LAW OF
Georgian state
is aware that peaceful settlement of the
conflict in the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia is an unconditional
way of its resolution,
recognizes and protects the rights of all
the ethnic groups, residing on the territory of the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia,
strives for securing maximum and full
participation of all the ethnic groups, local political forces and entire local
community, residing on the territory of the former Autonomous District of South
Ossetia, in the conflict settlement process,
and sets as its goal to create all the
conditions to define autonomous status for the former Autonomous District of
South Ossetia within boundaries of the Georgian state, to grant it broad
political self-governance and to provide for democratic elections, so as to
secure Ossetian people’s cultural identity and political self-governance of the
region within the Georgian state.
Article
1
1. This law determines the form and rule of
implementing interim public administration on the territory of the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia before the full restoration of
2. The purpose of the law is to faciliate the
peaceful settlement of the conflict, the restoration of the constitutional
order on the territory of the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia and the full protection of the rights
and freedoms of the persons and ethnic groups, residing on this territory and
to provide for their interests, determining of status for the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia and creating appropriate conditions
for organizing democratic elections.
Article
2
The Parliament of Georgia, upon submitting
by the President of Georgia, by its resolution creates Interim
Administrative-Territorial Unit on the territory of the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia.
Article
3
1. The President of
2. There is created Administration of the
Interim Administrative-Territorial Unit with the purpose to implement public
administration on the territory of the Interim Administrative-Territorial Unit.
The regualtions and framework of its activities is determined by this law and
by thhe Order of the President of Georgia.
Article
4
The main functions of the Administration of
the Interim Administrative-Territorial Unit are as follows:
a) To implementat of the public
administration within framework of the delegated authority ;
b) To carry on negotiations on
determination of autonomus status for the former Autonomous District of South
Ossetia;
c) To cooperate within its framework of
authority with Georgian State Organs and International organizations to
implement appropriate measures for the peaceful settlement of the conflict;
d) To elaborate respective plans and
projects for the peaceful settlement of the conflict and provision of the local
community participation in the process of their preparation;
g) To facilitate implementation of other
necessary measures for exhalirating the process of peaceful negotiations and
settlement;
e) To facilitate the building of confidence
among inhabitants of the territory of the former Autonomous District of South
Ossetia;
f) To coordinate the implementation of international
and humanitarian projects;
h) To facilitate rehabilitation of local
infrastructure;
i) To carry out other competencies,
determined by the President of Georgia.
Article
5
The law must be ebforced upon publication.
President of
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