PROTOCOL
of the First Session of the Coordinating
Council of the Georgian and Abkhaz sides
The first session of the Coordinating Council,
established on the basis of the final statement on the outcome of the meeting
between the Georgian and the Abkhaz sides (Geneva, 17 to 19 November 1997) took
place in Sukhumi on 18 December 1997 under the auspices of the United Nations
and the chairmanship of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General
Mr. Liviu Bota.
The Georgian side was represented by a delegation
consisting of Mr. Vazha Lordkipanidze, Mr. Rezo Adamia and Mr. Tamaz Khubua.
The Abkhaz side was represented by a delegation
consisting of Mr. Tamaz Ketsba, Mr. Sergei Tsargush and Mr. Victor Khashba.
When opening the session, the Special
Representative of the Secretary General welcomed the arrival in
In the session participated the representatives of
the Russian Federation as facilitator, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the States to the Group of Friends of the UN
Secretary General – France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom
and the United States of America, as observers.
Mr. Ardzinba made a presentation at the opening of
the session.
Representatives of the sides, the
The
participants of the session adopted the Statute of the Coordinating Council,
the text of which is attached.
After
the conclusion of the session of the Coordinating Council, meetings of the
Working Groups were held under the chairmanship of the Special Representative
of the Secretary General. Agreement was reached on the schedule of work of the
Working Groups.
(Abkhaz Issue in Official Documents, Legislative and
Executive organs of Georgia, International Organizations, 1989-1999, part II,
1995-1999; authors: Vakhtang Kholbaia, Teimuraz Chakhrakia, Rafiel Gelantia,
David Latsuzbaia, Tb., 2000, p. 183-185/in Georgan)