DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF HEADS OF STATES OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES on prolongation
of the peacekeeping operation in the conflict zone in
The Council of Heads of States of
the Commonwealth of Independent States has decided:
1. To prolong the term of presence
and the Mandate of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the conflict zone in
Abkhazia, Georgia, until December 31, 2002 or unless one of the sides in the
conflict declares for the cessation of the operation.
2. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs
of Georgia and the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the Headquarters for
the Coordination of Military Cooperation between the CIS Member-States, the
Provisional Working Group of the CIS for the Settlement of the Conflict in
Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General
for Georgia, shall continue to work on the issues mentioned in Clause 3 of the
Decision of the Council of Heads of States of the CIS of March 22, 2002, On the
Presence of the Collective Peacekeeping
Forces in the Conflict Zone in Abkhazia, Georgia, and shall submit their
conclusions and considerations to the next meeting of the Council of Ministers
of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
3. Considering the mentioned
conclusions, the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS shall submit its proposals
on further steps for the development of additional measures for safe return of IDPs
and refugees to the places of their former residence as well as on amendments of
the Mandate of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the conflict zone in
Abkhazia, Georgia, to the next session of the Council of Heads of States of the
Commonwealth.
4. To inform the UN Security Council
on this Decision of the Council of Heads of States of the Commonwealth of
Independent States.
The document has been drawn in
Russian in compliance with Paragraph 6, Rule 20 of Rules of Procedure of the
Council of Heads of States and the Council of Heads of Governments of the CIS.
The original of the document is stored in the Executive Committee of the CIS,
which will send certified copies of the document to each State undersigning
this agreement:
G. Aliyev
for the
September 3, 2002
R. Kocharian
for the
August 2,
2002
Lukashenko
for the
July 30, 2002
E. Shevardnadze for
July 26, 2002
N. Nazarbaev
for the
August 2, 2002
Akaev for
the
August 13, 2002
V. Putin for
the
October 2, 2002
E. Rakhmonov
for the
July 26, 2002
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