PROTOCOL # 7 OF THE MEETING OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE JCC ON THE FACILITATION OF THE VOLUNTEER RETURN OF REFUGEES AND IDPS AS A RESULT OF THE GEORGIAN-OSSETIAN CONFLICT TO THE PLACES OF THEIR FORMER SETTLEMENT

July 22, 1999, village of Tsinandali.

Chairing the meeting:

Keinashvili Otar – Chairman of the Georgian side of the ad hoc committee, the first deputy Minister of Georgia on Refugees’ Issues and Settlement.

Agenda of the meeting:

Information of the sides on the conducted work.

On the draft of the Program of returning, arrangement and integration-reintegration of the refugees and IDPS.

On the place and date of the next meeting.

I. The floor was taken by:

Gambashidze, Chochiev, Kulumbekov, Menemenjioglu, Emelyanenko.

(On the first issue) it was decided:

1. To take note of the conducted work.

2. To underline that the insufficient work on avoiding factors, impeding process of return is adversely influencing efforts of the JCC on return of refugees and IDPs in compliance with “the Regulations on volunteer return of Refugees and IDPs as a result of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict to the places of their former permanent residence.”

3. Ad hoc committee of the JCC supports the proposal of the South-Ossetian side on introduction to the draft decision of the JCC of the appeal to the UNHCR with the request to involve the work of the mobile group of the UNHCR in the city of Tskhinvali (in the zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict) till the final solution of the issue on return of refugees and IDPs.

II. The floor was taken by:

Emelyanenko, Menemenjioglu, Gambashidze, Chochiev, Baltov, Kulumbekov.

It was decided:

1. To take note of the drafts of the Program on return, facilitation, integration and reintegration of refugees, submitted by the Russian and South-Ossetian sides.

2. To assign to the Georgian and Northern-Ossetian sides to submit till the 10-th of August of the year the drafts of the Program to the Russian side.

3.  To assign to the Russian side, taking note of the results of the discussion of the daft and proposals of the sides to improve it with the participation of the UNHCR, other international organizations till 1st of September and to send it to the Georgian, North-Ossetian and South-Ossetian sides.

4. To discuss the draft Program at the next meeting of the Ad hoc committee of the JCC.

III. The floor was taken by:

Lanchikov, Gambashidze, Kulumbekov, Chochiev

It was decided:

The next meeting of Ad hoc Committee of JCC shall take place in September of the current year in city of Vladikavkaz

Chairman of the meeting, member of the JCC O. Keinashvili.

(Archive of the State Minister of Georgia on Conflict Settlement)