REGULATIONS On the Joint Control Commission on settlement of the
Georgian-Ossetian Conflict
The Joint Control
Commission (JCC) has been created in compliance with the Agreement on
principles of settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict of June 24, 1992 and
its Protocols, in order to provide for control over the ceasefire, withdrawal
of the armed units, dissolution of the defensive forces and provision for the
regime of security in the conflict zone, as well to keep peace and
inadmissibility of the restoring of hostilities, carrying out coordination of
the joint activities of the Sides on stabilization of the situation, political
settlement of the conflict and economic restoration of the damaged districts,
return and settlement of refugees and IDPS.
1. The Joint
Control Commission is a permanent body, comprised of the four sides, participating
in the settlement of the conflict and liquidation of its consequences. The
supreme organizational instance of The Joint Control Commission is a meeting of
the plenipotentiary representatives of the Sides, represented by the heads of
the Sides and other members of the JCC. Implementation of the decisions and
recommendations of the JCC is carried out by its functional working groups.
2. In The Joint Control Commission are included
the special representatives of the ministries and institutions (on the
credential of the Sides), assigned by the state bodies of the Sides, who are
authorized to carry out coordinated decisions of the issues of broad scale
settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
3. Functional working groups on major directions
of the work of the JCC are headed by one of the members of the JCC with
agreement of the side.
4. In the work of the JCC takes part the
5. The are the following functions and tasks
endowed on the Joint Control Commission:
a) Control over the
implementation of agreements and contracts of the Sides on the settlement of
the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, elaboration of the proposals and implementation
of the specific measures for their realization;
b) Elaboration and
organization of activities on creation of conditions for solution of the
political, military, economic, humanitarian, information or other problems,
also on coordinating of activities of the law Enforcement bodies of the Sides;
c) Facilitation to
the further development of the dialogue and support to the political settlement
of the conflict;
d) elaboration and
implementation of the complex measures on return, reception and settlement of
refugees (Internally Displaced Persons) with participation of the office of the
UN High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR);
e) Discussion and
pragmatic solution of the issue on economic restoration of the districts in the
zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict;
f) Organization of
control over the protection of Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities
in the conflict zone.
6. The JCC creates working groups with
participation of the respective representative-specialists for the
implementation of the above-mentioned functions and solution of tasks on the
following major directions of work:
- On Political
issues;
- On peace keeping,
security and strengthening of public order;
- On issues of
economic restoration of the districts in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone;
- On issues of
humanitarian assistance to the population and organized return of refugees
(IDPs) to the places of their permanent settlement;
- On
other issues, based on necessity.
7. The working groups carry out work on
preparation of analytical materials, drafts of the decisions of the JCC on
holding talks on issues, referring to their competence.
In case of
necessity they are entitled to attract to their work experts on specific
issues, demand and receive necessary information from the respective state
bodies and institutions.
8. Conclusions and
proposals of the working groups are discussed on the meetings of the JCC for
adoption of final decisions.
9. In the Competences of the Joint Control
Commission is the coordination of activities of the peacekeeping forces and of
the observers, appointed by the Sides. JCC keeps permanent ties with the
peacekeeping forces, deployed in the conflict zone and takes decisions on their
further utilization.
10. The Commandment of the peacekeeping forces,
on the basis mandate of agreement on principles of settlement of the
Georgian-Ossetian conflict and the protocols to it, elaborates and implements
the necessary measures on peacekeeping and observation of public order,
inadmissibility of restoration of hostilities, disarmament of illegal armed
units and introduces in a regulated manner, the proposals about speedy
utilization and improvement of organization of peacekeeping forces in the
conflict zone.
11. The Joint Control Commission coordinates its
activities with the joint management body for the solution of the issue of
funding, logistics supplies and organization of the construction of objects,
created in compliance with agreement between the Government of the Russian
federation and the Government of Georgia on economic restoration of districts
in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict of September 14, 1993 and
protocol of agreement attached to it.
12. The Joint Control Commission discusses and
assesses the situation, created in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
on the basis of the data, which, on its request, are submitted by the competent
bodies of the Sides.
13. The JCC, with a goal to objectively inform
the society, submits to the means of Mass media materials on the process of
settlement through multi-lateral center at the JCC.
14. The members of the JCC enjoy diplomatic
immunity and privileges in accordance with the norms of the International Law.
15. The members of the JCC are entitled to free
movement on the territory of the conflict zone. The representatives of the
sides in places demonstrate support to the members of the JCC and are
responsible for their safety.
16. The official location of the Joint Control
Commission is city of
17. The meetings of the JCC take place on the
basis of need but not fewer than once in two months. One of the heads of the sides’
representations is chairing the meeting, in accordance with mutual agreement.
The decisions of the JCC are taken on the basis of the consensus among the
sides.
18. For conducting of organizational work and
supporting speedy communications among the sides, at the JCC is created the
secretariat with the permanent dislocation in the city of
The structure,
funding and staff of the secretariat are approved by the Joint Control
Commission.
19. Funding of the
Joint Control Commission and its working bodies and services are implemented by
the
20. The working
language of the Joint Control Commission and the language of its documents is
Russian language.
21. The Joint Control
Commission stops it activities after the achievement of the broad-scale settlement
of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
Pastukhov B. N.
Menagarishvili I.
July 26, 1994.
(Archive of the Mission of the
OSCE to Georgia)