persons involved in genocide and ethnic cleansing, military, economic and other crimes; to intensify the activity in order to prevent ethnic killings committed by separatists in the conflict zone, as well as the breach of Georgian law by the personnel of the Peacekeeping Force.

6.  The Committees and the ad hoc Commission on Abkhaz Issues of the parliament of Georgia in co­­operation with the Supreme Council and the Cabinet of ministers of the Abkhaz Autonomous Republic shall exercise special control on the observance of the Law of Georgia of 28 June 1996 “On Displaced and Persecu­­ted Persons”, Decree of the President “On Urgent Measures aimed at Social Protection of the Population Exiled from Abkhazia and Deliberation of Activity of the State Structures of the Abkhaz Autonomous Republic”, as well as other legal acts issued by the President relating to this issue.

7. To entrust the relevant parliamentary Committees to have regular hearing of information on aforementioned issues from the executive agencies of Georgia and the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.

8.  To ask the President of Georgia for urgent measures in order to make legally bound on every state authorities the observance and implementation of provisions set out in Decree of the Parliament of Georgia of 17 April 1996 “On Measures for Conflict Settlement in Abkhazia” and in this Decree.

9. Based on the Decree of the parliament of Georgia “on Measures of Conflict Settlement in Abkhazia” of 17 April 1996, the ad hoc Commission on Abkhazian Problems of the Parliament of Georgia, together with the executive power and the agencies of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia shall secure implementation of provisions of mentioned decrees and exercise control over the practical measures.

10. The Parliament of Georgia shall be informed about fulfillment of this Decree on the regular basis.

Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia E. Surmanidze

2 October 1996

(Newspaper “Sakartvelos Respublika”, # 200, 4 October 1996)