DECLARATION
ADOPTED AT THE MEETING OF ALL-LEVEL COUNCILS OF THE ABKHAZ ASSR on the issues discussed at the 10th Session
of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR
Present political and social reforms, based on the
acknowledgment of the priority of the universal human values, lay a good ground
to the fulfillment of peoples’ demand.
Certain forces, relying on the violent means of
protection of their own interests have chosen the dangerous way to fulfill
them. That is a barefaced provocation and confrontation between Abkhazs,
Georgians and other peoples living together over the ages. In such circumstances we may loose the
social-political rights and freedoms we have achieved. Moreover, we may find ourselves in far worse
situation than we were before the reforms.
At the sessions of the local Councils, meetings of
electors, labour collectives, public organizations and agencies thousands of
people talked about the established situation in the autonomous republic due to
the repeated convocation of the 10th session of the Supreme Council of the
Abkhaz ASSR and released documents of the session.
The negative assessment has been done to the role
of the Supreme Council and its Presidium for introducing new methods of
political confrontation in the autonomous republic.
The resolutions and appeals adopted by the labour
collectives express the concern regarding the proposals on legal protection of
the Abkhaz state independence, which may violate the territorial integrity of
In this regard the electors call on the deputies
of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR not to participate at the
Session. Otherwise the following
assessment will be done to their conduct: they don’t want to protect the legal
interests and demands of the electors…
The
meeting of the Deputies is authorized to declare the following:
1. Pursuant to the Declaration “On the principles
of international law” adopted by the United Nations Organization on 24 October
1970, the process of the self-determination shall be conducted without
violation of the territorial integrity and without undermining the political
unity of the state. Published documents
on legal guarantees of the protection of Abkhazia’s state independence are
aimed at violation of the territorial integrity of
3. For the alternative conduct we offer to the
interested parties to establish the committee on national reconciliation
comprising of the representatives from all districts, ethnic groups, public and
political movements of Abkhazia, which will make decision on the basis of
consensus.
4. We agree to participate at the 10th session of
the Supreme Council of Abkhazia with the following agenda: Adoption of the
electoral law for the Supreme and local Councils of the Abkhaz ASSR.
Problems of the current and future development of
Abkhazia, issues on enlargement of its political and economic rights shall be
decided on the constitutional and legal basis respecting the view of the
general public.
5. This Decree shall be sent to the Supreme
council of the Georgian SSR, Supreme Council of the Abkhaz ASSR and published
in press.
(Newspaper “Sabchota Abkhazeti”, # 162, 24 August, 1990)