DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CIS HEADS OF STATES on approval of the Mandate on Peace-keeping Operation in the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict Zone

The Council of the CIS Heads of States,

Taking into account the request of the Republic of Georgia,

Based on the Decision on using of the Collective forces for maintaining the peace in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone and stressing on the task aimed at establishing of conditions to the secure return of refugees and resolution of the problem regarding the status of Abkhazia with the condition of retaining the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia,

decided:

1. To approve the Mandate on peace-keeping operations in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone (attached), proceeding from the statement that each republic will independently decide the form and scope of participation in the peace-keeping operations in compliance with national legislation.

2. To entrust the Council of the CIS Heads of States with the task of determining the procedures of material-technical and financial ground of the peace-keeping operation in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone.

3. This Decisions comes into force from the day it is signed.

Done at Moscow on 21 December 1994 in one original copy in Russian…

The Decisions is signed by the Heads of States.

The Republic of Moldova, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine haven’t signed the decision.

21 October 1994

(Collection of Documents Relating to the Issue of Conflict Settlement in Abkhazia, Georgia adopted in 1992-1999, Author G. Uridia, Tbilisi, 1999, p. 43-44/in Russian)