ANNEX TO THE REPORT OF THE UN SECRETARY- GENERAL on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia; Proposals for political and legal elements for a comprehensive settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

1. Abkhazia will be a subject with sovereign rights within the framework of a union State to be established as a result of negotiations after issues in dispute have been settled. The name of the union State will be determined by the parties in the course of further negotiations. The parties acknowledge the territorial integrity of the union State, created as indicated above, within the borders of the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic on 21 December 1991.

2. Abkhazia will have its own Constitution and legislation and appropriate State symbols, such as anthem, emblem and flag.

3. Structures of power of the union State will be created for carrying out mutually delegated competences in the following areas of joint activity already agreed by the parties:

a) Foreign policy and foreign economic relations;

b) Border services;

c) Customs services;

d) Energy, transport and communications;

e) Ecology and measures to eliminate the consequences of natural disasters;

f) Protection of human and civic rights and freedoms and the rights of national minorities.

Additions to the areas of joint activity may be made by agreement between the parties. Within the areas of joint competence, issues of interest specific to Abkhazia will be decided only with the consent of Abkhazia.

4. Outside the areas of joint competence, Abkhazia will enjoy the full measure of State power, including measures to ensure public order. Police and law-enforcement bodies in Abkhazia will be established on a multi-ethnic basis.

5. In international relations, including membership of international organizations, the union State will be represented as a single subject, with the participation of Abkhazia. In the areas of its competence, Abkhazia will have the right to conclude international treaties.

6) The parties agree to give appropriate constitutional status to the political and legal principles of comprehensive settlement agreed by them.

7) The parties appeal to the United Nations and the Russian Federation to guarantee the agreement reached by them and agree to comply with decisions taken by the guarantors.

3 May 1994

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