ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

For the purpose of delivery of humanitarian assistance to the population of the town of Tkvarcheli, which suffered as a result of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict and of evacuation from the town to the territory of the Russian Federation of the Russian children and women:

1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia shall agree with the Georgian side the issue of flights of the Russian helicopters over the territory of Georgia for delivery of the humanitarian assistance of the Russian Federation and of the UN and evacuation of refugees from the town of Tkvarcheli. To provide information to the Georgian side that the cargo of the humanitarian assistance from the Russian Federation and the UNO can be accompanied by the Representatives of the UNO and of Georgia.

2. Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Transport of Russia (Department of Air Transport) shall assign the necessary number of helicopters with identification signs of the Red Cross for transportation of the humanitarian assistance of the Russian Federation and the UNO from town of Sochi to town Tkvarcheli and evacuation of refugees from the town of Tkvarcheli to town Sochi.

3. To permit to RosKomReserve allocation from the state reserves to the State Committee on Emergency Situations of Russia (for transfer to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Transport of Russia) 1500 tons of aviation fuel to provide for delivery of cargo of humanitarian assistance and transportation of the refugees.

4. The State Committee on Emergency Situations of Russia shall provide for coordination of works on delivery of cargos of humanitarian assistance and evacuation of refugees.

5. The State Committee on Emergency Situations of Russia, jointly with the administration of the Krasnodar district should open centers (camps) for reception and temporary settlement of refugees, 5 000 in number.

FMS of Russia, along with administration of the Krasnodar district, shall provide for reception, registration and temporary settlement of the refugees and shall facilitate their future settlement on the territory of the Russian Federation.

6. Expenses, related with formation and transportation of the humanitarian assistance and transportation of the refugees, should be assigned to the account of the Reserve Fund of Government of the Russian Federation.

Expenses, related with subsistence of refugees in the centers of reception and temporary settlement and their transportation shall be carried out by FMS of Russia in the frame of allocations, assigned from the republican budget of the Russian Federation for providing assistance to the refugees.

First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation V. Shumeiko.

Moscow, January 19, 1993.

(Collection of legislative acts of the President and Government of the Russian Federation, 1993. No 4, page 444)