PROTOCOL # 49 OF MEETING OF THE JOINT CONTROL COMMISSION
(JCC) ON GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Tskhinval, 11-13 May 2006
Chaired
by:
Boris
Eliozovich Chochiev, First Deputy Chairman of the RSO Government, South Ossetian
Co-Chairman of the JCC
Agenda:
1. On
situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone;
2. On
approval of the JCC Working Group members for elaborating an agreed program for
peaceful resolution of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict;
3. On
consideration of OSCE proposal to develop a draft document on non-use of force
and provision of security guarantees (Protocol no. 48, para. 3 of 27.03.06).
4. On
approval of the list of projects presented by the JCC Organizational Committee
in the frames of the Needs Assessment Concept for socio-economic rehabilitation
of the Georgian0Ossetian conflict zone; and Donor Conference with participation
of JCC sides.
5. On
progress in the return of refugees and internally displaced persons.
6. On
the meeting of heads of law-enforcement agencies of the JCC sides.
7. Miscellaneous.
Resolution:
1. On
situation in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone ;
(Kulakhmetov,
Khaindrava, Chochiev, Popov, Kusov)
1.1. The
meeting participants took note of the report of JPKF Commander Major-General
M.M. Kulakhmetov about the situation in the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict zone
(Annex 1). The JPKF Commander presented to the meeting participants written
clarifications on issues raised by the Georgian side to the peacekeeping forces
at the latest JCC meeting. It was noted that the situation in and around the
conflict zone remains complex despite some positive changes and certain
de-escalation of tension.
1.2. The
South-Ossetian side drew attention of the JCC meeting participants to the
unresolved issue of the Georgian Defense Ministry’s military police present in
the conflict zone in contradiction of the existing agreements. Concerning this
issue, the sides took note of the information provided by the Georgian side
about cancellation of the military police units of the Georgian Defense Ministry
in the conflict zone, and instructed the JPKF Command to take necessary
measures in compliance with their mandate.
2. On
approval of the JCC Working Group members for elaborating an agreed program for
peaceful resolution of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict;
Resolution:
2.1. to
approve the membership of the JCC Working Group for elaborating an agreed
program for peaceful resolution of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict (list of
Group members is enclosed);
2.2. the
JCC Working Group to develop a draft Regulation of its activities and submit it
for approval to JCC Co-chairmen by end of May 2006.
3. On
consideration of OSCE proposal to develop a draft document on non-use of force
and provision of security guarantees (Protocol no. 48, para. 3 of 27.03.06).
(Chochiev, Popov, Kusov, Khaindrava, Kochiev,
Reeve)
The
Co-chairmen discussed issues of trust, security guarantees and non-use of force
between the sides in conflict. They agreed to instruct the working group for
elaborating an agreed program for peaceful conflict resolution to consider
these issues with a view to make a prompt decision about the form and content
of the respective document. Discussions of the problem will continue both in
the JCC format and bilaterally.
4. On
approval of the list of projects presented by the JCC Organizational Committee
in the frames of the Needs Assessment Concept for socio-economic rehabilitation
of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone; and Donor Conference with participation
of the JCC sides.
(Chochiev, Popov, Kusov, Khaindrava, Tibilov,
Volksy, Reeve, Del Marmol)
Resolution:
4.1. To
approve the package of project proposals presented by the Organizational
Committee and the mechanism of their implementation (annexes 2 and 3).
4.2. To
adopt the proposal of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office about holding a donor
conference with representatives of the JCC sides in
5. On
progress in the return of refugees and internally displaced persons.
(Chochiev, Kusov, Popov, Khaindrava, Hussein)
In
the course of discussing the progress in the return of refugees and internally
displaced persons, information was presented by the UNHCR Representative in
Georgia N. Hussein about measures taken to provide assistance to refugees with
funds allocated by the European Commission. In total, the European Commission
allocated ˆ800,000 in the period of 2004-2006, and as a result, 293 families
received housing assistance.
It
was noted that more active work of the UNHCR Office in
Resolution:
5.1. to
re-activate the JCC working body – the Ad Hoc Committee on voluntary return of
refugees and IDPs as a result of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
5.2. to
request UNHCR to work more actively to protect refugees and raise funds to
assist with house rehabilitation.
5.3. JCC
to re-start working over the draft Russian-Georgian inter-state program for
refugee and IDP return and measures for infrastructure rehabilitation in the
places of return.
6. On
the meeting of heads of law-enforcement agencies of the JCC sides.
(Chochiev,
Kusov, Popov, Khaindrava)
Resolution:
To
hold a meeting of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the JCC sides to discuss, inter alia, the issue of re-activating SCC before June 10 2006.
7. Miscellaneous
(Chochiev,
Kusov, Popov, Khaindrava, Kochiev)
7.1. During
the 49th JCC meeting, the JCC co-chairmen and the head of the OSCE
Mission met family members of persons detained by Georgian law-enforcement
bodies. Georgian JCC Co-chairman G. Khaindrava and head of the OSCE Mission R.
Reeve received the families’ complaints about the facts of detention and the
custody conditions of the suspects and convicts. Head of the OSCE Mission R. Reeve
and JCC Co-chairman G. Khaindrava agreed to check the facts of the received
complaints, visit the detained persons, and then report to the JCC and family
representatives about the results.
7.2. With
regard to the address of the South Ossetian side, the Georgian side expressed
its readiness to raise before respective agencies the issue about removing
existing obstacles for selling the products of South Ossetian enterprises in
7.3. The
sides discussed the debt to Ugosetenergo for electrical power supplied to
consumers in villages of the Tskhinvali district with prevailing Georgian
population, also the power supply to village Artsev disconnected by Georgian
power suppliers. The sides expressed their readiness to assist in arranging a
meeting of heads of respective power companies to solve the issue of the dept
and power supply to village Artsev.
7.4. JPKF
Commander raised the issue about the return of the Ural vehicle belonging to
the Russian JPKF contingent, seized by the Georgian side during the incident in
village Tkviavi on February 29 2006.
B. Chochiev
Meeting Chair, South
Ossetian Co-chairman of the JCC
(Archive of the OSCE Mission
to Georgia)