STATEMENT on the issue of refugees and
displaced persons
1. Having discussed the implementation of the Quadripartite Agreement on
Voluntary Return of Refugees and Displaced Persons of 4 April 1994, the
representatives of the UNO, Russian Federation and the CSCE state that as a
result of the intensive work of the UNOMIG, Quadripartite Commission and the
effort of the PKF of the CIS in October of this year the organized return of
refugees and displaced persons to Gali District of Abkhazia has started.
2. At the same time the slow pace of repatriation and artificial
impediments to the return of refugees and displaced persons is the subject of
deep concert. Even the small quotas of
return are not regularly used due to the lack of relevant organizational and
preparatory work among refugees and displaced persons.
3. We firmly
condemn inadmissible procrastination of the return of refugees and displaced
persons, terrorist acts and armed provocations in the security zone of the
conflict.
4. We consider necessary:
- to speed up the discussion of the applications of refugees
and displaced persons; to assure the return of not less than 3,000 people
before 1 January 1995;
- to work on registration of spontaneous returnees (according
to the estimation about 20000 people); to provide them economic, medical and
other humanitarian assistance;
- to learn the possibility of additional measures aimed at
securing the protection of returnees and strengthening of public order;
- to call upon the
sides to prevent penetration of any armed groups and formations to the security
zone that terrorizes the population and commit attacks to the peace keeping
forces;
- to foster
information campaign among refugees and displaced persons aimed at encouraging
voluntary return in compliance with the Quadripartite Agreement signed on 4
April 1994;
- to endorse
time-table of return of refugees and displaced persons in Gali district for
1995 at the next meeting of the Quadripartite Commission;
- to secure continuity of activities of the local Quadripartite
Committees and creation the Groups for Security and Development in the Gali
District.
5. We appeal to the UNOMIG to enlarge the number of its personnel in the
conflict zone, extend the scope of material aid to the refugees.
6. We call upon the World Community to increase its contribution to the
humanitarian assistance to the population and the regions affected in time of
war.
7. We anticipate that the conflicting sides will do everything in their
power for early and mass return of refugees and displaced persons on the basis
of previous agreements.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary - General E. Brunner
Personal Representative of the President of
From the CSCE R. Toskano
(Archieve
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